Archive for August 26, 2011
Aug 26
Resource Center, September: Great Commission Resources
This Sunday begins Missions Emphasis Week at DSC. Sunday will see highlights of our various missions initiatives in the service and at kiosks in the foyer. At our Lord’s Supper on August 31, we will hear an extended interview with our resident church planter, Carlos Griego. All of this is to better unify us around our vision for the fulfillment of Christ’s words when he commanded his disciples in Matthew 28:19, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.”
This weekend will also mark the start of the Resource Center’s September feature: Great Commission Resources. We’ve selected a number of resources across a spectrum of important literature and hope that these resources will serve you in the fulfillment of our truly great commission.
Resources to Share
- Christianity Explained, Michael Bennet
- Fear Not!: Death and the Afterlife from a Christian Perspective, Ligon Duncan
- Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die, John Piper
- King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus, Tim Keller
- Notes From the Tilt a Whirl DVD, N.D. Wilson
- The God Who is There: Finding Your Place in God’s Story, D.A. Carson
- The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, Tim Keller
- Vintage Jesus: Timely Answers to Timely Questions, Mark Driscoll
Resources for Planting
- Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission, Darrin Patrick
- Planting Missional Churches, Ed Stetzer
Resources for Praying
- Window On The World, Daphne Spraggett
Resources that Equip
- Bringing the Gospel Home, Randy Newman
- Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, J.I. Packer
- Every Thought Captive: A Study Manual for the Defense of Christian Truth, Richard Pratt
- Learning Evangelism from Jesus, Jerram Barrs
- Marks of the Messenger: Knowing, Living and Speaking the Gospel, Mack Stiles
- The Heart of Evangelism, Jerram Barrs
- Reasons of the Heart: Recovering Christian Persuasion, William Edgar
- The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, Mark Dever
- The Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out, Mark Driscoll
We also have a number of Crossway ESV Bibles available for purchase.
You’ll notice that the accent this month is on the sharing the gospel side of the Great Commission. Of course, the great commission, which is to “make disciples,” includes “teaching them to obey” all that Jesus commanded. Throughout the year, we carry a number of titles for the process of discipling new believers.
Also, note that while most of these books will be available this coming Sunday, all of these books will be available throughout the month of September.
Recommendations from Previous Resource Highlights: Parenting, Biblical Manhood