Recently, I've been so blessed by
ChristianAudio and as I've been listening to their free giveaways (and purchasing their excellent products) I've come under conviction to help out some brothers and sisters in Christ.
What with it being Calvin's 500th birthday soon and with the excellent specials Christian Audio is running on Calvin's books, it is time to give away some audiobooks.
No, I'm not doing this to promote
my blog,
doug's blog, jordan's blog, or
1reformedrebellion.ning.com, I'm doing this because I honestly believe that God should be both made known and glorified.
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This is a very simple contest, you don't have to post anything about my blog or tweet or post on facebook, if you want to publicize what is happening here please feel free to do so.
In fact, I really do need bloggers, tweeters, and facebookers to help me get the word out about this contest/giveaway as my blog is, to put it bluntly, not very widely-read.
I hope that this will encourage a spirit of giving among us "calvinists" towards those who are just beginning to see this great gospel for which we live in and for.
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Contest Specifics:
Do you know someone, perhaps he's a young guy or an older man, a young gal or an elderly lady, perhaps he's a father of five, mother of three. This person has
recently understood the doctrines of grace and has become overjoyed to learn about them. He or she has become
insatiable for the gospel, they aren't perfect but they've found the gospel which Christ died for and millions have been matyred for. In particular, he or she
knows very little about the doctrines of grace, sovereign grace theology, reformation theology, or calvinism. But they want to learn so they can better live their lives by soli deo gloria.
- Please put in the subject line "Calvin Contest"
- Please explain to me why this particular person (include their email) should receive a ChristianAudio account with the following audiobooks already available for download
- Please include a link to your profile (blog, twitter, etc) online so I know who I'm talking to and if possible a link to their online profile (blog, twitter, etc)
- Please be truthful and please do not nominate yourself or your imaginary friend
Remember, you're nominating a person who's:
1. Recently understood the doctrines of grace
2. Insatiable for the gospel
3. Knows little to nothing about sovereign grace theology
Deadline to send me an email: July 11th The giveaway is one account with four audiobooks, which are below:
In this concise introduction to Calvin's life and
thought, Elwood offers an insightful and accessible overview of
Calvin's key teachings within his historical context. The trials and
travails Calvin encountered as he ministered and taught in Geneva are
given with special attention to theological controversies associated
with the Trinity and predestination. Elwood indicates the ways that
Calvinism developed and its influence in today's world. Illustrations
are interspersed throughout the text and humorously illuminate key
points providing an engaging introduction to this important theologian.
Christopher Elwood is Associate Professor of Historical Theology at
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is the author of The
Body Broken: The Calvinist Doctrine of the Eucharist and the
Symbolization of Power in Sixteenth-Century France.
"Let the first rule of right prayer then be, to have our heart and mind
framed as becomes those who are entering into converse with God." So
begins John Calvin and his treatise on prayer. These seminal writings
are from his Magnus Opus
The Institutes of the Christian Religion.
Prayer as Calvin describes it is not giddy, and he goes on to give
Scriptural definitions of proper thought, engagement, and attitude.
What do the roles of patience and self-denial play in the role of the
Christian life and what does Christian piety look like? What should our
views be of the present life and the future life? John Calvin is one of
the giants of Christian history. These two sections of The Institutes
guide us ever so thoughtfully and gracefully into his theology and
practice of Christian living. Wonderfully narrated by James Adams,
these are sure to both challenge and encourage one to a fuller devotion
to Christ.
John Piper fires readers’ passion for the centrality and supremacy of
God by unfolding Calvin’s exemplary zeal for the glory of God. God
rests all too lightly on the church’s mind in our time. Consequently,
the self-saturation of his people has made God and his glory auxiliary,
and his majesty has all but disappeared from the modern evangelical
world. John Calvin saw a similar thing in his day, and it was at the
root of his quarrel with Rome. Nothing mattered more to Calvin than the
centrality, supremacy, and majesty of the glory of God. His aim, he
wrote, was to "set before [man], as the prime motive of his existence,
zeal to illustrate the glory of God”—a fitting banner over all of the
great Reformer’s life and work. “The essential meaning of Calvin’s life
and preaching," writes John Piper, “is that he recovered and embodied a
passion for the absolute reality and majesty of God. Such is the aim
and burden of this book as well.” As Piper concisely unfolds this
predominant theme in Calvin’s life, he seeks to fire every Christian’s
passion for the centrality and supremacy of God, so that God’s
self-identification in Exodus 3 as “I am who I am” becomes the sun in
our solar system too.
The God of the universe is crazy about you! His love is the most
powerful thing in the world and He wants to give it to you, so you can
live for Him. If you have made a commitment to follow Christ, then
listen to
Crazy Love to be reminded and challenged in your
walk. Sharing from his own life struggles and sacrifices, author
Francis Chan issues a call for selfless, Christ-like living. Let the
love you have received from God impact your life like never before.
Foreword by Chris Tomlin.
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soli deo gloria,
Logan Paschke
