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March 2007

International Federation of Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches Issue Warning – Do Not Jump in Church This Weekend

March 31, 2007

In an entirely unprecedented move, the body which represents all Pentecostal and Charismatic believers worldwide has issued a warning today. This is in reaction to the announcement by astronomers that a once in a lifetime planetary alignment will occur this Sunday. The alignmentt will induce a feeling of near weightlessness. Due to concerns that believers [...]

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T4G Articles 5-6 – The Attributes of God and the Trinity

March 30, 2007

The next two articles in the Together for the Gospel Statement discuss the nature of God. The concept of the Trinity is so entwined with God’s attributes and who He is I have decided to roll these two articles into one. I have already posted an extensive set of notes and an audio on the [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Ten Conclusions About Expository Preaching

March 29, 2007

Well, here it is. I finally draw to an end a series that could have run and run. Almost all my posts for the last month or so have been inspired by Article 4 of the T4G Statement, which is quoted in my post John Piper on Expository Preaching. As I have said, I am [...]

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Books to Help You Read The Bible

March 29, 2007

We have been speaking about preaching and the importance of Christians understanding the message of the Bible. We are drawing near to the end of this extended series. I felt, however, that I should not leave the series without sharing a few resources with you that are still fairly new and will definitely help you [...]

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Mark Dever on Expositional Preaching – The 1st of 9 Marks of a Healthy Church

March 29, 2007

I am drawing close to the end of my longstanding series on preaching based on the Together For The Gospel Statement, Article 4. This does not mean, of course, that the subject of preaching will disappear from this blog—far from it. Since this is a blog by a preacher, and many of my readers are [...]

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Steve Camp Challenges Us to Embrace the Spirit

March 28, 2007

Steve Camp is well known within reformed circles, and yet in all my reading of the reactions to the “John Piper Hears The Voice Of God” article no one gets it more right than he does in a comment he has just left on my blog on the above post. Is he becoming charismatic? Or [...]

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Am I a Thrill Seeker?

March 28, 2007

Over on Pyromaniacs, the last three posts and their extensive comments sections have all been prompted by the differing reactions to the Piper piece on Hearing the Voice of God. This article by John Piper is certainly a piece that is well worth listening to, as well as reading. The following are the three resulting [...]

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What Changes Us In Preaching – Application or Wonder or Both?

March 27, 2007

John Piper has an interesting aside that several people have pointed out to me in connection with the quotes I have shared from Warren and Lloyd-Jones on the vital place of application. In it Piper argues that, rather than application, it is the inducing of “wonder” in the hearer that leads to transformation. I ask: [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Steve Weaver on Expository Preaching

March 27, 2007

At the beginning of this year, Steve Weaver posted a multi-part series on expository preaching. I thought I would share a few quotes from this series for you — it is well worth a read if you haven’t already found it. “What role does prayer play in the preparation of an expository sermon? Prayer should [...]

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How Stories Change Our Worldview

March 27, 2007

Andrew Fountain has a great article today on the vital place of stories in shaping the way we see the world. Go and read the whole thing or listen to his sermon which was informed by this approach: There are four levels at which we operate: Behaviour Teachings Attitudes Worldview Behaviour can be altered to [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Lloyd-Jones on Applying Biblical Truth

March 26, 2007

I have been addressing the subject of expositional preaching for some time now. I shared a quote from Rick Warren about the vital need for us to learn to apply Scripture. It seems Martyn Lloyd-Jones agrees. This quote is taken once again from the excellent Logos ML-J library. “It is one thing to believe the [...]

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John Piper Hears The Voice Of God

March 23, 2007

I am going to let Dr. Piper speak for himself today with no comment except to say that, to me, this whole article seems like one of the most arresting pieces of writing by any writer that I have ever read. You simply MUST follow the link and read it all. It is a message [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Rick Warren on the Point of Preaching

March 22, 2007

This continues our series on preaching, which is based on the fourth article of the Together for the Gospel Statement. The previous post in this series described some of the stereotyped differences in preaching between black and white preachers and what each can learn from the other. In the article I wrote for SermonCentral on [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Multicolored Preaching

March 22, 2007

This continues our series on preaching, which is based on the fourth article of the Together for the Gospel Statement. The previous post in this series warned of some of the dangers of expository preaching. I found this fantastic quote from the pen of Thabiti Anyabwile over at Pure Church describing what preachers who are [...]

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T4G Article 4 – The Dangers of Expository Preaching

March 21, 2007

This continues our series on preaching, which is based on the fourth article of the Together for the Gospel Statement. The previous two posts in this series provided outlines for good sermon preparation from John Stott and Alistair Begg. While Expository Thoughts is certainly committed to preaching that is well prepared, they have a great [...]

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Hard Lessons in the School of Ministry

March 21, 2007

Mark Dever at Together for the Gospel announces he is starting a 9Marks Blog and shares two critical lessons learnt from a difficult period: “Lesson Number One: no accountability relationships will work if there is not a commitment to honesty on the part of the person in question. Lesson Number Two: the public success of [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Sermon Preparation by John Stott

March 20, 2007

I cannot independently confirm the source of this, but I found the following over at Unashamed Workman, described as John Stott’s advice on sermon preparation. If anyone can verify the source I will, of course, acknowledge it. Alistair Begg provides additional thoughts on this subject in my previous post, which can be found here. I. [...]

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A Prayer for an Exhausted Mark Driscoll

March 19, 2007

Over the weekend Mark Driscoll has posted about feeling exhausted and struggling with poor sleep. He is typically honest and open. More honest and open than many religious Christians would like him to be. I am a little concerned with my psychiatric hat on that such symptoms, if ignored, could be the prelude to something [...]

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Spurgeon’s Challenge to Preachers

March 19, 2007

This week’s dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs is well worth reading in its entirety. It fits in nicely with my current series on preaching, and in many ways parallels what the Doctor’s quote says about “dead orthodoxy” on my blog this morning. Spurgeon believed in Spirit and Word. What a tragedy that many of today’s [...]

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Lloyd-Jones Monday – Dead Orthodoxy or an Encounter With God?

March 19, 2007

Most Mondays I take the time to raid my electronic version of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ materials, which is produced by Logos Bible Software. Today’s quote brings together two of my key topics of the year so far — revival and preaching. I have already expressed several times my concern that our preaching should not merely [...]

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