September 2007

Technology and God the Provider

September 10, 2007

Adrian is away on business for a couple of days, and he has asked me to stand in, so apologies in advance if this is not up to the usual high standard! We had an engineer round to our house today to investigate why our Internet connection has been so erratic. In this day and [...]

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PIPER FRIDAY – Suffering is Essential to Christians

September 6, 2007

John Piper has a glorious richness in his preaching repertoire. Almost every time he is invited to preach anywhere it seems he produces a brand new message. He makes the Bible fresh. Today I want to return to the habit of posting a quote from Piper on Fridays by sharing an astonishing quote from an [...]

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Al Mohler’s Tribute to Dr. D. James Kennedy

September 6, 2007

As many of you may already know, Dr. D. James Kennedy, well-known pastor, teacher, and evangelist died September 5th at his home in Florida after having suffered a cardiac arrest last December. Many Christians world-wide have been influenced by Dr. Kennedy, not the least of whom is Dr. Albert Mohler, who remembered Kennedy in this [...]

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BOOK – ESV Literary Study Bible: Editor, Leland Ryken

September 5, 2007

Literary criticism has a bad reputation amongst evangelical Christians. This is, of course, misplaced since viewing the Bible as literature is not an option. It is, after all, a book! Anyway, the good folks at Crossway have decided to do their best to help us understand how a literary view of the Bible is essential. [...]

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BOOK – Sane Spirituality by Stuart Bell

September 4, 2007

This book started life as a series of sermons. It is an encouragement to me to see that publishers seem to be reviving the sermon-book, which at one point looked to me like it was fading from use. Bell’s book is definitely aimed at the popular market, but any reader can learn much from what [...]

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A Revival Hymn

September 3, 2007

I thought I’d share this hymn with you today. It was written by William Booth, and a modern tune by a friend of mine has made it eminently singable today. Always good to remind ourselves of the need for revival!The music and mp3 are available from Kingsway. O GOD OF BURNING, CLEANSING FLAME Send the [...]

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Out of the Mouths . . .

September 2, 2007

We had a lot of fun with our American visitors over the weekend. Some of my kids and I went to London with them on Saturday. We visited St Paul’s, the Westminster area, and the Tower of London, which we reached by boat. It was a great day, whose highlight for me was surely the [...]

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War Of the Words – Anglo-American Relations Deteriorate

September 1, 2007

The British and the Americans are at war once again. This time it is a more localized conflict than the War for Independence which, for a nation who has a history of over 1000 years, is really just yesterday. Fortunately the weapons of this latest war are words, although these are, of course, more deadly [...]

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