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9Marks February Conference Audio

David at freeChristianresources — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:21:11 +0000

The audio of the 9Marks Workshop in Northern Ireland with speakers Mark Dever, Colin Adams, and Mike Gilbart Smith is onlne but only for 60 days.

Free guide to the people in Acts… and more!

David at freeChristianresources — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:41:50 +0000

The Bible Study Magazine are providing a few free articles from their magazine, all of which are interesting and very well designed.

The first is a really good summary of the main people who appear in Acts, usefully split between The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. If you’re doing a study in Acts at the moment this could be useful.

There is amazingly another 9 articles that are being offered as a free preview as follows:

Away in a Manger, but Not in a Barn
Jesus Never Laughed?
Bible Study at Bat
Does the Author of EcclesiastesNeed Prozac?
Facing Today with the Book of Hebrews
Choosing a Bible Translation
Bible Study and Rock Music
Bible Study in Hollywood
NLT Study Bible

It is likely these will only be available until the next magazine comes out – so don’t wait if you are interested!

Free new Christian magazine – Themelios

David at freeChristianresources — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:23:38 +0000

The Gospel Coalition has recently released Volume 34 (Issue 3) of their great magazine Themlios, the “International Journal for Pastors and Students of Theological and Religious Studies”.

With contributions from people such as D.A.Carson and Wayne Grudem you know this is going to be well written, and you can either read it online or download the pdf free.

Here is the contents of this issue:

D.A. Carson | Editorial
Carl Trueman | Minority Report: Lest We Forget
Wayne Grudem | The Perspicuity of Scripture
Dane C. Ortlund | Christocentrism: An Asymmetrical Trinitarianism?
David VanDrunen | Bearing Sword in the State, Turning Cheek in the Church: A Reformed Two-Kingdoms Interpretation of Matthew 5:38–42
Mark Rogers | “Deliver Us from the Evil One”: Martin Luther on Prayer
Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. | Pastoral Pensées Power in Preaching: Delight (2 Corinthians 12:1–10), Part 3 of 3
Book Reviews

Free Sexual Detox book for Christian men

David at freeChristianresources — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:45:40 +0000

Tim Challies has released two free ebooks for men on Sexual Detox, one for single men and one for married men. These pdfs are very well written and include plenty of application questions. They really are required reading for any man struggling with sexual temptation.

The pdfs were born from a series Tim did on Sexual Detox that resulted in huge interest from both his readers and visitors at his blog. Soon the books will be available for purchase at amazon, but you can get them free now (and presumably forever!) at his website. They are about 30 pages long, but with plenty of questions to think about it will not necessarily be a quick read!

Here is the introduction

It isn’t easy being a guy today. Maybe it never has been easy, but today the challenges to guys who want to be holy, who want to honor God with their minds and bodies, seem tougher than ever. You live at a time and in a culture that seems given over to sex. It is all around you and you can hardly avoid its lure.

Everywhere you go today you are faced with temptations and, if you are like most young men, have begun to give in to them. Perhaps you have only just begun looking at pornography or perhaps you’ve been doing so for many years. Perhaps you are struggling with masturbation, not really wanting to indulge yourself but finding that it’s a whole lot tougher to quit than you would have thought. Perhaps you are finding that, more than ever, sex is filling your mind and impacting your heart.
This booklet is intended primarily for young, married men. I want to use this short guide to help you discover God’s plan for sex and sexuality. I want to help you track down the lies you have believed about sex and I want to help you replace them with truth that comes straight from God, the one who created sex for us.

Free Tenth Avenue Christmas song – Go Tell It On The Mountain

David at freeChristianresources — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:34:16 +0000

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Tenth Avenue
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Download | Tenth Avenue website

Listening to this free song from Tenth Avenue makes it feel like Christmas! This is a great example of how to create a modern Christmas song.

Simply provide your email and name and click on the download now link at their promotions page.

Free Jeremy Camp song – Speaking Louder Than Before

David at freeChristianresources — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:44:52 +0000

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Jeremy Camp
Speaking Louder Than Before
Click on the widget below to Download | Jeremy Camp website

Here is a free song from Jeremy Camp, to download it you just need to click on the bottom right of the widget below. You can also click on the video to play the song to see if you like it before you download it!

This free song was initially highlighted by the Free Christian Music Blog.

Free Gary Thomas book – Pure Pleasure

David at freeChristianresources — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:55:30 +0000

Gary Thomas has made his latest book, Pure Pleasure, available free online!

There is also plenty of other materials at Gary Thomas’ website including videos of answers to questions raised around topics the book covers. Gary Thomas is a bestselling author, some of his other works include Sacred Marriage, Sacred Parenting, Sacred Pathways and Authentic Faith. All you need to do to get Pure Pleasure free is provide your name and email and you will instantly be able to download it in pdf format.

The tagline of the book covers the overall gist of the book, “Why Do Christians Feel So Bad about Feeling Good?”. As you can see from the chapter list below, it covers both why we should not be scared about enjoying pleasures and life, but also that there are some lines that should not be crossed.

The Tyranny of Torrential Thirst
Fortifying Ourselves with Pleasure
How Our Pleasure Pleases God
Enjoying the Earth without Loving the World
Party Like It’s Biblical Time
Practical Pleasure
What’s Your Pleasure?
Spiritual Ferns
Preserving Pleasure
Dangerous Pleasures
The Cost of Pleasure
Family Pleasure: Becoming a Servant of Their Joy
Singing in Exile: Finding Pleasure in Difficult Circumstances
Hilariously Holy

Here is a testimonial from Ed Young:

“If Gary Thomas writes a book, you need to read it. It’s as simple as that. He has incredible insight into spiritual truths and is able to make those truths graspable for all audiences. In Pure Pleasure Gary reminds us it is OK for Christians to feel good—even have fun! A refreshing message at the right time for contemporary believers. You are going to enjoy this book.”

—Dr. Ed Young, Second Baptist Church, Houston, Texas

Free book Grow: Reproducing through organic disclipleship

David at freeChristianresources — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:34:30 +0000

Winfield Bevans has made his book Grow availabke free as a pdf download. Simply go to the webpage for Winfield Bevans’ book and click on the ‘download’ box to get the free pdf.

The book looks at discipleship within the church setting, but not by focusing on set programmes or techniques. Rather it focuses on organic discipleship. This is not some ‘anything goes’ approach that looks down on structure, but rather a book that premises that spiritual growth is not a formula that can be repeated for ever and ever for every Christian.

Here is what Ed Stetzer has to say about the book:

“Winfield Bevins provides pastors and church planters with a great tool for developing an organic discipleship process that is gospel-centered and missional. Organic Discipleship will help your church rediscover the lost art of disciple-making for the 21st century. If you want to help transition your church from programs to a natural process for disciple-making, this book is for you.”

Ed Stetzer
President, Life Way Research

Free Silent Night from House of Heroes

David at freeChristianresources — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:08:57 +0000

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House of Heroes
Silent Night
Download | House of Heroes website

This song sounds good from the 10 second clip I could here, but you can only download it if you live in the US. Nonetheless I know lots of you live in America so if this post is just for you guys!

It is provided by amazon, so you’ll need to set up an account to get the free download, but you won’t need to provide credit card details or anything – it is all 100% free!

If you live in the US, please let me know what you think so I know if I should change the 4 stars I gave it either up or down!

10 free Christmas songs for your worship teams

David at freeChristianresources — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:10:51 +0000

Unlike most of the free songs at free Christian resources these ones are not actually available for download. However you can listen to them online, and get free lyrics and free sheet music. This means they are perfect for those of you in worship bands that are wondering what to play for your Christmas service.

It also includes some amazing songs from well known artists, here is the list of free songs you can get from the Worship Together website…

Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Ground) – Chris Tomlin
All Creation Sing (Joy To The World) – FEE
Sing – Josh Wilson
Born In Bethlehem – Third Day
Here Is Our King – David Crowder*Band
Glory In The Highest – Chris Tomlin
Silent Night (Emmanuel) – Matt Maher
Joy Has Dawned – Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Love Came Down – Ben Cantelon
Born That We May Have Life – Chris Tomlin