LORD, Teach us to Pray -(part 2)

This week we are looking at Jonah's prayer.

⁸ "Those who cling to worthless idols
forfeit the grace that could be theirs.

⁹ But I, with a song of thanksgiving,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
Salvation comes from the LORD."

¹⁰ And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. (2:8-10)

Here is the link to the Sunday message entitled, "Salvation comes from the LORD."

Samuel G. Lee's special presentation on Bible meditation/Testimony Writing

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LORD teach us to pray

We are doing a new series entitled:
LORD, teach us to pray

Series outline:

• Nehemiah's prayer (1:4–11a; 2:4; 4:4–5; 5:19; 6:9, 14; 13:22b, 29, 31b)
• Jonah's prayer (Jonah 2, 4)
  

• David's prayer (2 Samuel 22)
  

• LORD, Teach us to pray (Luke 11)
• Jesus' prayer (John 17) -Mike Rora
  
• Paul's prayer for Ephesians (Eph 3:14-21) -Alex Foster
  
• Pray for the newness. (Rev 21) - I am making everything new

Here is the first installment. Nehemiah's prayer.

Please pray for us to learn how to pray.

Pray for Illinois and Indiana Campues

Here is the map of Illinois and Indiana universities.

The yellow markers indicate that we, UBF, has some presence.
The blue markers are ones that we need to pray.

Here is the link to the map.

Abide in Love

Paul Toh came and delivered the Sunday message on John 15.

Here is the link.
This concludes our 7 I am statement of Jesus in the gospel according to John.

Kevin DeYoung on Family

This is a sermon by Kevin DeYoung on “Jesus’ Real Family,” from Mark 3:31-35, preached 2-14-10 at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan.

(Download.)

Kevin argues that there are two broad competing views of the family in our culture: (1) family as straight-jacket; and (2) family as center. He shows that Jesus presents a third way—something different. In exegeting Mark 3:31-35 he shows us three surprises in Jesus’ theology of the family: (1) family ties don’t get you in; (2) family doesn’t come first; and (3) God’s family is open to all.

Kevin closes by addressing three kinds of people: (1) those who seem to have it all together, with nice families and good family values; (2) those who face the difficult decision of whether to please their parents or follow God; and (3) those who wonder if they can really be a part of God’s family, given their family background.

(From Gospel Coalition)

John Lennox Lectures on the New Atheism, Science, and Morality

Here are a pair of lectures by Dr. John Lennox (Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford) on the New Atheism, science, and morality. They were delivered March 11-12, 2008 as the Carver-Barnes Lecture Series at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.





See also Richard Dawkins vs. John Lennox:
http://www.fixed-point.org/index.php/video/35-full-length/164-the-dawkins-lennox-debate

Stephen Meyer on Intelligent Design

R.C. Sproul interviews Stephen Meyer, author of Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design, on philosophy, evolution, education, Intelligent Design, and more.

Here is the link to the video.

Are You Gospel-Shaped, or Just Religious?

From Jared Wilson

3 ways to tell. Here is the link.

Jesus +Nothing =Everything

From Justin Taylor's Blog

Tullian Tchividjian on Col 1.

I am the way to the Father

Here is our Sunday message on Jesus' 6th statement: I am the way to the Father.

Dr. Albert Mohler: Developing A Christian Response To The Challenge Of Islam

From Sojourn Church, Louiville, KY.

Here is the link.

Caleb Cook presentation

The Cooks on the way to Arizona via Chicago visited us.
Caleb did one year internship at U of I.

I am Alive

Alex Foster singing before Caleb's presentation.

Sermon Preparation

Justin Buzzard uses garden metaphor for the sermon preparation.

• Part 1: Till: Study your text and structure your sermon (5 hrs Monday, 13 days out)
• Part 2: Seed: Make a hybrid draft of your sermon (4 hrs Wednesday, 11 days out)
• Part 3: Germinate: Write a final draft of your sermon (6 hrs Thursday, 3 days out)
• Part 4: Reap: Preach your sermon
  

Here is the booklet.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

From Justin Taylor's blog.
Here is a 10 minute documentary on Martyn Lloyd-Jones



For more go to MLJ site:

Free Audio books from ChristianAudio.com

From ChristianAudio.com

Grace is free but audio books are not but sometimes they are free.

For the month of March you can download—for free—the audiobooks for Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship and Piper’s Fifty Reasons Jesus Came to Die.

Use the coupon code MAR2010 for Bonhoeffer,

and the code MAR2010B for Piper.

Go here for more details.

I am the resurrection and the life

We are doing the series on 7 I AMs of Jesus.

This week we are reflecting on Jesus' statement:
I am the resurrection and the life.

Here is the link to the message.