Round the Sphere Again: Recommended for Listening

Carson and Yarbrough on Complementarianism
In this case, I’m breaking my own rule: I’m linking to these before I’ve listened to them because the topic is so timely. For this year’s Evangelical Free Church Theology Conference, the topic was Understanding the Complementarian Position: Considering Implications and Exploring Practices in the Home and the Local Church, and the speakers were Don Carson and Bob Yarbrough.

• The Cultural and Ecclesiological Landscape (Yarbrough)
• Hermeneutics: A Biblical Framework (Yarbrough)
• Creationand Re-creation - Male and Female in the Image of God, The Fall and Redemption (Carson)
• Family - Husbands and Wives, Love and Submission, Christ and the Church (Carson)
• Church- Teaching/Authority in Context of I Timothy 2 (Carson)
• Leadership in the Local Church and a Theology of Pastoral Care (Yarbrough)
• Culture and Hermeneutics (Panel Discussion)
• Equal in Essence and Dignity, Distinction in Roles: The Home (Panel Discussion)
• Full Use of Gifts within God’s Ordained Structure: The Church (Panel Discussion)

Carson on Revelation
Jeremy Pierce has organized the online audio material on Revelation by D. A. Carson, listing them all in chronological order (Parableman). I’ve listened to a surprising number of these; Carson expositing is always exciting.

Kruger on Canon
I’m currently 3/4 of the way through these Kistemaker Lectures (RTS-Orlando, March 2012) on the Biblical Canon—what it means and how it came to be—by Michael Kruger. This is an issue that never goes away. Listen to these talks so you’ll be able to answer questions and correct misconceptions.  

• The Definition of ‘Canon’: Exclusive or Multi-Dimensional? 
• The Origins of Canon: Was the Idea of a New Testament a Late Ecclesiastical Development?
• The Artifacts of Canon: Manuscripts as a Window into the Development of the New Testament
• The Messiness of the Canon: Do Disagreements Amongst Early Christians Pose a Threat to Our Belief in the New Testament? 

A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part III: Questions about Salvation

81. Q. How did they [godly persons saved before the coming of Christ] show their faith?
      A. They offered sacrifices according to God’s commands.

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Sunday's Hymn: There Is Power in the Blood

Would you be free from the burden of sin?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Would you o’er evil a victory win?
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

Refrain

There is power, power, wonder working power
In the blood of the Lamb;
There is power, power, wonder working power
In the precious blood of the Lamb.

Would you be free from your passion and pride?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Come for a cleansing to Calvary’s tide;
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Sin stains are lost in its life giving flow.
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

Would you do service for Jesus your king?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

—Lewis E. Jones

The great Mahalia Jackson:

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Christ for the World We Sing at Field Stone Cottage
• Great Is Thy Faithfulness at The Happy Wonderer
• O Blessed Home Where Man and Wife at Rosemary at Home
• Lord’s Day 25 at Tried With Fire 
• A Sunday Psalm: The Treasury of David - Psalm 5:4-6 at Theology for Girls
• Lord’s Day 25, 2012 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Faith Alone - June 17, 2012 at The Upward Call
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: Bigots!
• Update: Jesus’ Prayer to the Father at Daily On My Way to Heaven

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.