From the monthly archives:

April 2008

SERMON – God’s Gift of Life (Exodus 20:13)

April 28, 2008

Here are notes from a sermon I preached on the 27th April at Jubilee Church. The mp3 is available to download here or listen to using the following embedded player-

“You shall not murder.” (Ex 20:13)
Ok, right at the outset, do we have any murderers here? No? Anyone planning on committing a murder? No? Good, so [...]

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PIPER FRIDAY – More from John Piper on Suffering

April 25, 2008

If you’re anything like me, and were at New Word Alive, or if you have listened to the audios online since that event, John Piper’s two talks on “Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer” may well still be resonating with you.
You can read my notes on part 1 and part 2, of these messages, [...]

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Please Be My Friend, But . . . Don’t Ever Call Me Adrian Warlock!

April 23, 2008

Today I thought I’d tell you a little about an integrated approach I’ve set up to make use of the online social networking websites, and also to share with you some different ways you can access the content of this blog. Basically I have tried to ensure that a few of these sites will work [...]

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Christian Candidate for London Mayor Gains Broad Support From Churches

April 21, 2008

This is not really a political blog. And I am not a campaigner for any one political party. Nor have I ever even been a member of a party. Nothing in this post should be taken as a personal endorsement of any candidate or even as a suggestion that I have already cast my own [...]

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Evidence That Adrian Does Sleep . . .

April 21, 2008

Hi, Andrée here!
People often ask if Adrian ever sleeps; well here’s the answer . . .

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New Iain Murray Book on Martyn Lloyd-Jones

April 21, 2008

Most Mondays I post something by or about Doctor Martyn Lloyd-Jones, one of my historical heroes. Today is an example of this habit. While I was preoccupied with New Word Alive, Martin Downes posted the chapter list for a new book on Lloyd-Jones by the Doctor’s assistant. The book, entitled “Lloyd-Jones—Messenger of Grace,” is broad-ranging, [...]

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INTERVIEW – Wallace Benn on Handing Over to Hugh Palmer

April 20, 2008

This is the final segment of my three-part interview with Wallace Benn, Bishop of Lewes and previous leader of Word Alive. Part one can be read here, and part two here.
In the concluding section, the Bishop talks about handing over the leadership duties to Hugh Palmer, and the role New Word Alive has in fostering [...]

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INTERVIEW – Wallace Benn on Penal Substitutionary Atonement

April 19, 2008

This is the second part of a three-part interview I did with Bishop Wallace Benn at the New Word Alive conference last week. You can read part 1 here.
In this segment, the Bishop discusses his total commitment to the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement, and gives some reasons why PSA “is central to a proper [...]

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INTERVIEW – Bishop Wallace Benn at New Word Alive

April 18, 2008

While I was in Pwllheli at New Word Alive, I did an MP3 interview with Bishop Wallace Benn. I thought that I would share the full transcript here over the next few days.
AdrianThis is Adrian Warnock here, and right now I’m in the Refectory, so you can probably hear some of the hubbub as people [...]

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Together For The Gospel 2008

April 16, 2008

This post contains great news for all those who are unable to get to the Together for the Gospel conference. The event is still happening at the moment, but you can already download the mp3s of the talks for free.
I also want to point you to what I predict will be the cream of the [...]

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Adrian’s Blog is Five Years Old Today and a Competition

April 16, 2008

It’s my blogoversary today. Five years is a long time. At the moment I can only think of a handful of other Christian blogs that I still read from time-to-time that were around back in 2003. Here are some of them, with dates they began in brackets (where I know them):

Tim Challies (June 2003)

David Wayne [...]

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VIDEO – My Jesus, My Savior on American Idol

April 15, 2008

In the category of surprising and bizarre things I missed hearing about while I was at New Word Alive last week is this video clip taken from YouTube.
It seems that the last eight contestants on American Idol sang this song on two consecutive nights, changing “My Jesus” to “My Shepherd” on the first night. Josh [...]

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NWA08 – Audio of John Piper’s Second Sermon

April 14, 2008

The second sermon that John Piper preached at New Word Alive is now available online. You can download the audio for free or read my notes.

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New Word Alive 2008 – List of Articles

April 14, 2008

New Word Alive 2008 is now over. Here is a full list of my reports and interviews of the conference. I will be releasing some video interviews with John Piper, Don Carson, and Terry Virgo over the next couple of weeks.
You can also visit the New Word Alive website to order CDs, and links to [...]

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