At TGC we love to commend great books which is why we're glad to join many others around the blogosphere today in announcing Westminster Bookstore's dramatically discounted offer for The Essential Edwards Collection by Doug Sweeney and Owen Strachan. Today through August 2 Westminster will be selling all five volumes at 50% off the cover [...]
Author Archives: Mike Pohlman
A Prayer About Loving to be First
July 23, 2010 – 11:23 AM
Thank you Scotty Smith for this much needed prayer today (from today's entry at Scotty's blog "Heavenward"). *** I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will have nothing to do with us. So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us. Not [...]
Is Your Church on the Map?
July 22, 2010 – 5:12 PM
We are excited to announce another feature at The Gospel Coalition that we believe will help advance the gospel around the world. And it has everything to do with the local church. Introducing The Gospel Coalition Church Directory. The idea is to have churches that believe in the centrality of the gospel for ministry "sign [...]
Today's Headlines
July 20, 2010 – 11:48 AM
Today's list includes everything from war games with South Korea to marijuana factories in California. Never a dull moment as Christians consider the headlines of the day... "U.S. and South Korea Set to Conduct War Drills Next Week," The New York Times From the article: The United States and South Korea announced Tuesday that the [...]
Resolved 2010 Panel Discussion
July 19, 2010 – 8:50 PM
At the recent Resolved 2010 Conference there was a Keynote Panel Q&A featuring John MacArthur, Rick Holland, Steve Lawson, Al Mohler, and CJ Mahaney. (To download the full M4V file for you iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, visit resolved.org.)
Today's Headlines @TGC
July 19, 2010 – 10:33 AM
Each weekday morning we update our "Headlines" section on the homepage @TGC. This link service is consistent with our goal of helping our visitors think critically and in a gospel-centered way about news of note around the Web in what is traditionally called the "secular" press. We are looking for articles and essays with topics [...]
Piper and the "New Calvinism"
July 14, 2010 – 8:21 AM
Justin Taylor points to a helpful video Q&A with John Piper where he offers some very important cautions about the "New Calvinism." What you'll see is that these cautions are not only helpful for those people who include themselves within this particular Christian subculture, but for all Christians.
"They Testify About Me": Introducing the 2011 National Conference
July 12, 2010 – 9:29 AM
We are excited to announce The Gospel Coalition 2011 National Conference. Under the banner "They Testify About Me: Preaching Jesus and the Gospel From the Old Testament," the April 12-14 event at Chicago's McCormick Place will feature 50 of today's most trusted Christian leaders. Here's a brief overview of the conference: Many pastors and Bible [...]
D.A. Carson: What is The Gospel Coalition?
July 9, 2010 – 11:11 AM
D.A. Carson gives the big picture of what The Gospel Coalition, by God's grace, is attempting to be and do: Don Carson - What Is The Gospel Coalition? from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.
The Ongoing Need For the Gospel
Tullian Tchividjian reminds Christians of our ongoing need for the gospel. He writes, One of the most important discoveries of my life has been that the Gospel is not just for non-Christians; it’s for Christians too. I used to think the Gospel was simply what non-Christians must believe in to be saved, while afterward we [...]