Josh Harris

Pilgrim's Progress Musical

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:00 -0500

Pilgrim's Progress Musical: Pilgrim is a modern musical adaptation of John Bunyan's classic work, Pilgrim's Progress. It was performed in spring 2009 by the high school students at my church. They did a great job. The script is by theatre professionals (and members of our church) Janice Mays and Cathy Mays. The music is by various artists, including Bob Kauflin, Zach Jones and Mark Altrogge. You can order a DVD of the production here.

Give Me An Answer Highschool Conference

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:33 -0500

Give Me An Answer Highschool Conference: I'm looking forward to joining Al Mohler, Russell Moore, Shane & Shane and hip-hop artist Flame at the SBTS conference for highschool students next spring. Details.

Give Dug Down Deep for Christmas

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:20:49 -0500

My new book Dug Down Deep comes out January 19. But for anyone wanting to give it to friends as a Christmas gift, we're making a special offer available for the next three weeks.

Pre-order the book from any of the online retailers below, and at no additional charge we'll mail you a Dug Down Deep-esque "the book is coming" card to give to your friend, along with an autographed bookplate (a sticker that they can place in the front of their book when it arrives.)

So you give them the card (which you can write a note in) and let them know that right around January 19 their book will be arriving in the mail. In the meantime they can carry around their card and the autographed sticker in breathless anticipation. Okay, maybe not, but hopefully they'll enjoy the book when they get it.

This little Christmas pre-order offer only lasts until December 10 (and unfortunately we can only offer it to people in the U.S.) so please place your order and fill out the following form soon. You can request as many cards/bookplates as the number of books you ordered.

I've enlisted Shannon and kids to stuff envelopes and we'll be mailing them out by December 12 so they'll get to you in time for Christmas.

So, to recap, here's how to do this:

1. Pre-order Dug Down Deep from any of the following online retailers, and have it shipped to your friend's mailing address.

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Borders
• ChristianBook
• LifeWay
• Parable
• Westminster

2. Fill out and submit the form below.

3. Give the card and autographed bookplate to your friend as a gift.

4. Their copy of Dug Down Deep will arrive around January 19.

Note: Sorry, but I cannot personalize the signed bookplates.

Thank you!

Raising Kids to Do Hard Things with Gregg Harris

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:25:51 -0500

I'm really excited about this series of conferences that my father is doing for parents. I can't improve on the description that my brothers Alex and Brett shared on their blog:

Ever since we started this blog, and especially after Do Hard Things was released, we've gotten tons of emails from parents who want to know what our parents did to raise us kids. Our response is always that we're far from perfect, but by God's grace -- and largely through decisions our father and mother made before we were born -- we've seen God use our family in ways we never could have dreamed.

Our dad is our hero. Nobody has influenced us more than he has -- both in what we're doing today, as well as how we think about life. So we've encourage him (for a long time) to put his best ideas and insights into a new conference for parents (and teens). It's called Raising Kids to Do Hard Things, but it's not your average seminar -- it's more like a strategy session with our dad, who brings a boatload of biblical wisdom and 35 years of practical experience raising us and our siblings.

For any of you who have attended one of our Do Hard Things conferences, you know what a powerful and paradigm-shifting speaker our dad is. For all of you, his new conference is a terrific opportunity to find out for yourself. There currently ten conferences scheduled in ten cities across the United States -- beginning in Los Angeles, CA in February and ending in Orlando, FL in December 2010.

You probably noticed that this "parenting" seminar is for both parents and teens. There's a reason for that -- and it's very similar to the reason why we encourage parents to attend our "teen" conferences every year. As young people you probably live with your family. And being a rebelutionary gets a lot easier when you're doing hard things with your parents on board. They can give you wise advice, provide needed resources (and snacks), drive you around, and help you keep going.

We're excited about how God will use our dad's new conference to get parents and teens excited about doing hard things together. Your job is to let your parents know about it -- and encourage them to make it a family event! You'll be glad you did.

Drop by the Conference Website to learn more. I'm always challenged by my dad's teaching and know you will be as well.

The Righteousness of Christ - 2 Cor. 5:21

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:35:08 -0500

The Righteousness of Christ from Covenant Life Church on Vimeo.

This sermon, by Joshua Harris, was preached Sunday, November 8, 2009, at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Md. The first message in the series, "Bookends of the Christian Life," Joshua considers how the doctrine of Christ's righteousness is essential to the Christian life and helps keep all the other aspects of life in balance.