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Genesis

When it is Great to be Wrong!

March 1, 2010

I received another email (see the first), which I have permission to share anonymously. It shows that I was not entirely right. I still believe, however, that for most people leading our evangelism with creationism is not the best way. I think that stories like this tell us that we must treat every [...]

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Is it Really Possible to Believe in a Form of Evolution and Still be a Christian?

February 27, 2010

I received the following email, and with the writer’s consent, thought it would be good to publish it here. Remember that the discussion I intended is not about what I personally believe on this issue, nor about what it is best for a Bible-loving believer to believe. Rather, it’s about whether arguing about evolution is [...]

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SERMON – Building for the Glory of God: Nehemiah 3

October 16, 2008

Last Sunday I preached on Nehemiah 3. You can download the sermon, listen to it right here, download the video via the vodcast or by rightclicking on this download link. or read the edited trancript below. You can

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the [...]

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Dare to Ask God for Success

September 3, 2008

Yesterday, at two different times during the day, I was confronted with the idea of God granting success to people. The first time occurred while I was reading the story of David and Jonathan where, in one chapter, the idea is repeated several times.
1 Samuel 18:5 — And David went out and was successful wherever [...]

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NWA08 – John Piper on Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer, Part 2

April 9, 2008

UPDATEDesiring God has now made the audio of this sermon available for free online.
Once again, Piper prayed and acknowledged his sense of unworthiness.
Romans 8:20 makes it plain that all suffering is judicial. It is a judicial act of God that brings these things on the earth. Because you have done this God says, “I will [...]

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Mark Driscoll – Putting Preachers in Their Place

February 25, 2008

This is the first post in several I’ll be doing in what I call “remote blogging.” A few times when Tim Challies and others have been at conferences, I’ve shared extracts from their posts here on my blog. This time Tim is not at the Resurgence Conference on Preaching, but the Resurgence folks are offering [...]

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SERMON – Ephesians 6 – The Christian’s Warfare

November 26, 2007

The following notes are based on a sermon I preached yesterday at Jubilee Church, London. It draws to a close our series on Ephesians. You can download the mp3 or listen right here:

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may [...]

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Mark Driscoll at MenMakers in Scotland

November 17, 2007

This second session, and sadly for Tope and myself our last session, was taken by Mark Driscoll. Mark was introduced by Andy Owen as someone who is a gift from God to the entire body of Christ.
Mark started by telling his story. His upbringing, salvation, and the way his father also was saved made a [...]

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Credit God, Blame Man, Or Why Double Predestination is Error – Charles Simeon

August 27, 2007

Last week, as you may know, I preached on Jacob. During my preparation I was, not surprisingly, taken once more to the glorious doctrines of grace—the so-called “TULIP.” Jacob is used in Romans as a supreme example of God’s free grace.
This post is part of a mini-series highlighting quotes from others on each of these [...]

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SERMON – Jacob, the Missional Rebel

August 20, 2007

I preached the following sermon at Jubilee Church, London yesterday. You can read the notes, download the audio, or listen to it right here:

HEROES—At the outset I should warn you that Jacob is not your typical biblical hero. We often go to the Bible to learn about how to behave. We want to read about [...]

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Lig Duncan Speaks Up for Paedobaptists

August 17, 2007

Lig has written about his main reasons for believing in paedobaptism. What he hasn’t said is whether he thinks he should be allowed to become a member in a baptist church if he wanted to, or whether a baptist would be free to join his church. Here are Lig’s arguements for christening babies:-
1. [...]

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Abraham – The first missional believer

August 6, 2007

This past Sunday I preached on Abraham. You can download the sermon or listen to it here. I will share some brief notes with you here.
Isaiah 51:1-351:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you [...]

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TOAM07 – Seminar: Guy Miller and Julian Adams On Prophesying in Power

July 12, 2007

Here I am, sitting in a cinema next door to the conference center. Those of you who read regularly will realize that I’m feeling very at home, since the London church of which I’m a part also meets in a cinema. There is something about these venues that encourage you to shut out the world [...]

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TOAM07 – Session 6: Dave Devenish on World Mission

July 11, 2007

There was a slightly longer break between the last session and this one. I took advantage of the opportunity to doze. I didn’t think I was heavily asleep, but a friend of mine said he knocked loudly on my door and called my name without getting any response! As a result of my sleep, I [...]

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