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September 2005

A spring clean

September 30, 2005

Have had a small clear out here in terms of my site design. You can blame Challies if you like. Hope it looks a bit cleaner. I am a believer in evolution rather than revolution of site design, however.

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An African blogger in London – I am a blogfather again

September 30, 2005

I am delighted to announce that Brosdee is born. Run by a good friend of mine Dotun, I am delighted that he is now endowed with a blog. Having seen some of the things he is planning to post, I am confident that it will be a blog worth visiting. Pop, over, welcome him and [...]

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Introductory sermons to listen to

September 30, 2005

The Reluctant Puritan asks what me to suggest sermons of mine he should choose as a good introduction. I perhaps should refain from suggesting any, especially in view of the folly of mine on display in the last post. I am sure that there are many better preachers to listen to! Here goes anyway for [...]

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More foolishness…..what have I started?

September 30, 2005

DISCLAIMER- please take this post and the ones that prompted it with a pinch of salt! They are intended to be humorous. First time visitors had best ignore the whole thing! Long-timers will know that despite appearances this is actually a phony blog war. Tim, pyromaniac and I love each other deeply, although only pyromaniac [...]

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The Alpha Course – coming to a cinema near you.

September 30, 2005

At first glance, cinema’s and Christianity seem to have little in common. However, if you visit local cinemas in the UK you may see a trailer advertising the alpha course. The trailer asks “is there more to life than this?” and aims to encourage people to attend a course which provides an introduction to Christianity. [...]

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Terry Virgo in the blogosphere and UCCF

September 29, 2005

For more information about Terry Virgo, follow the link as I have collected some informataion and sermons from around the web or see my interview with Terry Virgo. HT to Life On Wings who has been listening to Terry Virgo and two things stood out: “Quoting Mahesh Chavda on the Holy Spirit; ‘I sensed the [...]

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Article: The Cross and Criticism – Giving and Taking Criticism as Christians

September 29, 2005

HT to Beginning with Moses for a link to a great article on The Cross and Criticism – Giving and Taking Criticism as Christians: ” In light of God’s judgment and justification of the sinner in the cross of Christ, we can begin to discover how to deal with any and all criticism. By agreeing [...]

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Let the blogwar begin…….

September 29, 2005

NB- HUMOR ALERT, much if not all of this post should be taken with a wheelbarrow-load full of salt as it is meant to be funny- please do not take offense anyone! There is a bit of hilarious good-natured banter going on at the moment over in the comments section on Centurion’s post about my [...]

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The Enemy Next Door

September 29, 2005

Challies Dot Com asks why the churches of his youth rarely saw conversions- “I truly believe, after many years of reflection, that the real problem in these churches was in their attitude towards the unbeliever. The person next door was the enemy, a person to be feared for what he might do to the family, [...]

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Blogspotting – am I really so very influential?

September 29, 2005

Every now and then someone says something designed by God to cut you down to size. Centurion is questioning the real extent of my apparent influence in the blogopshere. He claims my recent link to him only generated ONE hit in his referrer log. I am outed on his blog, and he even claims to [...]

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Girl talk’s Warnie Acceptance Speech

September 28, 2005

girl talk: have posted their acceptance speech. Do pop over there and pay them a visit. And guys, it is ok to drop them an email to congratulate them on their great blog! So here are some extracts from their speech! They should get another award for the kindest words about my blog anyone has [...]

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A new "Warnie" award winner is revealed……..

September 27, 2005

For those of you who are new to the concept of the “Warnie” awards, these are a fun way that every now and then I acknowledge a blogger who is in my view outstanding. The rough criteria I use is that a blog must be- 1. A blog which I like and read regularly2. Relatively [...]

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Are you looking for London Churches?

September 26, 2005

I have recently put together a short list of some london churches that are a part of newfrontiers. If you are a regular reader of this blog, and are in London you will find a warm welcome at whichever of these churches are nearest to you. THere are of course many other churches in London [...]

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"Is God the gospel?" : a controversy stirring online

September 25, 2005

Perhaps it is the hidden charismatic flavour, but Piper’s newest book God is the Gospel is causing some controversy online- Eternal Perspectives dislikes the book almost as much as I loved it. Righteous sinner loves the first chapter, and Coffee swirls like me feels convicted of not sufficiently loving the God of the Gospel. Meanwhile [...]

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"God is the gospel" by John Piper : book review

September 25, 2005

With this book Piper raises the bar. It is clearly his argument that Joy in God is the goal of the gospel itself. He really did mean it when he said the chief purpose of man is to glorify God BY enjoying him forever. Now, he makes plain that it is God himself who makes [...]

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‘Child sacrifices in London’ : should online newspapers publish retractions?

September 24, 2005

I was surfing the net tonight looking for information about churches in london. I stumbled accross and most alarming link to the Evening standard which alleged that African Christians were performing ‘Child sacrifices in London’. This article had been published in the Evening Standard and the story widely covered. Christianity Today even has an interesting [...]

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Blogspotting: introducing the reluctant puritan, poet of the blogdom

September 24, 2005

I hope you don’t mind but this is so cool I took the liberty of including it in its entirety. Be sure to pop over to the Reluctant Puritan and tell him how funny it is! Its influence grows in this postmodern age Its heroes are brave; their sword – the webpage I wrote as [...]

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Study Guide eddition of Nancy Pearcy’s TOTAL TRUTH hits bookstores

September 23, 2005

Nancy’s acclaimed book has hit the shelves with a new study guide eddition. Here is my previous interview with her, and here’s the press release: World Journalism Institute is happy to announce that the study guide edition of Total Truth:Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity is now in bookstores. Total Truth is an award-winning book [...]

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Piper on Baptism with the Holy Spirit

September 23, 2005

Piper back in 1984 said some remarkable things about the Holy Spirit. which I think are of great interest and are surprisingly consistent with the veiws on the Holy Spirit I have quoted and outlined previously. Saying things like this Piper could almost be confused for a member of the charismatic church I attend Now [...]

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D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Preaching the Gospel

September 22, 2005

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Preaching the Gospel: “. . . If it is true that where sin abounded grace has much more abounded, well then, “shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound yet further? First of all, let me make a comment, to me a very important and vital comment. The true preaching [...]

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