From the monthly archives:

June 2007

The Atonement – Jesus’ Death Is Not Repeated at Communion

June 30, 2007

In our churches these days we have people coming from all kinds of backgrounds. I know that I probably have readers of the blog who feel the Mass or Communion in some way is a repetition of Jesus’ sacrifice. I wanted, therefore, to take this opportunity to share some verses which, to my [...]

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The Atonement – Don’t Forget the Blood of Christ

June 29, 2007

A number of years ago I remember watching an evangelism training video. It had a laughable sketch where someone went up to a total stranger and asked, “Have you been washed in the blood of the lamb?” In our squeamish culture, it probably isn’t the best question to ask someone at the very beginning of [...]

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INTERVIEW – Terry Virgo on the Future

June 27, 2007

UPDATE – In 2008, I was also able to record a video interview with Terry Virgo, that has also been transcribed.
UPDATE
In January 2008, this post was identified as the 14th all-time most popular post with readers of this blog. The 15th most-read post was one in which I announced a major gift of free [...]

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INTERVIEW – Terry Virgo on the Distinctives of Newfrontiers

June 26, 2007

On the first day of my interview with Terry Virgo we spoke about his ministry and his view of the wider evangelical scene. Yesterday, we began to speak about how newfrontiers began, and how Terry was led to a radical view that apostolic ministry was never intended to stop when the Bible was completed. Today [...]

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INTERVIEW – Terry Virgo on The Early Days

June 25, 2007

I am joined again today by Terry Virgo, leader of the reformed charismatic group, Newfrontiers.
Yesterday I spoke with Terry about his ministry and his view of the wider evangelical scene. Today I would like to begin by taking him back to the early days of his Christian life.
AdrianTerry, can you tell us who particularly [...]

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INTERVIEW – Terry Virgo: Leader of Newfrontiers

June 24, 2007

It was a real delight to have the opportunity to spend some time with the leader of the family of churches I am a part of when Terry Virgo came to preach at the church I attend. He was kind enough to sit with me for what was a very interesting and open interview.
Terry is [...]

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Are You Still A Sinner?

June 24, 2007

One of my commentators didn’t like my last post when I said that God really does change us when we become a Christian. I am not going to get into the philosophical arguments he does. As O don’t think the Bible All I can say is that when God declares someone to be righteous, in [...]

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Is the Cross a Legal Fiction? No, Because the Resurrection Changes Us

June 23, 2007

Many people criticize Penal Subsitutionary Atonement on the basis that it makes justification into a legal fiction. I suppose such a criticism might be valid if a simplistic explanation of PSA was all that happened because of the cross. We have already seen that is not the case. But, more than that we must not [...]

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Seven New Warnie Awards

June 23, 2007

The Warnie Awards started as a bit of fun, but I understand that for some they are a sought-after piece of blogging recognition. Today, I will award several more blogs a Warnie. As a result their headlines appear in a box in my side bar so there are even more reasons for you to come [...]

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The Atonement – Is Penal Substitution the Only Thing That Happened at the Cross?

June 21, 2007

UPDATE – Andrew Cottingham has posted on how critical this all is to him
The answer to the question “Are you saying that Penal Substitution is the only thing that happened at the cross?” is a definite no. Whilst the concepts of sin, guilt, and punishment are indeed fundamental to what happened at the cross, the [...]

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Christianity Magazine Reviews Pierced For Our Transgressions

June 21, 2007

UPDATEIn this article I speak of a perception I am beginning to get that those with more traditional understandings are not entirely welcome within the UK evangelical movement. I had hoped that this was just a false impression. Since writing this article, I came across a piece from Carl Trueman that alleges that some UK [...]

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Spring Harvest Helps Keswick Out Of A Fix

June 21, 2007

No doubt due to his recent surgery, Alistair Begg has had to pull out of this years Keswick Week. I received the following press release which announces that Spring Harvest had kindly facilitated Ian Coffey taking Alistair’s place. This is interesting in light the events connected to the ending of the Word Alive partnership [...]

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The Atonement – Is Jesus the Good Cop?

June 19, 2007

I think all too often we have portrayed the God of the Old Testament as a God of anger and Jesus as the “good cop” to God’s “bad cop.” The reality is far from that.
As we have already said, God is IN CHRIST reconciling the world, but also Jesus is seen as a God of [...]

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The Atonement – What Does Imputation Mean?

June 18, 2007

I am going to use the next few posts to answer some specific questions about the cross. Believe it or not, it will not be very long before I finish this series, so if you have a question, do ask it and if it is not already one I plan to address, I will [...]

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