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October 2005

The joys of blogging

October 31, 2005

There is something gratifiying about blogging. Especially something about marking milestones in the life of a blog. The history of Challies Dot Com is both an encouragement to bloggers who feel no one will ever notice them, and a warning to those of us Challies outs as slackers. Challies advocates daily committment to blogging. My [...]

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Humility: true greatness by C.J.Mahaney – one of the books every christian should read

October 31, 2005

There are few subjects that are both as critical to the church and as poorly understood and practiced as humility. There are few men more qualified to teach us on the subject than C.J.Mahaney. When I had the priviledge of an interview with CJ by email a few weeks back I was again reminded of [...]

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Good News – the end of rules : blogging through Galatians

October 30, 2005

This mornings sermon on legalism and grace also addressed some of the issues on the atonement I have been speaking about. I would be interested to know what Richard and others would make of it. Here are my sermon notes, the audio is also available already ———————————–Good News- the end of rulesReligions the world over [...]

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The atonement discussion continues

October 29, 2005

Richard has replied to some of my posts on the atonement on his blog and doesnt answer my most critical questions. His comments throughout reveal a very heterodox view of the wrath of God in my book. First he speaks of God just somehow passively allowing evil to pass out of existence then he ends [...]

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Spurgeon and mystery

October 29, 2005

Rebecca Writes: is doing Spurgeon quote month and has the following from the prince of preachers: “How is it that the Father is God, that the Son is God, and that the Holy Ghost is God, and yet that there are not three Gods, but one God? I cannot tell you. I know it is [...]

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What must I believe to be saved?

October 27, 2005

My post entitled Arguing about the atonement has created quite a stir. In it I questioned whether people who do not believe that Jesus took their punishment might not actually be saved. I got a certain amount of flack for that, but please make sure you hear what I said correctly. I am not in [...]

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Talks by C.J.Mahaney and Carolyn Mahaney

October 26, 2005

Sex, Romance and the Glory of God – Part 1 (MP3)Sex, Romance and the Glory of God – Part 2 (MP3)Message to Men (MP3)Humility: True Greatness (MP3)Interogating the legalist within (MP3)The Soul of Modesty (MP3)Modesty Heart Check (PDF) Message to Women: What Christian Wives Need to Know (MP3)True Beauty (MP3)A Woman’s Beauty Regimen (MP3)What To [...]

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The dangers of being too scholarly

October 26, 2005

Back in June I was blogging on The new pespective on Paul and said something that has great relevance to our debates on substitutionary atonement I have a great deal of skepticism of any theological view that does not naturally arrise from the biblical texts. As helpful as scholars can be the bible was written [...]

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If the battle wasnt hard the victory wouldnt taste as sweet.

October 26, 2005

The above should really be the title for a really insightful interesting post. The trouble is I don’t have one right now. So, I guess its over to you guys. What exactly does the phrase that dropped into my mind a few minutes ago mean to you?

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How do you know if you are called to preach or lead?

October 26, 2005

Sovereign Grace has an interesting article which addresses a question I have been asked a few times via email. How do people know whether they are called to some form of ministry or preaching gift within the church. In this post I will simply include some quotes, which begin by defining leadership within the church: [...]

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CJ Mahaney interviewed by Nigel Ring

October 26, 2005

CJ Mahaney is described by Nigel as “a longstanding friend of Newfrontiers.” As I discovered recently myself CJ is a joy to interview.

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The atonement: No punishment required?

October 26, 2005

Phil Johnson responds to some of our mutual commentators in a great post entitled No punishment required?. I always knew that Phil would somewhere down the line start quoting Spurgeon prolifficly. His blog is much the better for the quotes as well! Actually I can imagine Spurgeon himself owning a blog if he were alive [...]

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Pigwotflies and matchmaking

October 25, 2005

Pigwotflies appears at least open to the possibility that a relationship struck up with a fellow blogger might have offline implications for her. Just one thing guys, if you are all going to stampede over to her blog and make your affectionate feelings known to her at least have the decency to do it via [...]

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Arguing about the atonement

October 25, 2005

It seems that some peoples mechanistic idea of the trinity “It cannot be separated in any way” is behind at least part of the disagreement with penal substitution which is rampant these days. Spurgeon would have had exactly the same things to say about the people today who deny the plain teaching of scripture that [...]

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Online Dating – is blogging the answer? The wedding of bloggers who met online!

October 24, 2005

Solo Femininity claims not to be either for or against Online Dating, but seems to have spotted a lot of draw backs to it. I cant help but wonder whether building relationships through blogging (which is of course open to others) may actually be a successful way of at least beginning a relationship which might [...]

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Spurgeon on substitutionary atonement

October 24, 2005

Anyone would think Spurgeon had met Steve Chalke It is amazing how our battle never changes throughout the centuries. PyroManiac has done us a great service by finding this fantastic quote which I stand behind 100% “Those who set aside the atonement as a satisfaction for sin also murder the doctrine of justification by faith. [...]

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Mr and Mrs Pearcey launch blog and news site

October 24, 2005

This came in over the weekend- have had a breif look around with Nancy and Richard at the helm together it is sure to be great! —————————————————————————————- Oct. 21, 2005 www.pearceyreport.com ** Press Release ** THE PEARCEY REPORT NOW OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED Today marks the official launch of The Pearcey Report, a website of news, comment, [...]

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Get a life, get a friend – a sermon by Tope

October 23, 2005

The man I delight to call my pastor and my dear friend is back from his trip to Africa, which has been a great success by all accounts. The audio of the sermon he preached this morning entitled “the importance of friendships” is now available online. We as a church are so priviledged to have [...]

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The Marks of a Spiritual Leader by John Piper

October 23, 2005

The Marks of a Spiritual Leader is another outstanding article by John Piper. There is much meat there, here are just some of the quotes that stood out to me: “All true spiritual leadership has its roots in desperation…. Spiritual leaders have a holy discontentment with the status quo. Non-leaders have inertia that causes them [...]

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Advertising you can control

October 21, 2005

I am trying out the Chitika advertising network for what seem to me to be bargain items. I am pretty confident that I will not be accidently advertising inappropriate items which is good for my peace of mind. Let me know what you think, if you are interested in having them on your site, I [...]

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