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How can you know if you’re called to plant a church? Called to preach? Called at all? The Seattle Boot Camp in March 2009 welcomed speakers from all over the world to weigh in on the topic of calling, including PJ Smyth of GodFirst Church Johannesburg. Get all the audio and video at the links below.

Session 1: The Calling of the Planter – Mark Driscoll

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Session 2: Great Commision Call to Plant Churches – Scott Thomas

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• Video

Session 3: The Call to Preach – Matt Chandler

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Session 4: The Call to Proclaim the Gospel – PJ Smyth

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Session 5: Your Vision is Too Small – Dave Bruskas

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Session 6: The Call to Endure – Mark Driscoll

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Also from Seattle Boot Camp 2009, check out Seven Seasons of a Church Planter Part 1 and Part 2 with Hunter Beaumont (Lead Pastor of Fellowship Denver and Resurgence contributor), and Russ McKendry (Lead Pastor of L2 Church, Denver).

Rain City Hymnal

A fresh approach to 12 ancient hymns. Listen online and get the album from Re:Sound. Find out more.

Click here to listen to John Piper explain why C.S. Lewis has been so influential to him.

Fiction

• The Chronicles of Narnia
• Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy Book One)
• Perelandra (Space Trilogy Book Two)
• That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, Book Three)
• The Dark Tower and Other Stories
• Boxen: Childhood Chronicles Before Narnia with W.H. Lewis.
• The Screwtape Letters: How a Senior Devil Instructs a Junior Devil in the Art of Temptation
• Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
• Pilgrim's Regress
• The Great Divorce

Poetry

• Narrative Poems
• Poems
• Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics

Non-fiction

Theology

• The Abolition of Man
• The Four Loves
• God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics
• A Grief Observed
• Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
• Mere Christianity
• Miracles
• The Problem of Pain
• Reflections on the Psalms
• The Weight of Glory
• What Christians Believe

Scholarly

• The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition
• The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
• An Experiment in Criticism
• On Stories, and Other Essays on Literature
• The Personal Heresy with E.M.W. Tillyard
• A Preface To Paradise Lost
• Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
• Studies in Words

Personal

• Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
• All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C.S. Lewis, 1922-1927
• Letters to an American Lady
• The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy
• Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis (Box Set)

Anthologies

• The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics
• A Year With C.S. Lewis: Daily Readings from his Classic Works
• C.S. Lewis: Readings for Meditation and Reflection
• The Inspirational Writings of C.S. Lewis
• Christian Reflections
• Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories

Resurgence Podcasts

Get all the latest audio sermons, interviews, and lectures delivered straight to you as soon as they are released. Find out more.

Your people could benefit tremendously from having a solid grasp of key theological terms. We at the Resurgence came up with the idea of creating posters that succinctly explain the most important theological ideas.

Discipleship

This poster explains the biblical concept of discipleship, which begins with repentance and becomes a way of life for every believer. We are called by Jesus, just as his disciples were called in the gospels, to "leave everything" and follow him (Luke 5:28).

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For creative ideas for how to use our free Resurgence posters, click here.

Docent Research

Customized research for pastors. High-level exegesis, theological analysis, and cultural research as well as writing assistance. Learn more.

The 2009 Raleigh Acts 29 Boot Camp, hosted by Vintage21 Church on February 4-5, 2009, was about planting churches and making sure new plants thrive. Mark Driscoll, Scott Thomas and other Acts 29 pastors were joined by several guest speakers for the event, including Wayne Grudem and Andreas Köstenberger. Get all the video and audio through the links below.

Session 1: Raleigh Boot Camp Intro Session – Mark Driscoll

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Session 2: Mission Rises out of Community – Tyler Jones

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Session 3: Mission Rises out of Discipleship – Ed Marcelle

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Session 4: Our Mission – Daniel Montgomery

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Session 5: The Biblical Mandate on the Man – Scott Thomas

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Session 6: Gospel Centered Reformed Theology – Wayne Grudem

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Session 7: Preaching the Gospel – Daniel Akin

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Session 8: The Effects of Planting on Family and Self – Andreas Köstenberger

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Session 9: Systems & Structures – Jamie Munson

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Session 10: Q&A with Mark Driscoll – Mark Driscoll

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Session 11: Leadership Development: Elders, Deacons, Volunteers – Elliot Grudem

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Session 12: We Are A Movement – Mark Driscoll

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Missional Ecclesiology

Re:Train professor Gregg Allison explains the missional church in his blog series on Missional Ecclesiology.

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Consider getting your church to join us in rebuilding the infrastructure for the Church in Haiti. Go to ChurchesHelpingChurches.com.

Churches Helping Churches

Who will help local churches in the wake of catastrophes? You can. Learn more here.

Sojourn Community Church in Louisville has created a new podcast containing the full audio from two sessions of the Worship Track at the November 2009 boot camp at Sojourn, featuring Sandra McCracken, Tim Smith, Mike Cosper, and others.

Subscribe to the Podcast

The podcast is called "Inside Sojourn," and you can download these and other interviews and features of the podcast via iTunes or RSS.

The first is the "worship leader panel" featuring Tim Smith, Mike Cosper, Kevin Twit of Indelible Grace, Marc Heinrich of Bethlehem Baptist, and Josh Dix of The Journey.

The second is the "songwriting panel" featuring Tim Smith, Mike Cosper, Kevin Twit, Sandra McCracken, Neil Robins of Sojourn and Chip Stam of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Direct Download

• Worship Leader Panel (mp3)
• Worship Songwriting Panel (mp3)

Trial Study Guide

Get the companion study guide to Pastor Mark's Trial sermon series in downloadable PDF form. Find out more.

In this series from the Acts 29 2007 regional conference in Seattle, Mark Driscoll answers twenty leadership questions for building a City within a City, based on the missional leadership of Nehemiah. How do we build a countercultural kingdom community amidst an opposing culture? Listen to streaming audio and download MP3 files and PDF notes by clicking on the links below.

Session 1: Twenty Leadership Questions for Building a City within a City - Part 1 – Mark Driscoll

Session 2: Twenty Leadership Questions for Building a City within a City – Part 2 – Mark Driscoll

Recommended Books

A collection of fantastic reading material on various important topics, used and shared by Pastor Mark Driscoll. Find out more.

Sinless

This poster explains the doctrine of the perfect, sinless life of Christ and how it relates to our salvation. By God’s grace, the perfect obedience of Christ is attributed to all who put their faith in him.

Download the Sinless poster here.

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Advance 09 Media

Video, audio, and images from the Advance 09 conference in Raleigh-Durham, NC, June 2009. Find out more.

The Acts 29 San Diego Boot Camp in May 2009 focused on the concept of influence in leadership to answer the question “What does it look like to lead well?” Listen to content by Pastor Brian Howard and Acts 29 pastors Matt Chandler, Darrin Patrick, David Fairchild, and Jeff Vanderstelt by clicking on the links below.

Session 1: Influence Through Community – Brian Howard

Session 2: Influence Through The Word & Worship – Matt Chandler

Session 3: Influence Through Persevering – Darrin Patrick

Session 4: Influence Through Brokenness – David Fairchild

Session 5: Influence Through Mission & Vision – Jeff Vanderstelt

Vintage Church

In this book, Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears discuss the essentials of what it means to be a biblical church. Find out more.

Happy New Year!

If you're looking for a really tough New Year's resolution to challenge yourself, here's an idea. We've tried to find every single thing written by Charles Spurgeon and compiled this comprehensive list. For a real challenge, see if you can read everything on this list. Probably few are up to the task, but whatever progress you make, you won't regret it.

If you see anything we missed, let us know.

• Able to the Uttermost
• According to Promise: God's Promise to Every Christian
• All Of Grace
• All Of Grace (New Edition)
• An All-Round Ministry
• Around the Wicket Gate
• The Anointed Life
• The Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon
• Being God's Friend
• Beside Still Waters, Words of Comfort for the Soul
• C.H. Spurgeon Autobiography: The Early Years, 1834-1859 (Volume 1)
• C.H. Spurgeon Autobiography: The Full Harvest, 1860-1892 (Volume 2)
• Charles Spurgeon on Prayer (30 Day Devotional Treasury)
• Collected Works of Charles H. Spurgeon
• Come Ye Children: A Book for Parents and Teachers on the Christian Training of Children
• The Dawn of Revival (Prayer Speedily Answered)
• Devotional Classics of C.H. Spurgeon (Morning and Evening 1&2)
• Discovering the Power in the Cross of Christ
• The Down-Grade Controversy
• Eccentric Preachers
• Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon
• Evening by Evening
• Faith's Checkbook
• Feathers For Arrows; or, Illustrations from my note book.
• Finding Peace in Life's Storms
• Flashes of Thought: Being 1000 Choice Extracts From the Works of C.H. Spurgeon
• Flowers from a Puritan's Garden
• From the Pulpit to the Palm-Branch: A Memorial of C.H. Spurgeon
• Fullness of Joy
• Geese In Their Hoods: Selected Writings on Roman Catholicism by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
• Gleanings Among the Sheaves
• God Promises You
• The Golden Key of Prayer
• A Good Start
• Grace Abounding in a Believer's Life
• Grace and Power
• The Greatest Fight in the World: The Final Manifesto
• The Great Revival
• John Ploughman's Talk: Or, Plain Advice for Plain People
• Joy In Christ's Presence
• Joy In Your Life
• The King's Highway: Open and Cleared
• Lectures To My Students
• Letters of C.H. Spurgeon
• The Life and Labors of Charles H. Spurgeon
• Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
• Morning and Evening: A New Edition of the Classic Devotional Based on The Holy Bible, English Standard Version
• The Mourner's Comforter: Isaiah 61 Explained
• The Most Holy Place
• Morning by Morning and Evening by Evening: A New Edition of the Classic Devotional Based on the ESV Bible
• New Park Street Pulpit
• Only a Prayer Meeting
• Power of Christ's Miracles
• The Power in Prayer
• The Power of Prayer in a Believer's Life
• Power Over Satan
• Praying Successfully
• Psalms (The Crossway Classic Commentaries)
• The Preachers Power and the Conditions of Obtaining It (The Sword and the Trowel)
• The Saint and His Saviour; or, the progress of the soul in the knowledge of Jesus.
• The Soul Winner
• Speeches: At Home and Abroad
• Spiritual Parenting
• Spiritual Warfare in a Believer's Life
• Spurgeon's Commentary on Great Chapters of The Bible
• Spurgeon's Gems: Being Brilliant Passages from the Discourses of Charles Haddon Spurgeon
• Spurgeon Gold
• Spurgeon on the Holy Spirit
• Spurgeon on Prayer and Spiritual Warfare
• The Suffering Letters of C.H. Spurgeon
• Till He Come
• The Treasury of David: Spurgeon's Classic Work on the Psalms
• When Christ Returns
• Word and Spirit
• Words of Wisdom

Sermons and Sermon Notes

• Spurgeon's Sermon Notes
• Spurgeon's Sermon Notes: Over 250 Sermons Including Notes, Commentary, and Illustrations(5 Volume Set)
• Sermons on Angels
• Twelve Sermons on Backsliding
• Sermons in Candles
• Sermons on Christmas and Easter
• Sermons on Comfort and Assurance
• Twelve Sermons on Conversion
• Sermons on Crises in the Life of Jesus
• Sermons on the Cross of Christ
• Sermons on the Death and Resurrection of Jesus
• Sermons on Great Prayers of the Bible
• Sermons on Jesus and The Holy Spirit
• Sermons on the Last Days
• Sermons on the Parables of Christ
• Sermons on New Testament Men, Book One
• Sermons on New Testament Men, Book Two
• Sermons on Old Testament Men, Book Two
• Sermons on Old Testament Women, Book One
• Sermons on Old Testament Women, Book Two
• Twelve Sermons on Peace
• Twelve Sermons on Repentance
• Sermons on Sin, Salvation, and Service
• Sermons on Special Days and Occasions
• Sermons on the Sermon on the Mount
• Sermons on Revival
• Sermons on Women of The Bible
• Sermons That Have Won Souls

Rain City Hymnal

The first offering from Re:Sound is the Rain City Hymnal. Listen online and get the record from the Re:Sound website. Find out more.