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July 2006

Links for July 19, 2006

July 19, 2006

“The Knowledge of Election is Cumulative.” In this short piece, A. W. Pink provides seven ways to know you are among the elect. (tags: election) A Roman Catholic Considers Reformation Theology “I never really bought into the conservative Trentian orthodoxy, but I struggled for a long time because honestly I was scared . . .” [...]

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Are You an Influential Blogger?

July 19, 2006

Sometimes certain blogs are described as “influential.” I have spent a lot of time thinking about what being influential means and how it can be measured. We could measure this in many different ways, which don’t all necessarily go together: The number of people who read your site or your “hit rate.” The number of [...]

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Links for July 18, 2006

July 18, 2006

In 2 Cor. 5:21, the principles of justification, expiation, imputation, substitution, and reconciliation are all illuminated in some important aspect or another. You could do a comprehensive survey of every aspect of soteriology with this one verse. In the second part of “The Great Exchange,” Phil Johnson defines the “simple truth that ought to be [...]

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DVDs and CDs from Together On A Mission – mp3s Awaited

July 17, 2006

Over on the newfrontiers resources page the DVDs and CDs of the fantastic newfrontiers conference I live blogged recently are now available to download. I am sure that they will ship them to you anywhere in the world – although I understand that the mp3s will be available soon. You should really order ALL of [...]

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MLJ Monday – Guidelines: Blogging the Truth in Love

July 17, 2006

Today Lloyd-Jones returns with some final thoughts on “speaking the truth in love.” You can find the two previous posts on this subject here and here. Whilst Lloyd-Jones, of course, wrote this in the days before blogs, his words on speaking the truth in love can equally well be applied to our blogging!Often churchgoers today [...]

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Links for July 17, 2006

July 17, 2006

Joseph – God’s Dreamer Notes from the sermon I preached yesterday. (tags: adrianw sermon) Challies Redesigns His Site It gets the Warnie seal of approval! Check it out and see what you think. (tags: blogging) “I am afraid that the rhetorical device of setting up a dichotomy between that which is God-centered and that which [...]

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Joseph – God’s Dreamer

July 16, 2006

Today I preached a message on Joseph for my UK church. The message is entitled “Joseph – God’s Dreamer” and is available as an mp3 file for download. (To download this, simply right click on the mp3 link and save it to your computer. Or, why not subscribe to the podcast either by following the [...]

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Links for July 16, 2006

July 16, 2006

Just Out From Crossway . . . the Latest in ESV Versions . . . the TO DO Bible!! Justin Taylor gives this testimony: “I know when I am reading my Bible, things I need to do pop in my head, and because I am immersed in the study of God’s Word, I frequently forget [...]

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Open Mic – I mean – Blog Weekend

July 15, 2006

I’ve noticed that I’ve been getting a few more comments recently. There are several of you who have become quite regular. For most of you, I don’t have a clue who you are! I wanted this weekend to give you an opporunity to introduce yourselves to us all. So, this post will remain open for [...]

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Links for July 14, 2006

July 14, 2006

Legalism is More Deadly than Alcoholism – Piper Friday A provocative quote – check out the comments section! (tags: legalism) “It isn’t that they are just so abounding in love that they won’t fight. It is that they are bereft of love. For if they truly loved their fellow humans, they’d be unable to rest [...]

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Legalism is More Deadly than Alcoholism – Piper Friday

July 13, 2006

This week quotes from John Piper return to the blog, and I want to share a deliberately provocative, but short, quote with you from a sermon of his back in 1983. I have been reflecting a lot on my post on my need to repent from legalism, and this quote certainly helps to crystallize even [...]

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Links for July 12, 2006

July 12, 2006

Free From the Yoke of Legalism! I confess to a stranglehold of legalism, from which I’ve just been set free! (tags: adrianw article legalism) “The African-American church is in desperate need of biblically-qualified, Gospel-preaching, Christ-treasuring, church-loving, evangelistic, intellectually-rigorous men to lead her, protect her, sacrifice for her, serve her, reform and strengthen her.” This from [...]

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Free From the Yoke of Legalism!

July 12, 2006

A few days ago I blogged about having changed my Bible. I remarked on the fact that I now feel liberated to write in it. It has given me considerable cause for reflection. I am now increasingly convinced that I had allowed myself to be ensnared by legalism. Why shouldn’t I write in or underline [...]

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Links for July 11, 2006

July 11, 2006

Preach the Word! “This newly released 600-page book needs to quickly become part of the library of every preacher who wants to learn what some of the most influential preachers in the UK think of our shared art …” (tags: book preaching reference adrianw) Nathan Interviews Liam Goligher This is a far-reaching interview. Liam pulls [...]

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An Overview of 1 Timothy

July 11, 2006

Thought I would share some brief notes and highlights from 1 Timothy 1-6. This is based on what I underlined and wrote in the margins of my lovely new Bible. These are the things that stood out as I was reading. Verse 3 – “charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrines” – perhaps [...]

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Preach the Word – A Book on Preaching, Edited by Greg Haslam

July 10, 2006

This newly released 600-page book needs to quickly become part of the library of every preacher who wants to learn what some of the most influential preachers in the UK think of our shared art, which some have called the highest calling any man can ever receive.Based on an extended preaching conference, this book includes [...]

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Links for July 10, 2006

July 10, 2006

Trinity Journal: Meekness and Humility in 17th Century England Why was the nation soon to produce the British Empire so keen to root our pride? Are we slowly turning the greatest sin into a virtue? (tags: sin ethics history theology) “I don’t know if you’ve every noticed . . . but I have a hole [...]

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Links for July 9, 2006

July 9, 2006

Lead with a Limp – “The leaders God blesses with real strength are those who first acknowledge their weaknesses, and then rely on Him to accomplish more than they ever could on their own.” (tags: leadership) God’s greatest glory is that He is good. The brightest gem in the crown of God is his goodness. [...]

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Adrian Changes Bible and Some Notes on Psalm 2

July 9, 2006

So here it is. My new Bible. I wasn’t going to post a blog today, but I couldn’t resist! I am falling in love with it – the first Bible I have really loved since my very first leather-bound NIV cross-reference which I received many years ago. So what is it I like so much [...]

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Links for July 8, 2006

July 8, 2006

newfrontiers Conference Summary Post (tags: newfrontiers adrianw article) “Reformed theology offers certainty, with a masculine God who names our sin, crushes Jesus on the Cross for it, and sends us to hell if we fail to repent.” Whereas “Emerging theology offers obscurity, with a neutered God who would not say an unkind word to us, [...]

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