Vintage Young Adults

Library

We have a Vintage Young Adults Library available for FREE at Pacific Community Church after our Sunday 10pm worship service. Please make use of this great collection of books that have all been specifically chosen and bought with a purpose in mind; to help as you seek to mature spiritually by the grace of God.

If you have any specific interests please do not hesitate to contact me and we should be able to find something of interest to you. Look out for book reviews in the future from a number of young adults in our community.

 And of course, a good Bible always helps.

Blogs

Along with Podcasts and books, blogs have become part of the Christian world. This has had a rather mixed effect, some blogs have been sources of disunity and others have been a massive blessing to some Christians that do not often read books cover to cover. I recommend you chose your blogs carefully, here are a few good ones to start with (links are at the bottom of the descriptions).

Between Two Worlds (Justin Taylor): Justin has a number of solid guys running this great blog, updated many times daily. Between Two Worlds keeps you up to date on what's going on in the Church. With youtube videos, blogs from other websites, newly released books and conference media constantly being updated this blog is your one stop shop for Christian blogs.
http://theologica.blogspot.com/

Faith By Hearing: Faith By Hearing is my favourite resource I've found this year so far. They have a whole host of audio content ready to download for free, you can listen to it online, download it and even upload it to your iPod/iPhone. Find media from preachers and teachers of today and the past, all organised by Scripture, Author or Subject.
http://faithbyhearing.wordpress.com/

Mars Hill Church: The most influential church in the Pacific North West is always coming out with great content. This blog is a great place to learn about Jesus, the Bible, sex, marriage, culture, etc.
http://blog.marshillchurch.org/

The Resurgence: Theological Blogs created to help refine our idea of Jesus, Church and Mission. You can't miss this one if you enjoy thinking and talking about Church.
http://www.theresurgence.com/blog

Sovereign Grace (C.J. Mahaney): This is a great blog for culturally relevant content, interviews with Pastors and advice on Spiritual Growth.
http://www.sovereigngraceministries.org/blog/

Girl Talk: One for the ladies. A blog written by C.J.'s wife and some of her friends. Really excellent material for you ladies out there. In their words, 'conversations on biblical womanhood and other fun stuff'.
http://girltalk.blogs.com/


These blogs are usually updated daily, if not more often. Throw them in your bookmark tabs and be ready to glean some wisdom from these men and women.

Podcasts

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to point those of you with a desire to grow in knowledge and be renewed by the transforming of your mind (Romans 12:2) to some great resources that have been infinitely valuable in my Spiritual growth, by the grace of God.

Podcasts are great because they are so easy, you just click it once and you're good to go every time you sync your iPod/iPhone; listen to sermons, or lectures, or question and answer sessions while you're out a run, driving to work, working out or walking round the store getting groceries.

Podcasts (all on iTunes):

The Village Church - Sermon Audio: This is Pastor Matt Chandler's podcast. Pastor Matt is my favourite preacher to listen to these days. He's very easy to listen to and funny; but he still manages to pack so much truth into his message and is always challenging. This is a good place to start.

Mars Hill Church - Mark Driscoll Video: Pastor Mark Driscoll, based in Seattle, is one of the most influential Pastors in the world. He combines a timeless message with a timely manner of preaching. He loves the Text (Bible) and also loves our context (Pacific North West). Be prepared to be challenged by a Pastor that really loves his flock, expect to find content you wouldn't normally find at church, including frank discussion of sex, marriage and singleness. Also see their website, www.marshillchurch.org

Mars Hill Church - Mark Driscoll Audio: To save space and battery life on your iPod. I download both video and audio, one for laptop and one for iPod.

Ask Pastor John: Pastor John Piper addresses questions with 2-6 minute answers. Updated three times weekly by one of most monumental Pastors, Authors and Theologians of our time. Great for driving to work or moving between classes.

Desiring God Sermon Audio: Pastor John Piper's weekly sermon audio. Dr Piper preaches passionately and powerfully. He is always challenging. This man is the real deal.

Resurgence Featured Video: Mars Hill (Pastored by Mark Driscoll)'s Theological Branch. Constantly putting out great content on how to be faithful missionaries in our culture. Plenty of content is aimed at men in particular.

Resurgence Featured Audio: The content above, and some extras, from conferences with audio recording but not video. Always excellent.

Covenant Life Church: Sermon audio from the church than bore Sovereign Grace Ministries. Founded by C.J. Mahaney (who still preaches at times) and now lead by Joshua Harris. Weekly sermon audio is usually from Josh or one of the other elders at the church, always a solid sermon.


If you are interested in any more podcasts then just let me know. There is of course our own church's sermon audio online at http://www.pacificcommunity.ca/app/w_page.php?id=125&type=section

Please use these resources and if you have any questions please let me know.