Carefully Curated Resources (CCR)

Why 'Gospel-centered' is Not Enough

We love the Gospel and are always seeking to grow people in it, but even a good thing can be misunderstood - here are some carefully curated resources to keep us growing correctly in the Gospel.

• Be Christ-Centered, Not Just Gospel-Centered by Alex Kocman
• Two Dangers in ‘Gospel-Centered’ Preaching by John Piper
• The Spiritual Dangers of Being Gospel-Centered by Kyle Strobel
• The Gospel is Insufficient by Carl Trueman
• Gospel-Centrality: A Warning and a Recommendation by Bobby Jamieson
• The Dangers of Being Gospel-Centered by Julian Freeman
• How To Prevent a Gospel-Centered Fizzle Out by Erik Raymond
• The Danger of Gospel Osmosis by Brad Andrews
• The Gospel-Centered Everything by Tim Challies
• Has the Gospel-Centered Emphasis Gone Too Far? by White Horse Inn
• Why Do We Say ‘Gospel-Centered’? by Thomas Kidd

Leadership and Pastoral Ministry

• The Ministry of Encouragement by David Peterson
• Maturity the Goal of Christian Mission by David Peterson
• Pastoral Ministry Is War by Paul Tripp
• Ministry Means War: 10 Lessons Seminary Never Taught Me by Jeff Robinson
• Pastors Aren't Born But Formed by Derek Rishmawy
• The Marks of a Spiritual Leader by John Piper
• The Worth of Waiting: A Word to Aspiring Elders by Johnny Antle
• What Are Some Most Important Things A Pastor-In-Training To Learn by 9Marks
• Ministry Leadership and the Affirmation Game by Jeff Lawrence
• Want to Be an Elder? Start Eldering Now by Bobby Jamieson
• Proposal For A New Seminary by John Frame

Preaching and Discipleship

• 5 Things Not To Trust In Your Preaching by Thabiti Anyabwile
• Answer These 14 Questions Before You Preach by Peter Adam
• Gospel Preaching Isn't Enough by Bob Thune
• Preacher: Do You Have A Theology of Preaching? by Albert Mohler, Jr.
• Preparing College Students for Graduation by Kevin DeYoung

Doing Theology

• Doctrine Matters: Eternal Life Depends Upon It by Kevin DeYoung
• Drawing the Line: Why Doctrine Matters by R. Scott Clark
• What is Theological Thinking? by Stephen N. Williams
• Why You Can't Just Read The Bible (shorter) by D.A. Carson
• Why Can't We Just Read the Bible? (longer) by White Horse Inn
• How to Read the Bible and Do Theology Well by D.A. Carson
• The Theological Life by John Tweeddale
• Your Theological System Should Tell You How to Exegete by Kevin DeYoung
• ‘I Just Believe the Bible’ Doesn’t Make You Orthodox by Michael S. Horton

Reading and Christian Education

• 23 Tips from 23 Years of Book Reading by Tony Reinke
• How Classical Education Shapes Us as God Intended by Bradley Green

Issues Facing Evangelicals Today

• Where is Evangelicalism Heading? by Interview with Don Carson
• Have Evangelicals Lost Their Way? by Phillip Jensen and Tony Payne
• The Marcions have landed. A Warning for Evangelicals by Carl Trueman
• Are You a Jellyfish Christian? by Matthew Barrett
• Christianity, Liberalism and the New Evangelicalism by Carl Trueman
• Doesn’t God Want Us to be Happy? by Michael S. Horton
• Fundamentalism and the Word of God by Andrew Prideaux
• Has ‘Authenticity’ Trumped Holiness? by Brett McCracken
• Lordship is Not Legalism by Brett McCracken
• Moralistic Therapeutic Deism - The New Religion by Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr.
• The Compassionate Truth about Judgment by Scott Sauls
• The One True Worshipper by Robert Doyle
• Word and Spirit: The God of Word II by John Woodhouse

Popular topics

• 3 Things Your Calling Is Not by Ivan Mesa
• Can Christians Marry Non-Christians?: A Biblical Theology by Mike Gilbart-Smith
• Does God Harden a Believer's Heart? by Tony Reinke
• Why is Faith Not a Work? by Matthew Barrett

Christian Unity

• The Limits of Fellowship by Phillip Jensen
• When to unite and when to divide by John Woodhouse
• If We Believe All the Same Things, Why Do Our Churches Seem So Different? by Kevin DeYoung
• What is the Gospel (and what it isn't) by Mark Thompson
• Together for the Gospel's Affirmations and Denial by T4G
• Why We Need to Rethink "In Essentials, Unity; In Nonessentials, Liberty" by Michael S. Horton
• Rethinking “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity” (Part 1) by Nick Duke
• Rethinking “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity” (Part 2) by Nick Duke
• Rethinking “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity” (Part 3) by Nick Duke
• We Don't Have Forever by Francis A. Schaeffer

Our Reformed Heritage

• What is a Reformed Understanding of the Gospel by John Piper
• What We Believe About the Five Points of Calvinism by John Piper
• Introductory Essay to John Owen's Death of Death in the Death of Christ by J.I. Packer
• Arminius, Dort and the Battle for Grace by Kevin DeYoung
• The Future of the Evangelical Reformed Movement by The Gospel Coalition
• What It Means to Be Reformed by Tim Challies
• Reformed and Always Reforming by W. Robert Godfrey
• Is Scripture Alone the Same Thing as Scripture Only? by Jason Helopoulos
• Liberalism before Liberalism: Luther vs Erasmus on the Perspicuity of Scriptures by Will Graham
• John Calvin's Letter to Cardinal Sadoleto (1539) by John Calvin
• Luther's Theology of the Cross by Carl Trueman
• Connecting the Church and the Gospel: A Reformation Perspective by Michael S. Horton

Evangelism

• Calvinism Gives Fire and Enthusiasm to True Evangelism by L. R. Shelton
• Does Calvinism Discourage Evangelism? by Kevin DeYoung
• Don’t Just ‘Share’ the Gospel by Elliot Clark
• Evangelism Is No Mere 'Invitation' by Robert L. Reymond
• Telling People the Truth in Love: A Reformed Approach to Evangelism by Kim Riddlebarger
• The Problem with Apologetics by T. F. Torrance

Past conference recordings

• FWC 2020: Threats to Gospel Unity
• FWC 2020: Gospel Unity
• FWC 2020: The Gospel, its Context and Consequences
• FWC 2020: The Fall, Fragmentation and our Failure to Love
• CTC 2019: The Interpretation of the Psalms in the New Testament
• CTC 2019: The Flow of Thought in Psalms 42-49
• CTC 2019: David's New Exodus in Psalms 18 and 34
• CTC 2019: The Psalter as a Book
• FWC 2019: Leading and Shepherding the Church Faithfully (part B)
• FWC 2019: Leading and Shepherding the Church Faithfully (part A)

For more, visit the recordings page.

Past conference resources

• FWC 19 – The Indivisibility of Truth
• FWC 19 – Have Evangelicals Lost Their Way?
• FWC 19 – Biblical Christianity Under Threat!
• FWC 19 – 19th century Methodists, charismatics and me
• FWC 19 – Mysticism (The God Buzz)
• FWC 19 – Bill Hybels, Bibles & Willow Creek
• FWC 19 – Cooperation with Charismatics
• FWC 19 – A Medical View of Miraculous Healing (p1-7)
• FWC 19 – A Medical view of Miraculous Healing (p8-10)
• FWC 19 – Dick Lucas on The Priority and Practice of Preaching
• FWC 19 – Understanding the Ministry of Prophecy in Church
• FWC 19 – The God of Word 1
• FWC 19 – The God of Word 2
• FWC 19 – The God of Word 3
• TTC 15 - Athanasius - On the Incarnation
• FWC 15 – The Gospel and Evangelism Pre-conference Readings

Seminary podcasts and classes

• Annual Moore College Lectures
• Biblical Training
• Carl Trueman's Lectures on the Reformation
• Church History Lectures by Ryan Reeves
• Covenant Theological Seminary
• Ligonier Ministries Teaching Series
• Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
• Reformed Theological Seminary
• The Gospel Coalition Courses
• Third Millennium Ministries
• Westminster Theological Seminary

Learning Biblical languages

• Daily Dose of Greek
• Daily Dose of Hebrew
• How to Understand and Apply the New Testament: Twelve Steps from Exegesis to Theology by Andrew David Naselli
• How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Twelve Steps From Exegesis to Theology by Jason S. DeRouchie

Freebies

• 600 Free Ebooks by Monergism
• Free Ebooks from John Frame and Vern Poythress
• Free Ebooks from John Piper
• Lies My Pastor Told Me: Confronting 15 Church Cliches with the Gospel by Cole Brown
• The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by D. A. Carson
• The Gospel Coalition Bible Commentary by TGC