November 2006

Vern Poythress on the Charismatic Issue

November 30, 2006

As part of my series of resources on the Holy Spirit that I think are helpful for those who are interested in finding out more about the charismatic issue in light of some of the posts I have written on this blog on that subject, I would like to share links to three free articles [...]

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FILM – The Nativity Story – A Must-See This Christmas

November 30, 2006

Albert Mohler gives The Nativity Story, to be released in the US and UK on 8th of December, the thumbs up – he says it is “In Season and On Message.” I have only seen this trailer, and some other video clips, but I have seen enough, together with Mohler’s praise (he has seen the [...]

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BOOK – Who’s Afraid of the Holy Spirit? by Dan Wallace and James Sawyer

November 29, 2006

This book is being reviewed as part of a series of resources that I think would be helpful for those who are interested in finding out more about the charismatic issue in light of some of the posts I have written on this blog on that subject. The whole book seems to be inspired by [...]

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AUDIO – The Attributes of God: What is God Like?

November 28, 2006

At Jubilee we have been doing a series of talks this autumn, each one lasting about an hour, during which we attempt to instruct the hearer to a greater extent than is possible in our Sunday morning sermons. One of the ones I did – which was on the subject of “What is God Like?” [...]

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Some Charis Art and Henry Warnock’s New Website

November 27, 2006

UPDATE Henry Warnock has started a new website. Follow the link to visit it.

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Charis Warnock’s First Story

November 27, 2006

Over the last few days Charis, my younger daughter, has been writing stories all by herself. Here are the first two she has ever written: Baby Plays Babies are a gift from God. Thank you for baby laughing, baby crawling, baby bouncing, baby rolling, baby playing peekaboo hide your eyes! This first one was, in [...]

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones Monday – The Doctor on the Atonement

November 27, 2006

Every now and then I like to stoke the fires of the atonement debate. I thought this week I would let the Doctor do so in a brief quote which is as clear as it would be currently controversial: “. . . many of those false theories would have us believe that the sole purpose [...]

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Tweaking My Comment Policy

November 26, 2006

Hi everyone . . . welcome back from your Thanksgiving break! Unfortunately, over the weekend I have had my first serious attack of what I would call comment spam. I have a very tolerant approach to comments on this blog; off-topic comments, for example, are not generally deleted. I have decided quite firmly, however, that [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2006

As I am sure many of my readers will be flying today or tomorrow to see loved ones for Thanksgiving, I thought I would wish you all a great holiday. I wish we had adopted your Thanksgiving rather than Halloween. Somehow our irregular harvest festival—which these days is only celebrated in more traditional churches and [...]

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Tichonius the Donatist – Seven Rules of Biblical Interpretation – Quoted by Augustine, Calvin, and Bede

November 21, 2006

Tichonius the Donatist set seven rules to help in interpreting figurative language in the Bible. These can be found beginning in chapter 30 of book 3 of Augustine’s “Of Christian Doctrine.“ The rules are also quoted by Bede. I thought it might be interesting to quote them here. 1. “. . . concerning the Lord [...]

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones and Logos Bible Software

November 20, 2006

Regular readers of my blog will be aware of my love for Doctor Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Back in August I did a summary post listing my regular posts from the Doctor. I thought that today I would link to the posts I have written and then speak about an exciting way that you can easily get [...]

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Rick Warren Answers His Critics on Syria

November 19, 2006

Blogs have a bad reputation for spreading rumours without confirming the source. Every now and then I intend to give a right of reply to someone who feels they have been unfairly treated online (or indeed in the mainstream media). Today its Rick Warren’s turn. This press release and letter was sent to me via [...]

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Mark Driscoll Responds with Amazing Grace to his Critics

November 18, 2006

Mark Driscol has been criticised once again. This time he has responded with grace that I believe can only come from God. His post is entitled Thank You, Critics: “Lastly, I want to thank my critics, especially the most vocal. They have helped me to understand that more than just pastors are following what I [...]

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PIPER FRIDAY – Charles Simeon and John Wesley

November 17, 2006

Today I want to bring you quotes from a talk given by John Piper about Charles Simeon. We begin with a description of Simeon’s recollection of a conversation he had with the Arminian, John Wesley, when he was a young man. The conversation is instructive about how we should deal with people we disagree with [...]

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A New Toronto Church

November 13, 2006

Andrew Fountain and his fanily have been fantastic hosts for this short stay in Canada. They are in the process of planting Newlife Church Toronto which has been meeting on Sunday evenings since March 2006. The church is part of newfrontiers – the same family of churches of which I am thrilled to be a [...]

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VIDEO – Niagara Falls

November 13, 2006
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TRAVEL DIARY – Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship and Steve Long – John Arnott’s Successor

November 13, 2006

This is Andrew and I outside the Toronto Airport Church which was, of course, the church in which the so-called “Toronto Blessing” originated. There was no prayer meeting going on today. This is not the place for me to comment any further on that movement, which over the last thirteen years has seen hundreds of [...]

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TRAVEL DIARY – Toronto in the Morning

November 13, 2006

I have heard of grey squirrels, I have heard of red squirrels . . . but until today, I ain’t never heard of no BLACK squirrels. This was the view from my window at breakfast this morning! Like the poor grey squirrels of England, these little fellas are being blamed for the demise of their [...]

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