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May 2005

Returning the complement

May 23, 2005

Thought Id share a couple of interesting links people have put up to my blog lately Sven rightly points out the areas of disagreement he and I have then describes Jollyblogger as ‘The American Adrian Warnock’- I expect David would be as honored as I am. I am not aware of any other pairing of [...]

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Churches that are multicultural change the world

May 23, 2005

Churches that are truly multicultural are few and far between today. I am thrilled to be in a church in London which genuinely is not monocultural. We represent our area well and have people from many nations a part of us. I believe this approach is biblical- in Acts its says that there were some [...]

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Eternal Perspectives has posted his �Warnie� acceptance speech

May 23, 2005

Winning a �Warnie� is so graciously received these days that it must cause non-bloggers to wonder. After all a Warnie merely represents me feeling that a particular blog is worthy of recognition. Previous Warnie winners do nominate new members of this exclusive club, but it is I who has the final say and should take [...]

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Eternal Perspectives has posted his Warnie acceptance speech

May 23, 2005

Winning a Warnie is so graciously received these days that it must cause non-bloggers to wonder. After all a Warnie merely represents me feeling that a particular blog is worthy of recognition. Previous Warnie winners do nominate new members of this exclusive club, but it is I who has the final say and should take [...]

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Churches that change the world- Part 1

May 22, 2005

Am going to start a series based on the sermon I preached today “What kind of churches change the world?” The Full notes are available online but I intend to explore some of the ideas more fully here. The first thing to say about the sermon is that I was thrilled that someone made a [...]

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Preaching repentance and faith to believers and unbelievers

May 21, 2005

Blogotional: is insightful even for him with this quote “the reception of the gospel is not a one time event, but a lifetime journey.” I think we are beginning to converge. Without wanting to speak for David from Jollyblogger too much I think it is fair to say that neither he nor I would measure [...]

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And the winner of the next warnie and my Blogging challenge is……

May 21, 2005

Following on from Eternal Perspectives masterly demolition of the opposition of the opposition, how can I do anything other than award this fantastic blog the next warnie to a truly worthy blogger. So pop along and welcome the newest member of the exclusive club of “Warnies”!

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On Boys and Bikinis

May 18, 2005

Wittingshire: On Boys and Bikinis shares a conversation had with her eight year old son: “‘Why do girls go around in bikinis?’ he groused. ‘Of all the dumb things to wear.’ This struck me as funny, which provoked him still further. ‘It’s just like underwear,’ he said. ‘They wouldn’t go walking down the street in [...]

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The Christian Carnival is up

May 18, 2005

There’s some interesting stuff to be found there visit A penitent blogger to find all the posts.

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Preaching to the converted, the simple gospel and alpha

May 18, 2005

The Broken Messenger and Gadabout have both posted supporting the notion that preaching should be to both believer and unbeliver. The more I think about this subject that more I realise it is crucial to the church’s health. Spurgeon has been cited in the conversation, and as well as making clear that he beleived every [...]

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Preaching the same message to everyone

May 17, 2005

JOLLYBLOGGER: has a great post on whether we should preach to believers or unbelievers on sundays which quite simply says it all in my view!

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EXCLUSIVE interview opportunity with the ESV Translation committee

May 16, 2005

I am delighted to announce that I have been honored with an exclusive “interview” with the Translation Oversight Committee of the English Standard Version of the Bible. I will be asking them ten questions, which they promise to answer! My respect for this version of the bible continues to increase, and despite my best goading [...]

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Preaching As Blog Fodder

May 15, 2005

Sadly I have been largely away from blogging this week (excluding today’s mini storm of pre-blog material that I wanted to publish- some stuff there for those of you who might miss me in my absenses!) As a result I have been unable to defend my firmly held belief that preaching on sundays should be [...]

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An old sermon on discovering the Will of God

May 15, 2005

Many Christians struggle with finding God’s will for their lives. I though I would share with you an old sermon I preached on this matter…… Proverbs 3:5-6 by Adrian Warnock Introduction A changing, uncertain world. Cast off tradition and Christian ways of doing things now what do we base decisions on? Illustrate from politics. Tony [...]

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The Toronto Blessing – When The Church Seemed To Be Going Mad

May 15, 2005

UPDATEIn January 2008, the following post was identified as the 12th all-time most popular post with readers of this blog. The 13th most-read post was my post concerning Bishop Tom Wright’s response to John Piper. The post below was republished from an article I wrote many years ago. In some ways it was this article [...]

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Get your aim right……..

May 15, 2005

“Growth is never the goal, it is the natural by-product of doing something right” Ralph Neighbour

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Teamwork: what stands in the way of real community?

May 15, 2005

For those who have read the post from earlier about the biblical “one-anothers”, I hope it has inspired you to consider the need for community life and teamwork. I thought I would share a great quote about this with you “Community is the commitment to care for each other and act together- it is not [...]

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How to share the gospel accross cultures

May 15, 2005

A while back I used these notes in a training session on reaching out to those from different cultures to us thought I would share them with you here…. The Promises that encourage us Gen. 22:18 And in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed Ps 22:27 All the ends of [...]

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Do you tremble before God?

May 15, 2005

Motyer said ‘Holiness is God’s hidden glory, glory is God’s all-present holiness’. and I believe he said ‘Shaking is the customery reaction of the Earth to the divine presense’ What happens when you meet a God that is more like the God of the bible than the cuddly one we create for ourselves? Your sinfulness [...]

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Leviticus – so what?

May 15, 2005

Leviticus at first sight can appear a challenge to any serious bible student. It is often remarked that those who embark on reading the bible through all to often fall at this hurdle. It is full of elaborate rituals for the priesthood and descriptions of sacrifices involving quite gory detail of blood being shed. It [...]

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