Resources for Parents

From the Children Desiring God blog.

The content contained in this booklet was summarized from two workshops delivered at the 2007 Children Desiring God Conference: Preparing Children to Hear the Gospel and Presenting the Gospel to Children. You can stream or download audio from both workshops in English and in Spanish.
If by now you are curious about the Ten Essential Truths of the Gospel presented in the booklet, here they are:

1. God is the sovereign Creator of all things.
2. God created people for His glory.
3. God is holy and righteous.
4. Man is sinful.
5. God is just and is right to punish sin.
6. God is merciful. He is kind to undeserving sinners.
7. Jesus is God’s holy and righteous Son.
8. God put the punishment of sinners on Jesus.
9. God offers the free gift of salvation to those who repent and believe in Jesus.
10. Those who trust in Jesus will live to please Him and will receive the promise of eternal life—enjoying God forever in heaven.

And related to the last post: ORDINARY pastors.

Especially funny but poignant is from 8:00 to 11:30.


T4G 2010 -- Session 9 -- C.J. Mahaney from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.

Competing with Famous Preachers

Given that this blog points to a lot of the very kinds of things that this blog article addresses, I post it here as a balance to the other posts. It is so true that a local pastor can have far deeper impact when he invests in his people than one of these famous preachers can when congregants listen to their sermons online. But you do have to do the shepherding work to accomplish this.

Gospel Math

Motivation and the gospel from Justin Taylor's blog.

What is the Gospel? (2)

An interview with Greg Gilbert of Capitol Hill Baptist Church and 9marks on the gospel and his new book.

And a memorable outline to explain it:
God
Man
Christ
Response