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August 2009

What is Your Favorite Quote? Guest Post From Lex Loizides

August 31, 2009

Today’s quest blogger is my friend Lex who blogs short, inspirational stories and illustrations from church history over athttp://lexloiz.wordpress.com/ Lex is an elder at Jubilee Community Church, Cape Town and travels throughout the world as an evangelist.http://www.jubilee.org.za/ I recently completed an article for a Christian magazine. As part of the ‘get to know the author’ [...]

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Redeemed For More – Guest Post From Tim Virgo

August 30, 2009

As I continue my blogging break, here is a post from my friend Tim Virgo: At my church- CCK in Brighton, UK one of the things we are currently working towards is starting a ministry that explains and proclaims the redemption of the Gospel of Jesus. We want to help people to take hold of [...]

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Real Help – Guest Post From Matt Kottman

August 30, 2009

It’s the turn of Matt Kottman, the pastor of Calvery Chapel Leatherhead, UK who is both charismatic and judging from his sermon on Ephesians 1:3-6 is reformed as well, to guest blog during my break: I was reading this morning in Acts 16, and I thought I’d share something that stood out to me in [...]

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Introducing Guest Posts And Raised With Christ Update

August 28, 2009

I believe strongly that whatever we are committed to doing it is important to disengage with it totally for a period at least once a year. This is especially true for me of blogging. What began as a great hobby has become like a monster in my basement demanding to be fed at regular intervals. [...]

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Spurgeon Atonement Illustration

August 28, 2009

This would win the wrath of many neo-liberals but I am sure that Piper would be glad to make room this Friday for the following quote I found on the pyromaniacs site from C.H. Spurgeon: Suppose,” said I, “you had killed some one. You were a murderer; you were condemned to die, and you deserved [...]

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The Main Message Of The Rich Man And Lazarus:

August 27, 2009

We are such wretches that even a resurrected preacher would not be enough to guarantee our salvation! BUT Although unmentioned, this points to the coming savior – Jesus paints the problem to make us ready to hear the solution: There is a Jesus who stooped to do what the Rich Man wouldn’t! Jesus came to [...]

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The Rich Man’s Desperate Pleas And The Morals And Mysteries

August 26, 2009

The poor man is in bliss while the Rich Man is in agony Even in hell hasn’t repented – come and serve me…..not in a good place! Selfishness of the rich man persists – make poor man his servant or his messenger and only for his brothers…what of the rest of mankind? Do we only [...]

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The Great Reversal – Rich Man Beware!

August 25, 2009

We must understand that God will not be mocked. He wants us to care for the needy, understanding the grace we have received should make us gracious to others. These study notes continue the background to my recent sermon. The video is now available: By Adrian Warnock23 August 2009download video or download audio Jesus says [...]

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Logos Bible Software and Snow Leopard Beware!

August 25, 2009

If you are a Mac and Logos user, you might want to delay installing the Snow Leopard update of Mac Os X by hopefully just a few days or so. Apple’s publicity for this version of its operating system over the last few months can’t seem to decide whether to describe this almost as a [...]

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What Was The Rich Man’s Sin?

August 24, 2009

I am continuing to share my own study notes that helped me to prepare for my sermon on the Rich Man and Lazarus. We move today to ask what it was that the rich man did wrong. Jesus’ teaching, and much of the NT is so pro-poor and anti-rich we have to ask ourselves the [...]

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Tope Tweets From Africa

August 24, 2009

My pastor has been on a ministry trip, here is his report, sent from the airport lounge and posted on the Jubilee Church news page.: The Zim conference was a success I believe. I am grateful and humbled. I preached 8 sermons in 3 days to A.O.G leaders. I preached Jesus again and again and [...]

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The Shocking Parable of The Rich Man And Lazarus – Luke 16

August 23, 2009

The video of the sermon I preached this morning is available here: By Adrian Warnock23 August 2009download video or download audio These notes are the first part of a set of full study notes that I used during the preparation of this sermon. They contain more material than I could actually preach, particularly in terms [...]

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Learning About Prayer From The Persistent Widow

August 21, 2009

Last Sunday Dave Pask spoke about The Persistent Widow – Luke 18:1-8 as part of our August series on the parables.. With all the recent interest stirred up online about prayer thanks to John Piper’s response to Terry Virgo’s recent sermon on Elijah I thought it would be good to share this very helpful talk [...]

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Its Time We Hungered For Jesus More – John Piper

August 21, 2009

Piper Friday restarts this week, and I want to share this quote on fasting which I encourage you to allow to get under you skin and provoke you deeply. It has me: Fasting poses the question: do we miss him? How hungry are we for him to come? The almost universal absence of regular fasting [...]

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Religious Persecution Is Alive And Well In Nigeria And India

August 20, 2009

The age of martyrdom is far from over. Living in the West we may feel relatively insulated from such things but our brothers and sisters around the world wake up this morning to the knowledge that their lives are at risk because of their faith. We can feel powerless to help. But help we can, [...]

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How Churches Can Help The Poor

August 17, 2009

Nigel Ring conducted an interview with Steve Oliver who heads a task force that explores how the 600+ churches of Newfrontiers can serve the poor in the more than 50 nations in which we are based. Steve believes it is vital to provide temporary relief for suffering – eg feeding the hungry. But, he also [...]

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How A Prayer Meeting Changed Britain

August 16, 2009

My Friend, Lex quotes Wesley as follows: ‘Mon. Jan. 1, 1739 – Mr. Hall, Kinchin, Ingham, Whitefield, Hutchins, and my brother Charles, were present at out love-feast in Fetter Lane, with about sixty of our brethren. ‘About three in the morning, as we were continuing instant in prayer, the power of God came mightily upon [...]

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FREE Finally Alive by John Piper For Logos

August 15, 2009

Logos Bible software is fantastic software. It might not be cheap, but thats because the number of resources it includes would stress your bookshelves if they were in print. I have had a special offer of 25% off base packages for readers of my blog. Logos are kind enough to give me a referral fee [...]

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Revival On The Isle Of Lewis

August 14, 2009

I have quoted this before, but feel stirred today to quote it again. Listening to this recording of a man who ministered during the last significant revival in the British Isles stirred me when I first heard it a couple of years ago. It is guaranteed to stir you too. Wake us up O Lord! [...]

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Don’t Try And Marry The Church, She’s Already Taken.

August 13, 2009

This is a note especially to all you pastors out there, but also to many keen church members. Are you married to your ministry job? Are you married to your church? Well, if you are, do you realize that Jesus is your rival? The church is pledged to be married to him. And you have [...]

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