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April 2007

The Atonement – N. T. Wright Attacks Both Sides of the Debate

April 23, 2007

UPDATE November 2008- Steve Chalke has expressed his views more fully in a chapter in The Atonement Debate, and I have posted a response to this. UPDATE #3In January 2008, the following post was identified as the 11th all-time most popular post with readers of this blog. The 12th most widely read post was “The [...]

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Response from UCCF to the SPRING HARVEST Decision to End the Word Alive Bible Teaching Week After 14 Years

April 23, 2007

The UCCF has now issued a full statement about the end of Word Alive’s association with Spring Harvest, which I blogged about on Friday. Here is the full text: UCCF STATEMENTFor Immediate Release23 April 2007 Response from UCCF to the SPRING HARVEST Decision to End the World Alive Bible Teaching Week After 14 Years For [...]

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The Resurrection Empowered Life – Gazing on Jesus

April 22, 2007

As I explained last Sunday, I am determined, at least whilst spending the rest of the week blogging about the atonement, to spend Sundays on a journey exploring the implications of the resurrection of Jesus. I am writing this post one week before you will read it. These days I like to try and get [...]

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Word Alive and Spring Harvest to Separate After 15 Years Because of the Atonement

April 19, 2007

UPDATE November 2008- Steve Chalke has expressed his views more fully in a chapter in The Atonement Debate, and I have posted a response to this. ____________________ FURTHER UPDATEFull statements have now been issued by UCCF and Keswick, as well as Pete Broadbent of Spring Harvest, who also made a further statment. N.T. Wright has [...]

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US ELECTION – Dipping My Toe Into a Can of Worms

April 19, 2007

Up until now, I have mostly resisted getting drawn into commenting on US politics. I still think I probably won’t do too many of these kinds of posts — I’ve always thought it was none of my business! But tell me, my fair readers, do you want me to talk more about all this? I [...]

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The Atonement – The Terrible Problem of Sin

April 19, 2007

In the last post in this series on the atonement, we examined some wrong ideas about the cross. Today we will simply list some verses for us to meditate on which address the terrible problem of sin. This series is based on teaching I first gave at Jubilee Church. If you want a sneak preview [...]

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Sam Storms Responds to Jimmy Draper on The Bible and Tongues

April 18, 2007

Sam Storms launched his blog only yesterday. On day two, he launches a broadside against Jimmy Draper’s latest article about tongues. Sam Storms quite rightly believes that tongues were NEVER meant to be evangelistic . . . . This could get interesting in the comment section. I am keeping out of it this time! Sam [...]

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The Death of the Blogosphere?

April 18, 2007

Tim Sweetman has written a fascinating article which states that the rumors of the death of the blogosphere have been greatly exaggerated! There’s a quote in the article that I gave him.

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The Atonement – Wrong Ideas About the Cross

April 18, 2007

In the last post in this series on the atonement, we raised the question — Is it right to say God punished Jesus? We will return to that issue, but today we will look at some of the wrong theories of what essentially happened at the cross. This series is based on teaching I first [...]

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The Atonement – Should We Disagree With John Stott?

April 17, 2007

In a helpful article which seeks to put the current atonement debate into context, Mark Meynell introduces a quote from John Stott in the following way: “. . . the Bible surely causes us to say that at the cross, God is saving us from himself by himself. The Cross is a Trinitarian endeavour driven [...]

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The Resurrection Empowered LIfe

April 15, 2007

I have been thinking a lot about the resurrection this past week — which might surprise you given my blog’s current focus on the atonement. The sermon I preached on Easter Sunday wasn’t, for me, a “normal” sermon. I felt more conscious than usual of a sense of being specifically commissioned by God to preach [...]

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The Atonement – Packer on Penal Substitution

April 13, 2007

This morning on his blog, Al Mohler reminded us of Jim Packer’s eloquent defense (in 1973) of penal substitution in a post entitled “The Logic of Penal Substitution.” In light of my ongoing series on the atonement, this is well worth the read. Mohler says this about Packer’s historic lecture: “Packer starts by describing that [...]

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The Atonement – The Mission of Jesus

April 12, 2007

In the last post in this series on the atonement, we examined the Old Testament background to the cross. Today we will look at how the cross of Jesus was the mission that Jesus had been sent to accomplish. You will find a list of some of the most recent posts about the atonement from [...]

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The Atonement – The Historical Background to the Cross

April 11, 2007

In a previous post in this series on the atonement, we asked, “Does the Cross of Jesus Matter?” Today we will look at the historical background surrounding the cross in the Bible. You will find a list of some of the most recent posts about the atonement from my blog at the end of this [...]

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The Atonement – An Attack on Penal Substitution

April 10, 2007

A couple of days ago, in the first of my posts on the atonement, I quoted Jeffrey John from an article in the London Telegraph. Today, I want to share more from the transcript of his talk, which is now available on Radio 4’s website. You can also listen to him for yourself here. The [...]

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RESURRECTION HOPE – An Easter Sermon

April 9, 2007

This sermon was preached at Jubilee Church on Easter Sunday 2007. The audio is available to download (you may need to right click and save the file to your PC) or to listen to online here: Let’s turn in our Bibles to the book of 1 Corinthians. As you are turning there, you need to [...]

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The Atonement – Quotes From Leon Morris

April 7, 2007

I would like to share two quotes from Leon Morris today (HT Gospel Driven Life). These express the substitutionary view of the atonement well: “To put it bluntly and plainly, if Christ is not my Substitute, I still occupy the place of a condemned sinner. If my sins and my guilt are not transferred to [...]

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The Atonement – Does the Cross of Jesus Matter?

April 6, 2007

Yesterday I began a series inspired by Article 6 of the Together for the Gospel Statement. The atonement is not a new subject for my blog. This series is based on teaching I first gave at Jubilee Church. If you want a sneak preview of what is coming you can download the audio (you may [...]

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Happy Birthdays to Me – My Birth, My Rebirth and My Blogiversary

April 5, 2007

Today is my 36th birthday. I really cannot say I am in my “early thirties” any more! Since this picture was taken a year ago, I have had yet another child! It is a real joy to have such a large and lovely family to spend my birthday with. Tomorrow is also an anniversary of [...]

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T4G Article 7 – The Atonement: An Introduction

April 5, 2007

Today, topically, with Easter upon us, we reach possibly one of the most controversial articles in the entire Together for the Gospel Statement — Article 7 on the atonement. Links to my posts discussing Articles 1-6 can be found in my last post entitled Loving God — A Guide for Beginners. The atonement is a [...]

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