Resources
for training in truth and love
We want to highlight common elements and truths that help others understand why training in truth and love is critical for the world, especially raising up the next generation in a reproducible way.
Dr. Jeffrey Bingham had been the Department Chair and Professor of Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and now Associate Dean of Biblical and Theological Studies at Wheaton College as of 2013. He has unmatched classroom presence, posture, presentation, passion, precision, and practical application. I never wanted his church history classes to end. He takes you back in time as if no time passed while relating to the present. He draws out cultural and church norms to de-mythify, debunk, and provide incredible clarity of what to believe and how to think. He's a wide reader with a narrow focus. One would find it difficult to walk away from any class bored or ill motivated. His height, dry humor, story telling abilities, gentle spirit, and strong conviction create a hook for the heart to hear.
John Piper from DesiringGod.org answers the question at Google.com in Mountain View, CA, "Is Jesus Christ an Egomaniac?" Piper begins with:
My hope in these few minutes is to listen carefully to four people who have been troubled by the self-exaltation of Jesus and of God in the Christian Scriptures, and then to offer a serious answer to their objections that has not only been satisfying to my mind, but a great source of joy and worship of Jesus Christ.
The four people Piper quotes before sharing his answer are:
Piper ends the talk with this:
Conclusion: Therefore, when Jesus tells us that we must love him — treasure him, be satisfied in him — above all others, he is loving us. He is desiring and working and willing to suffer to enthrall us with the fullest and longest happiness, namely, himself.
Here is the end of the matter: God is the one being in the universe for whom self-exaltation is not the act of a needy ego, but an act of infinite giving. The reason God seeks our supreme praise, or that Jesus seeks our supreme love, is not because he’s needy and won’t be fully God until he gets it, but because we are needy and won’t be fully happy until we give it.
This is not arrogance. This is grace. This is not egomania. This is love.
And the very heart of the Christian gospel is that this is what Christ died to achieve — our full and everlasting enjoyment of the greatness of God.
Note: The audio breaks up a few times during the entirety of the talk and answer time.
John Piper, retired pastor over 30 years to Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN, wrote a book called Desiring God that became a foundation and website resource, DesiringGod.org. Piper has also been known for his message Boasting Only in the Cross which provided the popular phrase, "Don't Waste Your Life." This also turned into a book and rap song by Lecrae. The DesiringGod.org website contains an incredible amount of content that covers specific Bible passages, topics, question and answers, difficult subjects, conference information, and biographical sermon series of Christian people throughout history. The resounding message Piper makes from pastoring and Desiring God is that "God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in him."
John Piper preached "Boasting Only in the Cross" for the 2000 Passion One Day in Memphis, TN to thousands of young adults. The sermon became the catalyst to the book and Lecrae's rap song, "Don't Waste Your Life:"
Trying to find early manuscripts of the Bible's New Testament? Dr. Dan Wallace of Dallas Theological Seminary along with team have set out since 2002 to find, digitize, organize, and make accessible to anyone looking for answers through The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts.
Dr. Chisholm Jr., Department Chair and Professor of Old Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary, pulsates passion for God. He loves for students to grasp God by seeing him through the Old Testament, as it lays the sure foundation for the coming Messiah Jesus read in the New Testament. Dr. Chisholm teaches steadily, poignantly, and clearly in the classroom while continuing in his love for people outside the classroom and into the city.
The Bible Project is an up-and-coming short and illustrative video tutorial series of the Bible. The videos range from covering biblical themes to explaining every book of the Bible (e.g. chapter by chapter). A pastor and video entrepreneur came together with Gerry Breshears of Western Seminary to produce timely, short, in depth, clear, and visually helpful resources to understand God's word for all ages. As more funds come in to support the overall project, the quicker videos are produced.
Todd Bolen, owner and author of the incredible and exhaustive pictorial library called Bible Places is a Christian friend, classmate at Dallas Theological Seminary, and now associate professor at The Master's College (now University). He has lived and taught in Israel while taking, collecting, and organizing these great pictures, including all the extended versions of places beyond Israel. He has produced this massive collection of quality images of Bible places for others to use in teaching, sharing, studying, and explaining the Bible in a visual and accurate way.
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