Items tagged video

Videos on "When Sinners Say 'I Do'"

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:26:11 GMT

Sovereign Grace Ministries has set up a YouTube page of videos related to Dave Harvey's book, When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage. Here are the videos:

Why I Wrote This Book

02:37

Why a book on marriage? And why talk so much about sin? Dave Harvey explains.

Chapter 1: What Really Matters in Marriage
02:41

What determines the quality of your marriage? Dave Harvey explains in this overview of chapter one: "What Really Matters in Marriage."

Chapters 2-4
02:29

Often the deepest conflict is the one we're not aware of, and our fiercest enemy is within our own hearts. Dave Harvey points us to the only hope for victory in this overview of chapters two through four.

Chapter 4: Taking It Out for a Spin
03:44

What actually causes conflict in marriage? You may be surprised at the answer in this overview of chapter four.

Chapter 6: Forgiveness, Full and Free
03:37

Is restoration possible after sin devastates a marriage? Hear one couple's story in this overview of chapter six.

Chapter 7: The Spouse in Sin
03:18

Growth in holiness is not a solo project. In this overview of chapter seven, Dave Harvey explains how to humbly, patiently, and courageously lead your spouse to repentance.

Chapter 8: Stubborn Grace
04:28

God's grace doesn't just bring you to conversion, then leave you on your own. In this overview of chapter eight, Dave Harvey explains how the grace of God provides staying power for your life and your marriage.

Chapter 9: Concerning Sex
03:01

Sex. It's a topic that has everyone's attention. But it's easy to forget that this topic has God's attention as well. In this (G-rated) overview of chapter nine, Dave Harvey explains what the gospel has to do with this part of marriage.

Chapter 10: When Sinners Say Goodbye
04:12

It's been said that all we need to do is live long enough, and we'll be bereaved. In this overview of chapter ten, Dave Harvey talks about maintaining hope when "death do us part" actually happens.

The Myth of Neutrality - Greg Bahnsen

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:05:47 GMT

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Greg Bahnsen (Video) Online

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:05:59 GMT

Click here.

Note sure how long this will stay up, so watch now!

Mike Horton on Joel Osteen's Heresy (from 60 minutes)

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:05:17 GMT

Here is an eleven minute film clip from 60 minutes of the "motivational-prosperity-gospel-minus-the-God-of-the-Bible" of Joel Osteen. Scott Clark has a selection of posts related to it here including a punchy one by Michael Spencer.

Desiring God National Conference Audio and Video

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:54:59 GMT

Just hours after the conference finished, the Desiring God National Conference is online in its entirety. John MacArthur was one of the guest speakers.

John MacArthur, Doug Pagitt, and Yoga

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:48:39 GMT

On Tuesday (September 11), John MacArthur was asked by CNN to participate in a live discussion on the topic of yoga and Christianity, for a segment of Prime News with Erica Hill. The other guest in the discussion was Doug Pagitt, a pastor in Minneapolis and a recognized leader in the emerging church movement.

The following is an unofficial transcript of that discussion (which we are posting here because CNN does not publish transcripts for Prime News with Erica Hill). A link to the video feed can be found here.

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Mike Galanos (host): [directed to Erica Hill] Let me ask you that question? When you do yoga do you feel the spirituality? Would it compromise a faith with you?

Erica Hill (host): No to me it’s very, to me it’s relaxing. It relaxes me. Now to some people maybe that would be relaxation in the form of spirituality. But to me, it’s sort of “oh,” it’s clearing my head, it’s giving me a break.

Mike Galanos (host): Okay. And that, you hear a lot of that, you read a lot of that on the internet. Me personally, I haven’t done it. I work out, maybe I’m doing a few curls and I’m getting out of the gym, so I come at this with a purely inquisitive mind. What do we have here? Alright let’s find out.

Erica mentioned it’s big — seventeen million of you out there practice yoga. But again, Erica mentioned it, some Christians, one in particular says a Christian should not do yoga. He’s Pastor John MacArthur; he is pastor of Grace Community Church also host of the radio show Grace to You. He joins us now. Bottom line, basically you can’t get the physical benefits without incorporating the spiritual roots of yoga. We’ll talk with John MacArthur in just a minute.

Also joining us, a pastor who fully disagrees and says “Hey, doing yoga is okay,” Doug Pagitt. His church in Minneapolis actually offers a class in yoga.

But let’s start with you, John MacArthur. Alright, let’s say I do decide to try yoga, head to the local gym, give it a shot. What am I opening myself up to spiritually that could go against my Christian faith?

John MacArthur: Well that would depend on how the yoga is conducted. If it’s just purely exercise, and you’re a strong Christian, it probably wouldn’t have any impact on your faith. But in the big picture, why would Christians want to borrow an expression from a false religion, from pantheism (god is everything, you’re god, everything is god), when we believe there’s only one true God (the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ). Why would we need to import that? If you want to exercise, exercise. But why borrow a term that has been part of a false religion for centuries?

Mike Galanos (host): Doug Pagitt, let’s get you in on this. And as we do, I want to read the definition from Webster’s on “yoga.” It says it’s “a Hindu theistic philosophy teaching the suppression of all activity of body, mind, and will in order that the self may realize its distinction from them and attain liberation.” Kind of tough one to cipher but, on a spiritual front for a Christian, that does not sound like Christ-centered faith to me. On the surface of that definition, what’s going on here? Help us out.

Doug Pagitt: Well, for people who perform yoga, what they’re normally trying to do is to find a whole and complete and healed life. So when people participate in yoga, most of them aren’t on some kind of a yoga agenda. What they’re trying to do is use whatever practices they can find that would help them have a whole and complete life. And for a Christian, that’s certainly what we’re after. The Jesus agenda is a whole life, is a complete life, is a healed life. So when people use it to relieve stress, to be healthy in their relationships, to feel good in their body, that’s a really good thing.

In fact, there’s a great little verse in the New Testament where it says, “Whatever is good, whatever is right, whatever is noble, whatever is praiseworthy, think upon such things.” And for so many of us, yoga has been one of those ‘whatevers’ that’s such a positive thing in our life.

Mike Galanos (host): So you say, Jesus is alright with yoga?

Doug Pagitt: Yeah, are you asking if I think Jesus was alright with yoga?

Mike Galanos (host): Yeah.

Doug Pagitt: Yeah, I’m not sure exactly how to answer a question like that. My assumption is that Christianity and yoga are not in competition with one another and are not enemies of one another. So to suggest that I could speak clearly for everything that Jesus would have been okay with – if Jesus was familiar with yoga when he was alive, and yoga has certainly around from before the time of Jesus, I don’t think Jesus ever spoke out against yoga and said, don’t perform yoga. But that kind of question that you’re going to ask somebody – “If Jesus was okay with it, then I wouldn’t do it” – that’s the kind of thing that says, would Jesus be okay with pastors wearing suits? Would Jesus be okay with having Christmas trees? These are the kinds of questions that just don’t move forward.

Mike Galanos (host): Let’s get back to the yoga — Doug, let’s get back to yoga real quick – as you do the postures, and this again, again I have not done yoga, but you do the postures, and they’re, one of the concerns is that it’s an offering to some of the millions of Hindu gods. Is there a part of you in the spirit that’s tweaked at all by this? Are you bothered at all. You practice yoga yourself. How do you go through with it?

Doug Pagitt: Hey, I have to confess that I’m not very good at it? Yoga, it’s really hard to hold these postures, to hold these positions. And I’ll tell you that from my own experience, and the many, many people that I know who participate in yoga, none of them have ever found themselves to be opened up to something negative or something demonic or something evil. In fact, many of us find the high benefit that comes from body mind connection, and from knowing that we are pushing, that we are stretching, that we are sending our body into an exercise. And that exercise is not wholly disconnected from our will or from our mind or from our spirit; it’s a complete practice. And I’ve never known anybody who has had anything detrimental come into their spirit because of their practice of yoga.

Mike Galanos (host): John MacArthur, real quick, want to get you in on this as well, is all yoga bad yoga for the Christian?

John MacArthur: Well, let me just respond to what I’ve been hearing. That doesn’t sound anything like Christianity. If you want a whole life, if you want your life to be what it should be, you don’t put yourself in some weird physical position, empty your mind, center on yourself and try to relieve your stress. You go to the word of God, to the gospel of Jesus Christ, you embrace in faith the sacrifice of Christ in his death and resurrection as your savior and redeemer. God comes, regenerates you, transforms your life, makes you a new creation, and you’re saved and you’re on your way to heaven, and you can live a life of peace and joy. That’s the promise of the gospel. There is no contribution made to that by any physical position or any kind of meditation.

The idea of Christianity is to fill your mind with biblical truth and focus on the God who is above you. That’s Christian worship. The idea of yoga is to fill your mind with nothing except to focus on yourself and try to find the god that is inside of you. From a Christian viewpoint, that’s a false religion. Exercise is a different issue.

Mike Galanos (host): Gentlemen, we’re going to have to leave it there. Pastor Doug Pagitt and John MacArthur we appreciate your time, both of you. Thank you very much.

New Interview of Wells by Dever

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:20:07 GMT

"Mark Dever asks David Wells about going against culture, contextualization, postmodernism, how to do theology as preachers, urban ministry, and more."

Gospel Coalition Interviews

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:05:19 GMT

Another wing has been added to the excellent Gospel Coalition website - the interview section. Watch Q and A videos with the likes of Don Carson, Tim Keller, John Piper and Mark Driscoll.

Some of the fascinating questions put to the men above include:

How do you encourage young pastors in their preaching?
How does preaching affect how Christians see culture?
What advice do you have for young pastors in their family life?
What is the state of the pulpit today?
What message do you have for men/women in the church today?
What keeps you motivated to do what you do?

The London Televised Discussion of Predestination

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:37:52 GMT

With many thanks to Martin, our UK DL listener and friend, I recently received a recording of the discussion I did on "Revelation TV" with London School of Theology professor Tony Lane (Ph.D., Oxford) and Edward Boamah (graduate of Trinity Seminary) on May 16th, 2007. I will be posting hopefully useful sections here on the blog.

-- James R. White

DG Conference Videos

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:05:06 GMT

Desiring God has produced some new videos on the forthcoming conference on standing and endurance. They include videos of John Piper explaining why he chose the speakers, as well as a promo video about the conference. You can check out the videos here. The promo video is below:

Desiring God YouTube Channels

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:05:16 GMT

(Author: Lukas)

Many of you are aware of our video that is online for free on the website and available in iTunes podcasts. We have also begun to put our video on YouTube. If you use YouTube, you can subscribe to two Desiring God channels we just started this week. We would love to see you over there leaving comments and posting your own videos. There will be more to come over the coming months.

The ְ Fight

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:36:26 GMT

Watch two shewas fight it out.

PCA General Assembly Videos

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:31:49 GMT

Watch the live proceedings here (registration required) and the recorded proceedings here. It's a hight quality video and it's really nice! (via) Tags: PCA, General Assembly

Video Recap of New Attitude

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:55:02 GMT

An attendee posted this video recap. Pretty cool. And I loved this post from a married couple who attended the conference.

James White on Sola Scriptura (Video)

Thu, 31 May 2007 06:30:05 GMT

This is a closing argument by James White in a debate on the issue of Sola Scriptura.

Video Indictment of the Market-Driven Churches

Wed, 30 May 2007 01:15:03 GMT

Pastor Gary Gilley of Southern View Chapel presents…

This video is the first part of a four part series on the damning indictment of the market-driven churches that are so popular today. This first video is an introduction to the church in the age of entertainment. Dr. Gilley contends that the church has sold out to our culture so that the influences of the culture have become the influences in the church. The most significant forces pressing against the church are entertainment, market driven philosophies and psychology. These three are largely absent from the Bible, yet are startlingly prevalent in evangelical churches. The leaders and issues he concentrates on most are Rick Warren and his book The Purpose Driven Church, Bill Hybels and Lee Strobel. In the fourth part of this series, Dr. Gilley will explain what the Emerging Church is and how it is dangerous to the Evangelical community.

Part Two Here

Part Three Here

Part Four Here

5 Reasons God Exists

Tue, 29 May 2007 01:50:08 GMT

Ken Samples' Apologetics Presentation Posted

Thu, 24 May 2007 23:25:08 GMT

Ken Samples has hit the big time! Reasons to Believe has posted an apologetics presentation on YouTube narrated by Ken Samples.

Click here: YouTube - 5 Reasons God Exists

As Ken told me, (in jest, of course), not even Augustine and Calvin have been on YouTube!

Benny Hinn Using Legal Action to Pull Damning Videos Off of The Web

Thu, 24 May 2007 22:50:10 GMT

If you have an itching to post a video on YouTube exposing the lies, false teaching, heresies, or looniness of Benny Hinn then his attorneys are going to aggressively act to have that video pulled down. According to the Independent Conservative, Hinn’s laywers have been successful at having scores of damning footage removed from YouTube already.

Click here to read the report.

Video Church Prognostications

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:44:31 GMT

Mark Driscoll made an interesting and remark at the end of his most recent blog post. For the record, I’m a bigger fan of Driscoll than most. His comments got me thinking on whether or not video church is this the next wave of the emerging church movement?

One thing I am certain of following my recent travels is that the multiple-site church phenomenon and video services are here to stay. Dead churches will be revitalized more and more by larger churches establishing services in them through the use of video. An entirely new form of church planting seems to be emerging that, along with traditional church planting, will help to add healthy new churches.

The Banned Church Planting Video

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:05:05 GMT

Last year I spoke at a large church planting event along with a number of other church planters and church planting movement leaders. The event was held in Florida, went well, and did a very encouraging job of bringing together a number of denominations, networks, and organizations that otherwise would not have benefited from such a partnership.

This year I was invited back but declined because the few-day round trip from Seattle to Florida to give a very short message (last year it was less than twenty minutes) seemed like too much in light of other responsibilities. So, the sponsors of the event asked me to instead put together an eight-minute video on church planting that could be shown at the event and then handed out to each of the 1,500 attendees. So, in an effort to be helpful, the video crew from Mars Hill Church and I spent half a day in freezing weather at a military cemetery shooting scenes that were then edited for the video. Apparently the video was shown at the event, was well received by the attendees, and then criticized by Bill Hybels from the stage because it did not speak of women church planters. And, not wanting a bigger fuss, the organization hosting the event then made a decision not to hand out the video as they had promised, leaving the guys from our Acts 29 Church Planting Network who had hauled suitcases of the videos to Florida with thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of wasted effort. The leaders of the event are good guys whom I still consider friends, and I've never met Bill Hybels so I won't speak about him personally. But, I thought we should at least post the banned video online, so here it is:

Mark Driscoll Banned Church Planting Video

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:15:04 GMT

Marc Driscoll has been at the centre of controversy once more. This time it is about a video he shot for a conference which was aimed at stirring men to fight for the church. The video was publicly criticised from the stage of a conference by Bill Hybels. The video was then not given out as planned to the conference delegates. I am impressed with his restraint in his blog post on the subject. I

Desiring God Sermon Video

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:06:57 GMT

John Piper sermon video.

Dr. John MacArthur: Act Like A Godly Man

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:29:20 GMT

The Lord is so kind. In wading through Rick Warren and his semi-pelagian garbage my Master also led me across the You Tube clip from Dr. John MacArthur I placed on Apprising Miinstries. It is such a pleasure to be able to bring this excellent teaching before the Body of Christ.

The Place of Application in Preaching

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:00:51 GMT

(Author: Abraham)

Examples don't change people. Seeing glory does. Watch Piper talk about making application in sermons.

(If you do not see the embedded video, you can also watch it at Google Video.)

On How Time Heals All Wounds

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:13:27 GMT

   As most of you know, I have recently gained the knowledge and ability to capture and post video. With very few exceptions, folks have really enjoyed the clips. They do take a while to record, upload, etc., but they seem to be worth the effort.
   As a result, I have been seeing some debates on tape or DVD for the first time. I do not sit around reviewing old debates. I suppose I probably should review a debate as soon as the video is available, but I have never gotten into that habit. I figure the debate should stand on its own, and unless there is some very compelling reason to go back and comment on one, I figure those who listen to them, and view them, get to make the final decisions. I don't need to try to prejudice the audience.
   Of course, I have my critics who are always spinning things about the debates. One young guy set up a camera in his bedroom recently to record replies to the Sungenis/Mass debate clips I played. Patrick Madrid continues to spin an almost fourteen year old debate on sola scriptura on his website. I saw a comment from someone who had listened to the debate, read Madrid's horrific post-debate article, "The White Man's Burden," and then frankly admitted he could not bring himself to read my reply.
   A few days ago TQuid directed me to a comment by Gary Michuta posted on the Catholic Answers Forums. I debated Mr. Michuta on the subject of the Apocrypha back in 2004. To be honest, I have not thought much about that debate since then. I have written next to nothing about it here on the blog. We made the DVD's available, the mp3's, etc., and I have been more than content to just let the debate speak for itself. I do recall Michuta writing something fairly shortly after the debate, but I have no recollection of even responding to it.
   In any case, Michuta was commenting on an issue that came up in cross-examination. I had forgotten that Michuta had raised the novel idea that there really is no contradiction between the canon lists promoted by Augustine at Hippo and Carthage and that of Trent. Yes, they differ, but you see, that was because Trent was just being "silent" about the differences. I found no merit in that argument when he presented it, and have no reason to change my conclusion today, either. The idea that Trent was just passing the differences over in silence assumes they even knew the differences in the first place. But the idea that Trent was acting in some restrained manner while not even addressing the topic would require a massive leap of faith that only a...Roman Catholic apologist could make. I would like to see the discussions at Trent over this topic. I would need to see the council members discussing the difference, specifically referring to the differences between the LXX and the Vulgate text, and saying, "We will leave this matter undecided." I am more than open to seeing that documentation, if he would like to provide it. Of course, all that would prove is that Rome has a long history of claiming infallibility without knowing what to do with it, but that's another issue. First things first.
   Now, while it is intresting, and useful, to note these things, I found the accompanying commentary by Michuta most interesting. In the clip I am posting below, three issues were addressed. One, the Trent/Hippo topic, next, Leo X's approval of the Complutensian Polyglot (with its comments rejecting the Apocryphal books), and then the issue of the glaring historical errors in Judith. I believe that the majority of folks would find Michuta's replies on all three issues significantly less than compelling. In fact, I can detect laughter at one point. I mean, saying you will not respond to my question in the fashion he did does not comprise a weighty form of argumentation. The facts are the facts, Nebuchadnezzar did not reign in Ninevah, and it is hardly worthwhile to appeal to some kind of presuppositional argument about the inspired nature of a book when you are debating whether the book is inspired or not, and, a good deal of evidence was on the table opposing its inspiration, including the testimony of men from the earliest days of Christian history to the time of the Reformation. Now, I do not need to opine that I was "embarrassed" for Mr. Michuta at this point. That kind of rhetoric I find useless, and besides, it distracts from the real issues. But Michuta has now stated, "I was a little embarassed for James because it appeared that he didn't really look into the question very closely." Thankfully, there were video cameras and audio recording equipment present at the time. How useful they are in helping us deal with how time warps our memories! I don't know about you, but Gary doesn't look like he's feeling overly embarrassed for me during this exchange. Let the viewer decide:

This DVD available here (#516) -- James R. White

Video from Pastors Conference

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:31:48 GMT

The video of Piper's message on Andrew Fuller is now available.