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China – a nation where the church is rapidly expanding

September 14, 2011

Yesterday, the BBC reported on the remarkable growth of the church in China. It is of course slightly bemused by the whole thing. Many of China’s churches are overflowing, as the number of Christians in the country multiplies. In the past, repression drove people to convert – is the cause now rampant capitalism? It is [...]

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The UK – a nation where the church is currently in decline

September 12, 2011

In Does the future have a church? from The Briefing we read some pretty shocking statistics about my nation that I thought were worth summarizing here: In 2010, 3.6 million attended church on an average Sunday (6% of the population). In the previous 10 years this represented a decline of 800,000 fewer attendees (-18%). 39% of churches [...]

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Praise Must Be Expressed – by John Lanferman

September 9, 2011

This excerpt comes from the Confluence blog: Praise must be expressed. The expression of what you are enjoying is the consummation of it. There is a fulfillment and joy found in sharing your expression. ADMIRATION AND REFLECTION Praise is admiration and reflection. Just wanting an experience is religious existentialism. Worship must be rooted in reality. [...]

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John Piper on self promotion vs being influential for Jesus

September 8, 2011

In keeping with my theme this week of self-examination, I thought I would highlight two things I found on Justin Taylor‘s blog. The first was a post on self-promotion by Dane Ortlund. This really hits the mark and is a great provocation to us. Like many such pithy thoughts it is of course, however, one [...]

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Don’t Believe your own publicity

September 7, 2011

Today I also wanted to repost an article I wrote two years ago that has a reflective tone to it. May God use it in our lives to wake us up at the beginning of a new season: One of the things that concerns me most about having a blog is that it allows me [...]

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Check your motives (Philippians 2:3)

September 6, 2011

I am back. But to begin with, I thought I would repost an old article and encourage you to join me for a moment of self-examination. I am convinced that done badly this can of course turn into naval-gazing and be unhealthy. But now at the beginning of a new season, is a good time [...]

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A Call to Fasting by Tope Koleoso

September 5, 2011

Yesterday, my pastor called us as a church to a three day fast. I would encourage you to watch this and ask yourself if God is calling you too to fast as an individual or church at the beginning of this new season. It also gives some very helpful practical and gracious advice.

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New Christianity Explored website

September 1, 2011

The new Christianity Explored website creates a welcoming, unpressured and jargon-free place for people to explore the Christian faith. It is packed with answers to tough questions as well as some wonderfully engaging real life stories of people who have come to faith in Christ Jesus. http://www.christianityexplored.org/ It also contains Week One of the Christianity [...]

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Guest post by Jon Cressey: Methuselah – a long life wasted?

August 23, 2011

Have you ever sat down and worked your way through the years of the first few generations of mankind (Genesis 5)? It’s a few minutes work, but it is worth it. There are a few surprises that grab your attention straight away. And one of them is a particularly sobering one – Methuselah. Biography Methuselah [...]

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Guest Post by Andrew Brims – Paul: Reformed, Charismatic, Missional and… Self Funding

August 20, 2011

Adrian’s blog has done a great job of both tracking and encouraging the growth in the number of Christians, churches and ministries that are willing and eager to own the two labels of charismatic and reformed. The apostle Paul was someone we could describe as being both reformed and charismatic. He wrote Romans 9, and [...]

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Popular posts: PJ Smyth on suffering, sickness and healing

August 19, 2011

During Adrian’s month away from the blog, he has hand-picked a selection of the most popular posts of the year so far to re-run. Today we feature, “PJ Smyth on suffering, sickness and healing.” PJ Smyth’s practical theology of healing and suffering came out of his personal experience of cancer. This was not just another [...]

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Boris Johnson and a multicultural church

August 10, 2011

This is a fabulous picture of Boris Johnson in Enfield earlier. One of our church members met him, and gave him the Jubilee Church card that he is holding in his hand. If he (or anyone else for that matter!) wants to see what a big crowd of 40 nationalities gathering together in harmony looks [...]

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Popular posts: The Spirit-Filled Church

August 8, 2011

During Adrian’s month away from the blog, he has hand-picked a selection of the most popular posts of the year so far to re-run. Today we feature, “The Spirit-Filled Church.” Adrian’s posts on Terry Virgo’s book the Spirit-Filled Church have been quite popular this year. This book describes a biblical model for the church, and [...]

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Guest post by David Wayne

August 5, 2011

Today’s guest post comes from David Wayne, the Jollyblogger. Adrian and David were so close and interacted so much in the early days of Christian blogging that at one point there was an internet rumour that they were the same person! Adrian’s early debates with David Wayne over the charismatic issue were some of his [...]

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Guest post by Lex Loizides

August 4, 2011

What Readers of Church History are interested in! I’ve found it intriguing to note what posts are becoming more popular on The Church History Blog, as well as the often completely daft (and often highly entertaining) search terms that lead people there. Here are the top 6 posts during the last quarter: John Wesley and [...]

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Popular posts: 10 Ways a Christian should respond to the earthquake in Japan.

August 3, 2011

During Adrian’s month away from the blog, he has hand-picked a selection of the most popular posts of the year so far to re-run. Today we feature, “10 Ways a Christian should respond to the earthquake in Japan.” As the world was reeling from the astonishing news from Japan, this post proved quite popular as [...]

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I sing because I am reformed

July 31, 2011

I found this quote on Ray Ortlund’s blog. It is a great meditation for a Sunday! “Nothing is more characteristic of Reformation theology and few parts of Reformation Church activity have been so neglected as the congregational singing. It was far from being a pleasant element introduced rather inconsistently into a service otherwise ruled by [...]

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TOAM PJ Smyth on Suffering, sickness and healing

July 14, 2011

This evening during the worship we were encouraged to make the following prophetic declarations that are all part of our history together. Half of the room called out each promise to the other half who replied “We will!” Remember we can do more together than we can apart Remember we are called to change the [...]

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TOAM Session 2 – Terry Virgo (Hebrews 12)

July 12, 2011

After another pumping time of worship, PJ was given the opportunity to share what has happened this past year. He explained that he has been told he is in remission from his cancer. It was an emotional moment as it was quite literally this time last year that we all heard of the diagnosis. He [...]

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The reality of Hell – a sermon by Tope Koleoso

July 10, 2011

The above sermon will shake you to the core. Tope didn’t mention those who have recently been denying hell by name, but his disagreement with them could not have been clearer. This is a compassionate yet very direct sermon on a painful but important subject. It was my delight to pray with someone at the [...]

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