June 2008

VIDEO – Ed Stetzer on Church Planting

June 14, 2008

In the second part of this interview with Ed Stetzer we turned our attention to discussing church planting.

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Joel Edwards Takes New Roles With Faith Foundation and Micah Challenge

June 13, 2008

The Evangelical Alliance released this announcement last week: “The retiring General Director of the Evangelical Alliance will bring his passion for justice for the poor to two new roles as he joins Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation and becomes the first International Director of Micah Challenge . . .” Mr Edwards, a British immigrant from Jamaica, [...]

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VIDEO – Ed Stetzer: Warine Award and Interview – What Does Missional Mean?

June 13, 2008

The following interview was recorded using iChat and, as I claim at the beginning, I don’t believe you can achieve this kind of good quality with a PC over normal broadband lines across the Atlantic, at least as far as I know. Ed, still being computer-challenged (i.e. he actually uses a Microsoft windoze machine!) therefore [...]

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Remarkable Healing Seen by a Friend of Mine

June 12, 2008

John Kpikpi is a friend of mine. I know and trust him. I also know and trust Terry who reported the following remarkable text message on his blog. A truly remarkable event. On Thursday night (29th May 2008) I was watching the Florida outpouring of God TV. It went on till our time 12.30 a.m. [...]

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INTERVIEW – What’s Next for Phatfish and Lou Fellingham?

June 12, 2008

In this, the fifth and final segment of my interview with Nathan Fellingham, we talk about what the future holds for Phatfish and for Lou Fellingham. The four previous segments can be found here: Phatfish’s Nathan Fellingham Nathan Fellingham on Writing Songs for Worship Nathan Fellingham on the Theology of Worship Songs Nathan Fellingham on [...]

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INTERVIEW – Nathan Fellingham on New Word Alive and Being a Reformed Charismatic

June 12, 2008

In yesterday’s segment Nathan and I discussed the importance of theology in worship songs. Today we move on to talk a little about the event we were both attending and his thoughts on being a reformed charismatic. AdrianWe’re here at this New Word Alive event, and obviously have heard all sorts of teaching from some [...]

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INTERVIEW – Nathan Fellingham on the Theology of Worship Songs

June 11, 2008

Yesterday in my interview with Nathan we spoke about writing songs for worship. Today we will move on to talk about the theological thinking behind the songs. AdrianIt’s actually quite interesting, because already from talking to you, it’s like your songs are so obviously full of theology—I mean, that’s coming across just in talking to [...]

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INTERVIEW – Nathan Fellingham on Writing Songs for Worship

June 10, 2008

In yesterday’s segment of my interview with Nathan, we ended by speaking about how many worship leaders have emerged from his home church, Church of Christ the King, popularly known simply as CCK. Today I ask him about writing songs for worship. AdrianThe Brighton Newfrontiers church is an amazing resource, if you think about all [...]

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INTERVIEW – Phatfish’s Nathan Fellingham

June 9, 2008

The following is an interview with Nathan Fellingham of the band Phatfish. More information about the band is available on Phatfish’s website. The lead singer of the band, Lou Fellingham, also sings solo and has just released a new album, Promised Land. I recorded this interview at New Word Alive and have already shared the [...]

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Tim Keller on Effective Ministry

June 8, 2008

UPDATEThe Dwell Conference talks are now online, and you can download them. I love the people at Resurgence. They keep sharing more and more video and audio—all for free. After my pastor, Tope, reported his experience in New York I wanted to watch some Tim Keller as, bizarrely, I hadn’t yet listened to him or [...]

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Replacing UK Evangelical Leader Joel Edwards

June 7, 2008

There is no doubt that it has been a difficult time in the Evangelical movement on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years. There have been numerous arguments about what the definition of an Evangelical should be and how closely we can work together with people who disagree with us about a range of [...]

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English Anglicans and Homosexuality by Gene Robinson

June 6, 2008

In an interview in London: “I have met so many gay partnered clergy here and it is so troubling to hear them tell me that their bishop comes to their house for dinner, knows fully about their relationship, is wonderfully supportive, but has also said if this ever becomes public, then I’m your worst enemy [...]

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New Word Alive 2009 Announcement

June 6, 2008

Following the roaring success of the 2008 New Word Alive conference, it has been announced that the event will take place next year over two weeks and be in the same venue in gorgeous North Wales as it was this year. This is a change from what was announced during the event itself, when it [...]

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AUDIO – Terry Speaks About Todd Bentley and the Lakeland, Florida ‘Revival’

June 5, 2008

UPDATE – Todd Bentley has now stepped down from ministry after separating from his wife. Regular readers of my blog will know that I published some posts last week on the events in Lakeland, Florida. Terry Virgo has now made available online a talk on the subject that he gave on the events at the [...]

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VIDEO INTERVIEW – Terry Virgo on Valuing Word and Spirit

June 5, 2008

UPDATEThe written transcript of the third part of the interview is now available. It can be read here. I also interviewed Terry in 2007. This video is part of a series, yesterday I continued my interview with Terry and Wendy Virgo. Wendy provided some insights into her life as Terry’s wife and her travels with [...]

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VIDEO INTERVIEW – Terry and Wendy Virgo on Itinerant Ministry and the Family

June 4, 2008

UPDATEThe written transcript of this segment of my interview is now available to read here. Yesterday I began an interview with Terry and Wendy Virgo. We talked a little about what they do and how Terry came to speak at New Word Alive. Wendy begins this section of our interview talking about sharing in Terry’s [...]

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VIDEO INTERVIEW – Terry Virgo at New Word Alive on UK Evangelicalism

June 3, 2008

UPDATEThe written transcript of this interview is now available. It can be read here. Today I share the first of a three-part interview with Terry and Wendy Virgo, recorded at New Word Alive. Terry and Wendy kindly invited me into their chalet as I was a bit cold from speaking with Don Carson outside. In [...]

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SERMON – Living For The Future: Philippians 1

June 3, 2008

These are notes from the sermon I preached at Jubilee last Sunday. They are shorter than usual, but I thought I’d share the outline with you anyway. You can listen to the sermon by downloading it or you can listen to it here: I. HOW TO LIVE FOR THE FUTURE—Philippians 1:1-11 Know Who You Are [...]

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Terry Virgo Quotes Forsyth on Prayer

June 2, 2008

Last week Terry shared a challenging quote about prayer. This kind of prayer that will NOT let God go, and will NOT settle for the status quo goes a long way to explaining the secret of Newfrontiers. It’s a good place to start as we commence a video interview with Terry this week. Perhaps we [...]

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AND . . . WE ARE BACK!

June 2, 2008

Maybe you didn’t even miss us, but if you did, I am sharing an e-mail below that I received in my inbox shortly after returning from the USA on Saturday, which explains why you have been unable to reach my site. Nine thousand servers (and hence probably 100,000 websites) going down in one day is [...]

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