The Gospel Coalition Interviews

The Gospel Coalition webpage now has interviews up.

http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/interviews.html

Don't miss "What Makes the Gospel Coalition Different?" by Tim Keller and Don Carson.

Keepon, The Robot

Someday robots will rule the world...


http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~marekm/projects/beatbots/

Christian Music

The distinction between "Christian music" and "secular music" is truly an unhelpful one. A couple exceptions (people who do find it helpful): the Christian music industry, parents who don't want to be involved in their children's culture...these are stereotypes, I'm sure, but I think there's something there. These three lyrics came to mind this morning as I was thinking of some songs that contain honest reflections of the world.

We spend all day getting sober
Just hiding from daylight
Watching TV
We just look a lot better in the blue light
Well, you know I gotta get out
Bit I'm suck so tight
Weighed by the chains that keep me...

And this girl listens to the band play
She says "where have you been?
I've been lying right here on the floor"
Well, I got all this time
To be waiting for what is mine
To be hating what I am
After the light has faded
- Adam Duritz

I ain't never been to Vegas but I gambled up my life
Building newsprint boats I raced to sewer mains
Was trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what
Funny how they say that some things never change
- Ryan Adams

In the garden at Gethsemane
He prayed for the life he'd never live,
He beseeched his Heavenly Father to remove
The cup of death from his lips

Now there's a loss that can never be replaced,
A destination that can never be reached,
A light you'll never find in another's face,
A sea whose distance cannot be breached

Well Jesus kiss his mother's hands
Whispered, "Mother, still you tears,
For remember the soul of the universe
Willed a world and it appeared."
- Bruce Springsteen

Trouble - Ray Lamontagne

If you haven't checked out Ray Lamontagne, you should. Here's one of my favorite songs of his. I like the relationship between trouble, worry, and the woman who saves him. All three might be the same thing...

"The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel in a Postmodern World"

Succinct and clear. The best thing I've read/heard in regards to Christians interacting with postmodernism. If you know of something better, let me know.

The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel in a Postmodern World
by Tim Keller

The Gospel Coalition

If you haven't already done so...take a trip over to The Gospel Coalition web-page. It is up and running with stuff to listen to, read, and watch.

http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/

The Gospel Coalition may be something that blows over in a few years, or it may be the start of an impacting voice in evangelical churches. The site has pretty pictures of the first Gospel Coalition conference...but, it's more a site for folks interesting in reading (or listening to) focused thoughts on the gospel's place in church ministry.

The organization started out of a relationship between Tim Keller and Don Carson. It grew from those two into a coalition of (mostly) pastors. And, then, morphed into this gospel coalition. From what I've heard stated, it's likely that The Gospel Coalition and Together for the Gospel will alternate years for their conferences. The web-site above will grow in its documents and aids to those interested in the practical application of the gospel in their ministries.

...if you have to pick just one of the lectures, go with Tim Keller.