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The Ground of All Human Assurance Before God – Don Carson
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„Biblical Foundations for Seeking God’s Justice in a Sinful World” (TGC15 Panel)
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Don Carson: „The Lord Is There” (Ezekiel 40–48)
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The Gospel Coalition 2015 Panel Discussion: Thabiti Anyabwile, Tim Keller, John Piper, Don Carson
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D A Carson [moderator]:
Now, unless you were living cut off from all news sources of the digital world, you have to be aware of the very significant discussion that has taken place, in the wake of, especially Ferguson and New York City, and more recent events as well. It is important that we talk about these things, not least, when we disagree on our perception of some of them. Merely throwing brick bats and yelling at each other is not going to help. And, as Christians, then we want to talk about these things with minds profoundly submitted to Scripture and eager to be reformed by the Word of God, not least when our emotions are so heavily involved.
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Don Carson preaching at the Chinese Conference in Los Angeles (2 sessions)
18 dec. 2012 2 comentarii
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The Good Samaritan
The Rich Man and Lazarus
These 2 sermons are from October 26-28, 2012: held in Los Angeles, CA- Chinese Conference sponsored by Kernel of Wheat Ministries. The text is in
Luke 16:19 The Rich Man and Lazarus. Carson: How shall we understand this story? Is Jesus saying that there is always a simple reversal?-
- live life well, end in hell
- suffer pain, enjoy great gain
- if you’re happy here, you’ll be miserable there
- if you’re miserable here, you’ll be happy there
a simple reversal? Now, clearly, there is some kind of reversal here. But, so much of Scripture stands against any notion that there’s always reversal. For example, in Scripture, there are at least some Godly rich people. Think of Abraham, Job, Esther, at least in his early days, Solomon, Philemon, probably Theophilus. Moreover, there are at least some poor who are wicked. The Bible is very compassionate against those who are poor through no fault of their own. And, especially compassionate towards those who are poor because they are oppressed. But, the Book of Proverbs can also consider some poor, who are poor because they’re lazy. The sarcasm drips off the page.
Moreover, one has to integrate this passage with the rest of the Gospel of Luke. All four Gospels, including Luke are rushing towards the cross. If our eternal destiny is founded on the simple reversal theme, we don’t need the cross, all we need is poverty. (That is why) it is important to read our passage within the context. (5:02)…
What is the very essence of idolatry?
Obviously, it’s possible to serve two masters, if neither one is asking for absolute control. But, where there are competing interests, only one can win. And, the particular application Jesus makes here is you cannot serve both God and money. Of course He could have made other applications: You cannot serve both God and power, you cannot serve both God and sex. Now, in all three cases- money, power and sex- there is nothing intrinsically wrong with it. Money can be very useful and do a lot of good. Power, rightly exercised can be reforming. And sex, within its God ordained constraints is everywhere pictured as a good gift. But, even a good thing becomes a bad thing, that (eventually) becomes the supreme thing. That is the very essence of idolatry. For idolatry, you don’t necessarily have to follow a bad thing. All you have to do is make a good thing the supreme thing.
That’s why elsewhere Paul says covetousness is idolatry. Because when you covet something, that’s what you want the most, so that becomes God for you. But Jesus tells us that you cannot have 2 masters. If God is God you cannot most want money. What we most want is what we most fantasize about, what we daydream about, what we thing about. So the task becomes very clear: You cannot serve both God and anything else.
Pharisaism
In verses 14-15, we find Jesus addressing the Pharisees directly. The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. When it says that they sneered Him, almost certainly, they were sneering at him because they had money and He didn’t. So, among themselves, they were saying something like this: „Well, Jesus, you’re just some poor, itinerant preacher from Galilee. You don’t have money, so you don’t understand. We could be very Godly with our money,” they would say. „We tithe. We give alms for the poor. We can follow God and be rich. Don’t you see, that’s what we are?” They’re sneering at him. But, Jesus doesn’t back down. He says, in verse 15, „You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.
In biblical justification, God justifies the ungodly on the basis of what Christ has done. But, in self justification, we justify ourselves on the basis of what we do. To be quite frank, sometime, when we are formally thanking God for graces that we’ve received, our motivations are so complex that at the same time we are patting ourselves on the back for having them. And, instead of seeing that we should be people that are constantly asking God for His grace, we become people who are quietly self congratulating ourselves. That’s what’s going on in this text.
These Pharisees are justifying themselves in front of others, in the context of talking about money, then they’re saying things like this, „God must like me quite a lot, because he’s blessed me with quite a lot of money.” And so, when they came up to a spotlight in their brand new chariot, and came up to someone who was driving just a broken down donkey, they would not actually say, „I’m better than they are.” But, deep down, when the light changed and they took off in their chariot, they knew that they were better. It’s so easy when you have money to begin to rank yourself, as compared with others, on the basis of how much you’ve got. Now, let me insist again. There are Godly men in scripture with money like Job, for example. So, if you’re a job, you don’t need this comment I’m about to make.
But, if you are not a Job, I warn you that having a lot of money is so easily away of justifying yourself in front of others who have less. You develop a ranking system in the church- not on the basis of Godliness or evangelistic fervor, but, on the basis of money. What does Jesus say about that? Verse 15- „what people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.” Now you see, it’s not the money God detests. He detests the money when people value the money so much as to make the money God. When they start to justify themselves on the basis of their money, then God detests it. Once again, we discover that the context is talking quite a lot about money.
The idolatry of possessions
At the end of chapter 15- The Parable of the Prodigal Son- (in which) a prodigal wastes His father’s possessions. Then at the beginning of chapter 16 – a dishonest servant wastes his master’s possession. Now, in the story of ‘the rich man and Lazarus‘, a rich man wastes his own possessions. In fact, we’re in a part of Luke’s Gospel where there’s a lot of emphasis on the idolatry of possessions. But, in principle, once again I must remind you that you could tell a very similar story if you made sex your god, or if you made power your god, or if you made beauty your god, or if you made being a hunk your god. But here, the focus is on money. (18:30) There are still 40 minutes left of this message, which you can watch below. Uploaded by
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Gospel Coalition Full Audio Messages by Speaker 2011
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in Conference / Conventii Etichete:Albert Mohler, Alistair Begg, Corad Mbewe, Don Carson, Gospel Coalition 2011, James MacDonald, John Piper, Matt Chandler, Mike Bullmore, Preaching Christ from the Old Testament, Tim Keller
Panel Discussion of Rob Bell’s book ‘Love wins’ at Gospel Coalition 2011
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Audio – download MP3 audio here
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.: “Studying the Scriptures and Finding Jesus” (John 5:31-47)
Tim Keller: “Getting Out” (Exodus 14)
Alistair Begg: “From a Foreigner to King Jesus” (Ruth)
Session 4: Panel Discussion: Preaching from the Old Testament
Panel: Tim Keller, John Piper, Crawford Loritts, Don Carson, Bryan Chapell
James MacDonald: “Not According to Our Sins” (Psalm 25)
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Conrad Mbewe: “The Righteous Branch” (Jeremiah 23:1-8)
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Matt Chandler: “Youth” (Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:14)
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Mike Bullmore: „God’s Great Heart of Love Toward His Own” (Zephaniah)
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Don Carson: „Getting Excited about Melchizedek” (Psalm 110)
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April 29-30, 2011
Gospel Coalition – Full Video and Audio Messages by Speaker 2011
15 apr. 2011 8 comentarii
in Conference / Conventii Etichete:Albert Mohler, Alistair Begg, Conrad Mbewe, Don Carson, Gospel Coalition 2011, James MacDonald, John Piper, Matt Chandler, Mike Bullmore, Preaching Christ from the Old Testament, Tim Keller
***(New) Click here for The Gospel Coalition 2011 Video Page (for all messages)
Panel Discussion of Rob Bell’s book ‘Love wins’ at Gospel Coalition 2011
Click below for notes of panel discussion:
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Audio – download MP3 audio here
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.: “Studying the Scriptures and Finding Jesus” (John 5:31-47)
Tim Keller: “Getting Out” (Exodus 14)
Alistair Begg: “From a Foreigner to King Jesus” (Ruth)
Session 4: Panel Discussion: Preaching from the Old Testament
Panel: Tim Keller, John Piper, Crawford Loritts, Don Carson, Bryan Chapell
James MacDonald: “Not According to Our Sins” (Psalm 25)
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Conrad Mbewe: “The Righteous Branch” (Jeremiah 23:1-8)
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Matt Chandler: “Youth” (Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:14)
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Mike Bullmore: „God’s Great Heart of Love Toward His Own” (Zephaniah)
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Don Carson: „Getting Excited about Melchizedek” (Psalm 110)
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Billy Jackson – click on image above (of Dr. Carson & Dr Piper)
Next Conference Event
April 29-30, 2011
The Gospel Coalition April 12-14 in Chicago (link to watch it live courtesy of Desiring God org.)
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Update – April 15 Full Audio links- page here.
From Justin Taylor at The Gospel Coalition website:
Link to watch it live http://ow.ly/4xW2x
Watch TGC11 Live from Chicago All times below are Central (UTC-5).
Tuesday, April 12
2 PM | R. Albert Mohler Jr. | Studying the Scriptures and Finding Jesus (John 5:31-47) |
4 PM | Tim Keller | Getting Out (Exodus 14) |
5:30 PM | White Horse Inn | Live Recording: The Great Commission and the Great Commandment |
7 PM | Alistair Begg | From a Foreigner to King Jesus (Ruth) |
8 PM | Tim Keller, John Piper, Crawford Loritts, Don Carson, Bryan Chapell | Preaching from the Old Testament |
9 PM | Hymn Sing | Sing Them Again: An Evening of Old and New Hymns |
Wednesday, April 13
9:30 AM | James MacDonald | Not According to Our Sins (Psalm 25) |
12:30 PM | Matt Chandler, Kevin DeYoung, Trevin Wax, Jonathan Leeman | Gospel, Mission, and the Church |
7 PM | Conrad Mbewe | The Righteous Branch (Jeremiah 23:1-8) |
8 PM | Matt Chandler | Youth (Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:14) |
9 PM | Keith and Kristyn Getty | Concert |
Thursday, April 14
7:30 AM | Don Carson, Tim Keller, Crawford Loritts, Kevin DeYoung, and Stephen Um | God: Abounding in Love, Punishing the Guilty |
9:30 AM | Mike Bullmore | God’s Great Heart of Love Toward His Own (Zephaniah) |
11 AM | D. A. Carson | Getting Excited about Melchizedek (Psalm 110) |
So you weren’t able to join us this year in Chicago for The Gospel Coalition’s 2011 national conference. We have good news! Follow along with us and learn how to teach Jesus and the gospel from the Old Testament by watching the livestream from TGC’s conference media page. You’ll be able to watch all nine plenary sessions, beginning with R. Albert Mohler Jr. on Tuesday afternoon, April 12, at 2 p.m. CDT. The final address will be given by Don Carson, who begins on Thursday morning, April 14, at 11 a.m. CDT. Check the schedule for the times of every address. We will also make audio of each talk available for download afterward on the media page.