March 2006

Your invitation to Together for the Gospel

March 24, 2006

I am happy to pass onto you my readers this invitation from seven of the modern heroes in the faith. If the pond didnt separate us I would be there of course – now please tell me there will be video and/or audio available of all the sessions! If you can go, please go and [...]

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March 23, 2006

links for 2006-03-23 Email the Prime Minister Why not ask the PM (or your countries leader!) to intervene on behalf of the Afghan on trial for converting to Christianisty. The different kinds of thinking Interesting post over at Better Bibles about how greek has different words for the english concept “think” (tags: translation bible)

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March 22, 2006

links for 2006-03-22 Wayne Grudem inspires worship by a talk on a controversial matter Earlier this week I linked to the John Piper stand-in sermons page where Grudem preached on the Spirit. This link is a talk he did on the role of women that left us with a strong sense of the glory of [...]

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newfrontiers churches with audio sermons

March 22, 2006

Newfrontiers churches in the following towns all provide audio sermons for us to sample and enjoy: USA & Canada: Fredericton, NB; Boston, Massachusetts; Joplin Missouri, St Louis Missouri, Oakville, Toronto UK: Ascot, Berkshire; Basildon, Essex; Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire; Bedford, Bedfordshire; Birmingham, West Midlands #1; Birmingham, West Midlands #2; Bishops Waltham; Bracknell, Berkshire; Brighton, Sussex; Bristol, Avon [...]

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You can read a man by his friends. Only if you know the friends.

March 22, 2006

The most recent post on Mark Driscoll’s blog is entitled it’s Like the Yankees of Missional Theology. As you may know I have only recently discovered Mark, and so it was with great interest that I started to scan the list of names and his paragraphs describing them. I am a great believer in being [...]

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March 21, 2006

links for 2006-03-21 The problems of black men in America Mohler addresses the issue of the lingering effects of racism (tags: racism) Challies is undone by Piper The experience and valuing of Christ should be the goal of every Christian. Tim gets floored by a quote from God is the Gospel (tags: Piper) CJ on [...]

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March 20, 2006

links for 2006-03-20 Standing in for John Piper A daunting task, but if you are one of his elders you are well prepared, and if your name is Mahaney or Grudem you ought not be too scared! HT Paul Schafer. (tags: sermon web mp3)

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MLJ Monday – Sealed with the Spirit – Eph 1

March 20, 2006

Today I begin a new tradition inspired by the Pyro’s Spurgeon on Monday series. I loved what they said about this week’s Spurgeon quote towards the end of their post:Study any era of revival or the style of any great preacher and you will discover that boldness and clarity were their hallmarks — never qualities [...]

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Mark Driscoll theological misfit and no longer emergent

March 20, 2006

Mark Driscoll who I have written extensively about over the weekend launched his blog Resurgence with the following revealing quote: “In the mid-1990s I was part of what is now known as the Emerging Church and spent some time traveling the country to speak on the emerging church in the emerging culture on a team [...]

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How to win converts and influence people

March 20, 2006

10 years Running Blind has this from Mark Driscoll: “Sadly, many people despise Christianity because all they have known are arrogant, self-righteous, and judgemental people claiming to be Christians, who avoid them as if they were infected and do little more than yell at them to be moral when they should be explaining how to [...]

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March 19, 2006

links for 2006-03-19 Preaching to the unconverted? (tags: alpha preaching adrianw article gospel evangelism)

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March 19, 2006

links for 2006-03-19 Preaching to the unconverted? (tags: alpha preaching adrianw article gospel evangelism)

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Discovering Mark Driscoll

March 19, 2006

This week, the name Mark Driscoll came up in my reading once again. I decided it was about time I found out a bit more about him, and about time I listened to one of his sermons. I figured that John Piper is a pretty good judge of a person, and if he had invited [...]

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Together on a conference

March 18, 2006

This is the time of year when I cast a slightly envious eye over to the vast array of conferences you have over in the States.  There are so many that I would be tempted to go to that it is just as well I am this side of the pond!  However, I can say that I [...]

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March 17, 2006

links for 2006-03-17 Acts 29 Boot Camp 2006 Sermons on missional church leadership from Mark Driscoll and others (tags: sermon web mp3) Mark Driscoll – Resurgence With an invitation to speak coming from John Piper, and with Josh Harris speaking at his conference the pastor of the rapidly growing Mars Hill Church in Seattle is [...]

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Piper Friday – Suffering: Gods will and our response

March 17, 2006

As well as dedicating Mondays to Lloyd-Jones, I am going to start dedicating Fridays to Piper. Todays extract is a great rejoiner to those who think belief in Gods sovereignty necessarily makes for passive Christians who just sit back and wait for Gods will to unfold “If God Wills Disease Why Should We Try to [...]

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March 16, 2006

links for 2006-03-16 Now David Powlison has prostrate cancer too He has annotated Pipers article “Dont waste your cancer” with thoughts of his own. Pray for him! (tags: suffering)

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Blogging the Gifts – The Word of Knowledge

March 16, 2006

I have spent more than thirty years of my life in charismatic churches, and these reflections try to summarize that experience. This particular series is not an attempt to justify the continuation of the gifts theologically as I have done that elsewhere and in my debate with Dan Phillips. Nor is this post intended to [...]

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The best kind of committe

March 16, 2006

HT Random Responses: Anyone know whether this is a genuine CHS quote? I am not sure it rings true to the prince of preachers but I could well be wrong: “‘The best committee is a committee of three, of whom one is away and another is home sick.’Charles H. Spurgeon: His Faith and Works, by [...]

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March 15, 2006

links for 2006-03-15 Phil Johnson Sermons and seminars by the Pyromaniac make great listening. The sharpness of this mans intellect is matched by the compassion and grace with which he speaks. (tags: sermon mp3 web) Mark Dever “good ecclesiology helps good evangelism” Mark summarises a Lloyd-Jones position and reveals he will be in the UK [...]

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