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June 2005

Podcasting hits the bigtime: itunes now audio subscription enabled

June 30, 2005

jonnybaker blogs about this in more detail than I will, but suffice it to say that if you want to subscribe to listen to the Jubilee Church sermons all you need do is click this iTunes subscription link and it will automatically download our sermons for you each week. If you have an ipod it [...]

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ESV: its all Greek to me!

June 30, 2005

It is possible that a generation of preachers may grow up relying on the great translation work of the ESV and other translations and preaching from the English Bible with infrequent reference even in preparation to the original languages? Would such a situation be less or more problematic for the church than people with the [...]

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Commentaries anyone?

June 29, 2005

Further to my post on commentaries from earlier today, Tim and I have been having a discussion about whether it would be a good idea for diet of bookworms to review some commentaries and in particular the forthcoming Gen 1-4 one. So, tell me, do you think that we should review commentaries?

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ESV: don’t throw out your commentaries!

June 29, 2005

There seems to be a conscious effort to incorporate the views of modern evangelical scholars in the ESV often a commentator’s alternate reading correcting one of the previous translations proves itself to be reproduced almost exactly in the ESV. Were modern evangelical commentaries consulted in the production of the ESV, and is it fair to [...]

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A blogging challenge for all you intrepid men and women out there.

June 28, 2005

A new challenge: Explore a chain of bible verses together. Taken together, these verses together form a convincing picture. Your task is to paint it. I am not after bold statements of doctrine, certainly not throughout the post. But, given this string of verses and tackling them in this order, what does the bible have [...]

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ESV: Are commentaries less necessary with the ESV?

June 28, 2005

There seems to be a conscious effort to incorporate the views of modern evangelical scholars in the ESV often a commentator’s alternate reading correcting one of the previous translations proves itself to be reproduced almost exactly in the ESV. Were modern evangelical commentaries consulted in the production of the ESV, and is it fair to [...]

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ESV: Crossway responses to blogospheres comments

June 27, 2005

Sorry to say I didnt notice this before, but a few days ago the ESV guys posted some replies to the discussion we have been having. Here is the post reproduced in full, so you can comment on it here if you like. The ESV bible blog is as taken over by this interview as [...]

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MIT blogging survey

June 27, 2005

I understand its all in the name of science, and its an interesting survey. I just took it and it only takes a few minutes

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I Think, Therefore I Blog: you have the blog, now get the T-Shirt

June 27, 2005

From personal experience, I can vouce that JOLLYBLOGGER‘s new T-Shirt is high-quality and sure to make an impact with friends and colleagues who dont know what a blog is. He was kind enough to send me a “review” copy a while back. This is sure to become every bloggers must-have accessory. Go, buy one NOW!

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ESV: One version for everyone?

June 27, 2005

One Version to rule them all. One Version to find them. One Version to bring them all. And in the…..oops sorry, wrong post! No seriously back to todays ESV post: What was the main motivation behind the committee in gathering to produce another English translation? Some might argue that another updated translation is not needed [...]

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Jesus is British Kids idea of a superhero

June 27, 2005

According to the Telegraph: “Young people are more interested in tackling poverty and climate control than getting extra pocket money, living without rules or having their football team win, a survey says. They also identify Jesus as the figure who most represents what it means to be a ‘superhero’, followed closely by Florence Nightingale and [...]

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The Passion that will change the world (Acts 20)

June 26, 2005

This morning I preached a sermon entitled “The Passion that will change the world” based on Acts 20 and 1 John 5: 13. It was used of God in helping some who were unsure of their salvation. The audio and notes are available, and at the beginning of the mp3 file is the testimony of [...]

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ESV Interview : Why is YHWH translated "the LORD"?

June 26, 2005

Other translations gave their reasons on why the chose to translate YHWH as the LORD instead of Yahweh. The introduction of the ESV made no mention on why you choose the LORD instead of Yahweh. Some might argue that this is not a literal translation although it is clearly a traditional one. What are your [...]

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Billy Graham on Larry Live and possibly preaching at his last crusade

June 26, 2005

The transcript of Billy’s last interview with Larry King makes interesting reading. I HOPE he can come to London in November.

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Christian voice banned from the Co-op

June 25, 2005

The co-op bank asked Christian Voice to close their account. At first sight this seems like victimisation of a religious group simply for being religious, and of course it could lead to this. We need to know, however, that there is more to the situation than initially meets the eye. The Christian voice are not [...]

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Let the word speak on its own terms

June 25, 2005

Further to my discussion with pyromaniac about allowing the Bible to speak, I found this great Spurgeon quote (from sermon No 289) I think it is needful that when a minister gets his text, he should say what that text means honestly and uprightly. Too many preachers get a text and kill it. They wring [...]

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Feeling the strain of popularity

June 24, 2005

La Shawn Barber‘s blog is much more popular than my blog, and she says the following which should make you ask if you really want high visibility for your blog. “A combination of limited time and energy, hate mail, a lot of e-mail, active comment threads, trolls, and dealing with people who forget their manners [...]

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The power of us

June 24, 2005

The Obvious? quotes a fascinating Business Week article: “The nearly 1 billion people online worldwide — along with their shared knowledge, social contacts, online reputations, computing power, and more — are rapidly becoming a collective force of unprecedented power.” The article is well worth a read, and has another great quote- “New Yorker writer James [...]

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Disagreeing less than I anticipated

June 24, 2005

There seems to be an outbreak of grace hitting the blogosphere. An example of this that struck me earlier this month came from David Warnock. More recently, I have opened two cans of worms in two days and in neither case has the row that I feared developped. On gender and bible translations I decided [...]

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Dying for the sins of the world, "Contradictions" and respect for the word of God

June 24, 2005

I tremble to contradict the pyromaniac, but I am afraid that I feel that his handling of 1 John 2:2 is almost certainly an example of trying to squeeze the bible into a doctrinal mould. In fact such exegetical gymnastics are only required for a view of the so-called “limited atonement” that I find totally [...]

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