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December 2007

A Christmas Thank You To My Top Referrers

December 23, 2007

There are only a few more things I’d like to do before I shut down the blog for Christmas. Posting will resume on the 1st of January, but I’ve got something a bit different planned for that month. I’ll tell you more about that when the post I’ve written for that day is published by [...]

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Review of the Blog – September to December 2007: John Owen and John Piper

December 22, 2007

During the months of September and October, I spent a lot of time quoting from a book Justin Taylor produced—a lightly edited John Owen. These can all be read on the category page for posts labeled “John Owen.” In November, I gave John Piper on N. T. Wright the same treatment. I also wrote a [...]

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Review of the Blog – July to August: TULIP and Together On a Mission

December 21, 2007

Before going on a summer break, I ended with a post which expresses clearly the driving passion behind my life—I DON’T WANT BALANCE, I WANT IT ALL! Other than that, and the posts on the atonement I listed in yesterday’s review, July was totally dominated (and rightly so) by Together On a Mission. This conference [...]

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Review of the Blog – May to June 2007: More Atonement Wars and Terry Virgo

December 20, 2007

May was not as controversial a month as I reported yesterday that April had been. I continued with the following posts on the atonement and the resurrection throughout May and also into June. In fact, there were a few posts on the atonement which spilled into July, and I have listed them here also. If [...]

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Review of the Blog – April 2007: Atonement Wars

December 19, 2007

UPDATE – Steve Chalke has expressed his views more fully in a chapter in The Atonement Debate, and I have posted a response to this. Today I will continue my review of the last year’s blogging which we began yesterday. April was a very interesting month for me on this blog. So much so that [...]

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Review of the Blog – January to March 2007: Preaching and the Voice of God

December 18, 2007

It’s time once again to review another year’s worth of blogging here at my place. I have made it something of a tradition to look back and reflect on the year that has passed. I have done this previously in December 2006, 2005, and 2004. The format is simple: I highlight some of the posts [...]

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Review of the Year – My Life in Jubilee Church, London

December 17, 2007

For me, once I have prioritized my own personal inner life and relationship with God, then my dear family, a clear third place in my affections is given without a moment’s doubt to my local church. Family does come before the church, but of course our church is like an extension of my family and [...]

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Review of the Year – The Warnock Family

December 16, 2007

The past twelve months have been relatively stable for us as a family. It is the first year for awhile that none of us have started a new job, or a new school (although Joel did move up from the school’s nursery class to reception). We have not moved, and we certainly haven’t moved church. [...]

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Review of the Year – Personal Reflections

December 15, 2007

It’s that time of year again—the time when I reflect on the year that has been. I’m going to follow a structure in my reminiscing which will be as follows: In this post I will think about my own personal life, and in particular my relationship with God. In the next post I will consider [...]

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INTERVIEW – Rob Rufus: How apostles Work Today

December 15, 2007

Today I am publishing the fifth and final segment of my interview with Rob Rufus. The following links represent the posts which make up the first four parts of this interview: Preacher Rob Rufus Rob Rufus on Word and Spirit Rob Rufus on How To Explore the Charismatic Rob Rufus on apostles Today In the [...]

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Christmas Present Ideas – Bible Software

December 14, 2007

I have already told you how much I love books. Every book needs a Christian owner who will cherish it, care for it, place it lovingly on a bookshelf, and, ideally, even read it! But the truth is, with so many great books on the market today, most of us simply don’t have time to [...]

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Christmas Present Ideas – Books

December 13, 2007

I thought I might make a few suggestions about things that your Christian friend might want for Christmas. It is no surprise that I suggest books first of all. I love receiving new books. When the doorbell rings, I thunder downstairs, hoping that tell-tale flat-box will be in the postman’s hand, announcing another book has [...]

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INTERVIEW – Rob Rufus on apostles Today

December 12, 2007

In the previous segment of this interview with Rob Rufus, we finished by talking a bit about the network of churches of which he is a part. We ended with Rob speaking about a team of apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastors/ teachers. Today we begin by asking Rob what he means by “apostles.” For more [...]

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Choose What Mark Driscoll Preaches on in January

December 12, 2007

You can help choose nine topics for Mark Driscoll to preach on in January. In a novel idea, he is allowing the whole Internet to vote on a set of questions he will answer in a series of sermons. You have until the 14th to vote and you have ten votes a day. Voting is [...]

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SERMON – The Risen Jesus (Revelation 1)

December 9, 2007

This morning I preached a sermon at Jubilee. The following are almost exactly the notes I used to preach from. In the meantime you can download the audio or listen to it right here. Imagine Jesus . . . Baby Jesus—weakness, stooping down, becoming one of us, close to us. OR, Jesus on the cross; [...]

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Mark Driscoll, Terry Virgo, and Shepherding God’s People

December 7, 2007

Regular readers of my blog will remember that, together with my pastor, Tope Koleoso, we had the joy of being able to chat with Mark Driscoll when we went to Edinburgh to hear him preach live. We were deeply impressed with his graciousness and kindness to us. In this, he reminded me of a man [...]

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INTERVIEW – Rob Rufus: How to Explore the Charismatic

December 7, 2007

In the previous segment of this interview with Rob Rufus, we focused on Word and Spirit. Today I begin by asking Rob what steps readers who are intrigued by the charismatic experience should take. AdrianOne of the things I find is that quite a few of the readers of my blog out there—they love the [...]

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New Legal Structure for Churches That Employ Their Leader and/or Do Not Vote

December 5, 2007

The UK EA has freely released some legal framework documents that may be of particular interest to you if your church is in Britain and is led by one of its employees and/or decisions are not taken by a vote of the full membership. Legal changes have led to the following announcement: “The Evangelical Alliance [...]

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INTERVIEW – Rob Rufus on Word and Spirit

December 5, 2007

As we drew to the close of part one of this interview with Rob Rufus we were emphasizing the need for charismatics to continue to value the Bible. Today we begin with a question my pastor, Tope Koleoso, asked. This is a lightly edited transcript of what was actually said. Tope I’ve got to say, [...]

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BOOK – Sam Storms Interprets Edwards’ Classic on the Spirit

December 4, 2007

My buddy, Jesse, has recently completed a nine-part series of posts on Signs of the Spirit, in which Sam Storms interprets Jonathan Edwards’ classic work on experiential Christianity, The Religious Affections. Here are the links: 1. True spirituality is a hunger for God 2. Public gathering, prayer, preaching, and singing 3. You’re not a Christian [...]

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