From the monthly archives:

June 2006

This blog is CLOSED (only for now . . .)

June 26, 2006

Rather than limp on with my shingles, I’m afraid to announce that this blog is closed for the time being. You can always read the archives . . .

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June 26, 2006

Wise Counsel About Friends from Proverbs
(tags: prov counselling)

“Full membership that is only possible by encouraging the ability to respond to the gifts and call of God into leadership and ordination.”
Dave Warnock feels that only by being leaders can we feel like full members. But being a leader is NOT the only way to feel [...]

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MLJ Monday – Speaking the Truth in Love, Part 2

June 25, 2006

This post is part of an attempt to bring Doctor Martyn Lloyd-Jones along for the ride, blogging through the Together for the Gospel statement. So far I have posted from the Doctor’s writings on The Introduction and Articles 1 , 2 and 3. I have also posted material from John Piper on articles 1 and [...]

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June 25, 2006

Is Romans 7 the Normal Christian Life?
Phil quotes Spurgeon in support of his view of Romans 7. Lloyd-Jones is one of many who would disagree.
(tags: sin discipleship romans spurgeon pyromaniacs)

Between Two Worlds: “Reinventing Jesus” and Textual Criticism
Justin helpfully introduces the subject of how we can trust we have the text of the Bible.
(tags: textual bible [...]

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June 24, 2006

Driscoll explains the different streams of emerging church and what it means to be “missional.”
(tags: driscoll)

“. . . if we deny the basic Biblical tenets that we were made equal but distinct as male and female, with differing God-intended roles in the church and home, then homosexuality is the logical conclusion.”
Driscoll argues that feminism in [...]

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Shingles and the Sovereignty of God

June 23, 2006

You will probably notice a decline in productivity here over the next little while. I have just been diagnosed with shingles. I am trusting in God and taking my Acyclovir in the hope that this attack will not be too severe or last too long. I noticed the symptoms during the last of a series [...]

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June 23, 2006

World Cup Warnie
Dave Routledge posts on my HUGE interest in football . . . and as to what’s on my Blackberry . . . well, you’ll all have to just keep on guessing!
(tags: adrianw humor)

“Driscoll is modeling incarnational, missional, vocational principles that have been articulated by many excellent Christian minds, but which have not found [...]

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Introducing a New Advertiser on My Site

June 22, 2006

I am delighted to be including an advert in my side bar from Crossway Christian Books for their fantastic translation – the ESV. This translation was the subject of a serialised interview with the translators I published here on the blog. If you haven’t heard much about the ESV yet, do go back and read [...]

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Piper Friday – Truth and Pragmatism (T4G Article III)

June 22, 2006

This post is part of an attempt to bring John Piper along for the ride, blogging through the Together for the Gospel statement. I have already posted a quote from him on Building our Lives on the Bible, the subject of the first two articles. Today we will bring you Piper on “Truth and Pragmatism” [...]

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Links for June 22, 2006

June 22, 2006

“Apparently they are so wishy-washy, they are even wishy-washy about their wishy-washiness.”
Columnist Cal Thomas commenting on the events as they unfolded at the recent Episcopal General Convention, and in light of remarks made by their new leader regarding her belief that homosexuality is not a sin.
(tags: homosexuality news)

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Links for June 21, 2006

June 21, 2006

“If you don’t have anything to show that you have a changed heart, there’s a good reason to question whether you’ve actually been saved in the first place.”
Mark Byron explains why Christians do need to change their behaviour…
(tags: atonement gospel)

“The doctrine of justification by faith is the very life and nerve of the Gospel [...]

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June 20, 2006

“Homosexuals were created by God to love people of the same gender.”
Reuters quotes the newly elected leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church, Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.
(tags: CofE homosexuality)

Well . . . at least I seem to be being attacked in all the right places!
The atonement debate continues . . . .
(tags: atonement)

“Scripture is Blood-Soaked” – [...]

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An Unbeliever Comments on My Sermon

June 20, 2006

The Daily Duck reviews my sermon “Free Because of Jesus” as follows. He seems to have grasped the message fairly well.
“Adrian placed repeated emphasis on the phrase ‘no condemnation’. By accepting Jesus, Adrian declared, one becomes free of any condemnation due to sin. There is no judgment for one in Christ, no weighing of a [...]

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MLJ Monday – Speaking the Truth in Love (T4G Article III )

June 19, 2006

This post is part of an attempt to bring Doctor Martyn Lloyd-Jones along for the ride, blogging through the Together for the Gospel statement. So far I have posted from the Doctor’s writings on The Introduction and Articles 1 and 2 . I have also posted myself on the Introduction as well as a combined [...]

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