From the monthly archives:

February 2005

Infant Baptism- JOLLYBLOGGER takes up the gauntlet

February 28, 2005

JOLLYBLOGGER begins a debate on Infant Baptism following on from the gauntlet I laid down which itself forms part of the debate on the simple gospel with a surprising admission:
“At the outset I will admit that our practice of infant baptism is a theologically derived doctrine that is justified as a deduction that is [...]

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Apologies to The Decablog

February 28, 2005

In a classic mistake worthy of a blog newbie (yes I know I cant claim that I am a blog newbie any more!) I didnt check if the name The Decablog was already in use. Since it is, 10 Christian Blogs will drop the add-on description “a decablog”. I apologise for any inconvenience [...]

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The Science of Listener Attention

February 26, 2005

Marketing Playbook: has a quote from the Toby on the West Wing that I was just watching on my sickbed,
“Was watching a re-run of West Wing and was struck by some stuff that my favorite character, Toby Ziegler said about oratory. He called it the Science of Listener Attention.
‘You want the benefits of free [...]

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The effects of understading the simple gospel- courage

February 26, 2005

John Piper again: “Few things
give lively comfort and lionhearted courage like the truth that Christ has fulfilled for me the demands made on me by the law
of God. I am still trying to plumb the personal depths of Romans 7:4 for what it means about my dead-to-the-law relationship
with Jesus Christ: Likewise, my brothers, you [...]

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The divine transaction- the basis for the simple gospel

February 26, 2005

John Piper exmplains the gospel in wonderful transactional language.
I will try to show that Christ has become our
substitute in two senses: in his suffering and death he becomes
our curse and condemnation (Galatians 3:13; Romans 8:3). And
in his suffering and life he becomes our perfection (2 Corinthians
5:21). On the one hand, his death is the climax [...]

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Why I like wrestling with the truths of Gods words

February 26, 2005

Piper said it right “Thousands are living on borrowed faith. We are living off the dividends, as it were, of intellectual and doctrinal investments made by pastors and church leaders from centuries ago. But the central bank of the Bible was not meant to fund future generations
merely on the investments of the past. They are [...]

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Tamasin’s childrens story- THE SORNOCKS

February 26, 2005

My daughter Tamasin is showing an interest in this blog, here is a story she has written that we thought it would be nice to include!
Thank you, lord screamed Simon as he teared open the curtains to see that the whole entire garden was covered in white cold icy snow. Everyone gathered round to [...]

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How to Raise the Dead: preach the simple gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit

February 26, 2005

Spurgeon: “To raise the dead is our mission!…… How is so strange a work to be achieved? If we yield to unbelief, we shall be staggered by the evident fact that the work to which the Lord has called us is quite beyond our own personal power. We cannot raise the dead. If asked to [...]

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Baby Sprinklers

February 26, 2005

Le Sabot Post-Moderne has a post on infant baptism and links to two other bloggers who are wrestling with the issue.

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The Simple Gospel: Restated

February 26, 2005

Comment Me No Comments restates the simple gospel in his post each paragraph links to a post explaining his reasoning for using different wordings to my own explanation of the gospel.
Point 1 he agrees with, point 2 he restates prefering to use different words but to my mind there is little difference between us [...]

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How to preach without conversions

February 25, 2005

HT Scotwise Charles Finney said:
“How To Preach Without Converting Anybody
Preach on every doctrine that centers the attention on man rather than Jesus. Teach every doctrine that makes man the center of God’s attention rather than God the center of man’s devotion. Tell people only what God will do for them.
Avoid preaching about the necessity [...]

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"Infant baptism cannot be argued from the bible" says methodist blogger

February 25, 2005

My earlier gauntlet on Infant baptism has led to the following frank admission: “I have to be honest that the practice of infant baptism is cannot be well-argued from the New Testament. The best that can be done is to claim that it might be implicit in the practice of household baptism, though that is [...]

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The paedobaptist gauntlet

February 25, 2005

Half Pint House is frustrated as no one will engage with him on questions he has asked about why infant baptism is encouraged. Heres my reply on his comments section

Let me know if you get answers to these questions. As a non-paedobaptist I doubt you will get very clear ones. For me, [...]

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The Simple Gospel discussion continues : God made us for love which we reject

February 25, 2005

Comment me no coments has begun a whole series with The Simple Gospel: Responses, part 1 in which he will be responding point by point to my explanation of my wife’s simple gospel presentation.
He quotes my first point-
1. God made everything that exists out of nothing and made mankind as the pinnacle of his creation [...]

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