Atonement (Redemption)

The Gospel
  • Luke 15:11-32 read or listen online
  • Romans 3:21-26 read or listen online
  • 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 read or listen online
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 read or listen online
  • Ephesians 2:1-10 read or listen online
  • The Gospel | Tim Keller | MP3 The gospel is not moral conformity, which is religion, nor is it self-discovery, which is secularism. The gospel is something else altogether — a grid through which we see the world. There are three results of the gospel: the restructuring of our hearts, the removal of our sin, and the reversal of our values.
  • The Gospel According to the Gospel | Jeff Vanderstelt | Soma Communities | MP3 The begining of the "...According to the Gospel" series where Soma teachers showed many ways the gospel applies to our lives.
  • Soma School Audio | Jeff Vanderstelt, Caesar Kalinowski, Abe Meysenburg | Soma Communities | MP3 and PDF Notes Soma School is a 7 day experience where church planters are immersed in a community similar to ours. The teaching sessions focus on the gospel, revealing the biblical foundations of Soma Communities and how we are learning to embody the gospel as a community.
  • The Prodigal Sons | Tim Keller | MP3 In the parable of the Prodigal Sons, Jesus redefines God as Father, redefines sin, and redefines salvation. We need the initiating love of the Father to learn to repent for something besides sins and to be moved by the cost of bringing us home.
  • The Centrality of the Gospel | Tim Keller | PDF In Galatians 2:14 Paul lays down a powerful principle. He deals with Peter’s racial pride and cowardice by declaring that he was not living “in line with the truth of the gospel”. From this we see that the Christian life is a process of renewing every dimension of our life-- spiritual, psychological, corporate, social--by thinking, hoping, and living out the “lines” or ramifications of the gospel.
  • The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith | Tim Keller | Book Keller examines the parable of the Prodigal Son showing that the elder and younger son represent humanity's two major approaches to life and that they are both lost. He presents the gospel of Jesus as the heart of the Christian message and different from both these outlooks.
  • You Can Change: God's Transforming Power for Our Sinful Behaviour and Negative Emotions | Tim Chester | Book We think this is the best book on the gospel and sanctification we have ever read. They'd recommend everyone in the Anchor family read this book (more than once).
The Person of Jesus
  • Vintage Jesus: Timeless Answers to Timely Questions | Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears | Book True to scripture and relevant to postmodern culture, Vintage Jesus answers pressing questions about the savior, such as, Is Jesus the only God? How human was he? Why did Jesus come to earth? Why did his mom need to be a virgin?
  • The King of Kings, The Lamb of God, The Son of God,... (10 sermons) | Tim Keller | MP3 How do we know that Christianity is true? There are two tests of any valid worldview - that it is intellectually credible and existentially satisfying. The main evidence for the truth of Christianity is Jesus Christ himself. If we look at the magnitude of Jesus' claims and the evidence of his life, we are led to the conclusion that Jesus is who he says he is.