From the monthly archives:

April 2007

INTERVIEW – Liam Goligher on the Crisis in Evangelicalism

April 30, 2007

It was a real privilege to speak with Liam Goligher recently, and it is a delight to now bring a report of that conversation here to my blog. Liam is a trustee of the Keswick Convention and a well-known Bible teacher. He leads Duke Street Church, an independent church in Richmond, UK which has approximately [...]

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Relating Together for the Gospel

April 30, 2007

The guys at Together for the Gospel are modeling something VITAL:
“Something that is meant to be different about the T4G conference, and what it may inspire in your own ministry, is that it is built on, and attempts to model and provoke relational networks for encouragement and accountability. So inviting Thabiti was no mere decision [...]

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A Cessationist Healing?

April 30, 2007

This is a short excerpt from a quote on Challies Dot Com which Tim says is entirely consistent with a cessationist perspective. It sure doesn’t sound like the cessationism I love to caricaturise!
“. . . My friend knelt down in the middle of a circle of elders. We anointed him with oil, laid lands on [...]

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The PCA Considering Excluding Followers of N. T. Wright

April 30, 2007

Lig Duncan has been part of a committee that has been considering the teachings of the New Perspectives on Paul (NPP), and especially N. T. Wright, for several months on behalf of the Presbyterian Church in America.
They have now made a number of clear declarations as listed below, and the closing paragraphs of the report [...]

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Lloyd-Jones Monday – The Doctor Defines and Describes Revival

April 30, 2007

A recurring theme on my blog this year has been the subject of revival. 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 explains what revival is and what it looks like.
“What is revival? We can define it as [...]

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The Resurrection Empowered Life – Victory All The Time?

April 29, 2007

Last Resurrection Sunday, we spoke about Revelation 1. I want to stay in that passage one more week and highlight just one verse. I’m sure that the words “The Resurrection Empowered Life” thrill some of my readers and make others of them nervous. I have noticed that some Christians tend to feel that the Christian [...]

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Mark Driscoll Banned Church Planting Video

April 28, 2007

Mark Driscoll is at the centre of controversy once more. This time it is about a video he shot for a conference that was aimed at stirring men to fight for the church. The video was publicly criticised from the stage of the conference by Bill Hybels. The video was then not given out as [...]

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Wright Quotes That Affirm Penal Substitutionary Atonement

April 28, 2007

Justin Taylor helpfully points to some quotes from N. T.Wright that seem to clearly affirm a penal substitutionary view of the atonement. I am left, though, with two questions from the article Wright published earlier in the week.
1. Why then does he respond so very negatively to the new book Pierced For Our Transgressions?
2. Does [...]

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Dave Warnock Shares an Alternative View of the Atonement

April 28, 2007

Dave Warnock and I disagree on almost every issue we ever discuss. But I have something of a soft spot for him. I don’t think it’s our shared surname. (We are not directly related as far as we know!) I think it’s his willingness to explain what he believes, and the way his apparent shock [...]

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Newfrontiers Magazine Focuses on Healing

April 28, 2007

The next issue of the newfrontiers magazine is now available online. It has a special focus on healing. There are some great healing testimonies and some interesting articles about how we seem to be beginning to learn as a movement how to make room for God to heal.
Newfrontiers Magazine

In Brief
Firstline
A Journey Into Healing [...]

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Smokers Drive Up Costs of Bibles

April 28, 2007

In the category of bizarre news — Logos Bible Software Blog: Smokers Drive Up Costs of Bibles.

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News on the Turkish Christian Martyrs

April 27, 2007

My old friend, Paul Rees, passes on a heart-rending letter from Turkey in a post entitled Gospel Growth: The Protestant Church of Smyrna.

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John Stott – Champion of Penal Subsitutionary Atonement Retires

April 27, 2007

The Langham Partnership sent out the following announcement today:
“John Stott would like his many friends around the world to know that, having reached the age of 86 in April, he has taken the decision finally to retire from public ministry after fulfilling one final speaking engagement at the upcoming Keswick Convention in July.
He will be [...]

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Peter Broadbent States Atonement Was a Factor in Spring Harvest Split

April 27, 2007

In today’s news, in an article in the Church Times entitled “Atonement Row Gets Personal as Evangelical Partnership Splits,” Bishop Broadbent is quoted as acknowledging that Steve Chalke was at least part of the reason for the split with UCCF. Clearly some of the details of the story remain disputed, but as I first reported [...]

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