Monergism Book Reviews just added a review of Lord and Servant: A Covenant Christology by Michael Horton. Sounds like a great book especially given how much Horton's Putting Amazing back into Grace had a profound impact on me.

As I am being completely consumed by work (I am now 7 days a week trying to finish this project), Pastor Craig Cabaniss hits another spiritual home run with his latest sermon. This one touches on 1 John 4 and called Atonement Part 6.

The jist is we will never understand God's love and hence how we are to love others, unless we first grasp the total, holy, righteous, umigating horror of God's wrath towards sin.

But yet despite this wrath against sin, our sin, and from his love he sent his Son Jesus Christ take the wrath due us and become a propitiation for our sin.

 http://www.gracechurchfrisco.org/our-sermon-audio/

10-26-08

This is one of the best sermons on Biblical Servanthood I have ever heard. Pastor Craig Cabaniss delivers this message as part of a series on Atonement. To basically sum it up "To understand servanthood one must first understand the Atonement."

http://www.gracechurchfrisco.org/our-sermon-audio/

see the Atonement 3 sermon dated 10/5/08

Recently someone inquired on finidng resources regarding Biblical Servanthood for kids ages 8-12. I knew of none so I turned to my friend Tom Stack of http://doctrinematters.blogspot.com/

Here was his suggestion,

"I'd think that one of the first steps toward servanthood is getting one's eyes of oneself and on the other person -  a difficult thing for us adults, let alone kids.   But for kids 8 to 12?  Perhaps a book that will take some editing/adjustments to pear it down for that age group would be George Grant's The Micah Mandate.  Also, a good book that addressed the elements and items needed in building a child's character (a must for servant-leadership) is Sinclair Ferguson's Sermon on the Mount.  Not directly on point for this inquiry, but a good book for parents to work through with their kids."

Does anyone else have any resources they would also recommend.

I haven't been able to continue the blog, as work has sapped all my time and energy. What remains I want to spend serving my pregnant wife and 2 infants girls. I promise soon when crazy schedule stops, I will continue. Until then please email any questions and comments

Nate