NEXT ’09

Posted on June 10, 2009 in Blog, Listening, Recommended

NEXT is a conference put on by Josh Harris, pastor of Covenant Life Church. This is how it describes itself:

Next 2009 is all about Jesus.

When was the last time you set aside time for what is most important? For the person who is most important?

Laziness and familiarity can take their toll. Jesus becomes comfortable, a habit, not exciting or awe inspiring. Too often he fades into the background of our busy lives.

But Jesus hasn’t changed…

The same Jesus spoke the universe into being. The same Jesus went from heaven’s glory to a stable. The same Jesus took on flesh, walked the earth, and carried our sorrows. The same Jesus suffered, bled, and died on the cross as our substitute, for our sins. The same Jesus conquered death and rose from the grave. The same Jesus will one day return.

Indeed, the person and work of Christ is something we can’t hear enough of.

Below you can listen to the conference messages or read the sermon summaries:

- Joshua Harris preached on Christ’s Preeminence:

Are you living your life and shaping your life around the reality that Jesus is preeminent?

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- D.A. Carson preached on Christ’s Incarnation

“Do you want to see what God looks like? Study Jesus, the Word made flesh.”

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- Kevin DeYoung preached on Christ’s Life

God is calling you stop playing games and making excuses and to open your eyes to see Jesus as the Christ. He is more glorious and loving and gracious and powerful and more wonderfully terrifying that any of us can ever imagine.

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- C.J. Mahaney preached on Christ’s Death

Everything else can wait, but this one truth must be proclaimed with a voice of thunder.

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- Sinclair Ferguson preached on Christ’s Resurrection

The gospel falls to pieces unless Jesus was actually raised from the dead.

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- Sinclair Ferguson preached on Christ’s Return

Here is the most important thing I can say about the second coming: He is coming.

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More NEXT resources can be found at their website.