February 2006

February 23, 2006

links for 2006-02-23 Living Hope Church Join this Sovereign Grace Church as they preach through 1 Corinthians – including those controversial spiritual gift passages (tags: sermon web gifts)

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Blogging the gifts – some sermons to keep you going

February 23, 2006

Living Hope Church- has a number of sermons on the gifts from 1 Corinthians. I am somewhat pre-occupied this week with the subject of being “Entrusted with a job” which is my subject for Sunday – any thoughts on this subject will be gladly received of course. And, do keep up the interesting discussion on [...]

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February 22, 2006

links for 2006-02-22 Grace Church Join this SGM church plant as they preach though Ephesians. What a way to start a church! (tags: sermon web mp3)

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I am a blogfather again

February 22, 2006

Its been a while since I can announce that someone I know has started a blog, well today Paul Rees my old buddy and president of the Christian Union I attended has started Gospel Growth. It turns out Paul left Dentistry and now leads a church in Washington. It has been fun in the last [...]

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Blogging the gifts – more on the Holy Spirit

February 22, 2006

I am afraid my interlude must continue a little longer, as one of my readers of my last post in this series on the Holy Spirit and Gifts pointed out that I had made no scriptural case for believing in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as a distinct experience from conversion. I thought I [...]

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February 21, 2006

links for 2006-02-21 Have Christian Bloggers lost the plot Evangelical bloggers favorite catholic has a weighty post about the dangers of blog wars and how to avoid them – well worth the read (tags: article blogging)

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You know when you are a hard core blogger when….

February 20, 2006

…..your sister is live blogging your babies birth! See girl talk for the latest.….your blogging buddy teases you about being an apostle for the world to see then says your book should be added to the cannon! (See T4GB) Any other ideas for how to complete that sentance?

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Stewardship: entrusted with the gospel

February 19, 2006

Here are my notes from this mornings sermon. The audio is now available for download from the Jubilee Sermons website.Bible verses1 Cor 4:1-5; 2 Cor 5:9 6:4; Ro 1:15-17;1 Peter 3:15-16; 1Th 2:4; Col 1:25; 1 tim 1:11-12; Luke 12:48 Now that we have been entrusted with the gospel what should we do? LOVE IT! [...]

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February 17, 2006

links for 2006-02-17 The purpose of preaching is obedience – Rick Warren “You only really believe the parts of the Bible that you obey….. always preach for response, aiming for people to act on what is said…..behind every sin is a lie I believe” (tags: preaching) John Piper Categorisd links to audio files of todays [...]

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Entrusted with the Gospel – please pray for me

February 17, 2006

Over on Together for the Gospel: CJ is promoting a talk by Mark Dever on Evangelism. I am so thrilled at the way God seems to use the internet specifically to guide me to the materials I need in my preparation. Thank you CJ – you did not know how prophetic you were being by [...]

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Piper on using charismatic gifts today

February 17, 2006

In a sermon series on Romans 12:3-8 John Piper explains gifts (especially prophecy) and speaks about how we should use them. Just in case you were wondering he is no cessationist! Your patience will be rewarded, I will get to the answer of my original question, but here is teaching from a man we surely [...]

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Sola Scriptura and the gifts

February 17, 2006

Reformation Theology Bloghas a couple of great articles on Sola Scriptura and how it fits with gifts today (thanks to my email correspondent Paul Schafer for the tip! part_1 part 2

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"Dont waste your cancer" says Piper

February 16, 2006

Piper writes: “I write this on the eve of prostate surgery. I believe in God’s power to heal by miracle and by medicine. I believe it is right and good to pray for both kinds of healing. Cancer is not wasted when it is healed by God. He gets the glory and that is why [...]

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What preachers could learn from Steve Jobs of Apple

February 16, 2006

I know we are not in business, but I do feel we could learn a lot from the approach of a man like Jobs to communicating an important message. Here are some quotes from a great article from The Guardian “…when Steve steps out on that stage, with its stark black-on-black colour scheme, and does [...]

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February 15, 2006

links for 2006-02-15 me (by Paul Schafer) (tags: adrianw interview)

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Getting myself some home entertainment

February 15, 2006

Well, I often ask you important theological questions from time to time. Today, I am going to ask a much more mundane one today – How large shall I go? I am of course talking about a home cinema system. I invited a new-found friend from church for dinner tonight and I defintiely had some [...]

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Blogging the gifts – an interlude on receiving the Spirit

February 15, 2006

One of my readers questioned me about my charismatic view of “a 2 stage receiving of the Spirit (if that’s what you mean), but essentially one of the problems that I would have with that is that it is not a unifying experience. By it’s very nature such a view creates a group of Christians [...]

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February 14, 2006

links for 2006-02-14 Church of Christ the King Brighton Sermons by Terry Virgo and others. This is the home church of the founder of newfrontiers. (tags: web sermon)

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Reclaiming fraternal love

February 14, 2006

Whatever the makers of certain films would like us to believe, the authors of Together for the Gospel blog continue to demonstrate how it is possible for real men to have deeply emotionally satisfying and edifying relationships with each other without a hint of homosexuality being present. CJs description of how he met Mark Dever [...]

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February 13, 2006

links for 2006-02-13 Piper writes on the cartoon controversy …not all Muslims approve the violence. But a deep lesson remains: The work of Muhammad is based on being honored and the work of Christ is based on being insulted (tags: article religion islam theology gospel) Did the sun really stop? Is the earth old or [...]

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