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Genesis

The Atonement – The Historical Background to the Cross

April 11, 2007

In a previous post in this series on the atonement, we asked, “Does the Cross of Jesus Matter?” Today we will look at the historical background surrounding the cross in the Bible. You will find a list of some of the most recent posts about the atonement from my blog at the end of this [...]

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Books to Help You Read The Bible

March 29, 2007

We have been speaking about preaching and the importance of Christians understanding the message of the Bible. We are drawing near to the end of this extended series. I felt, however, that I should not leave the series without sharing a few resources with you that are still fairly new and will definitely help you [...]

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SERMON – Reviving Prayer – 1 Kings 17:1 to 2 Kings 2:14

February 27, 2007

The following is a full set of notes, including background information and quotes I used whilst preparing my sermon entitled, “Reviving Prayer,” which was preached at Jubilee Church on the 25th of February 2006. Much of this material was never designed to form part of the sermon — instead it is, if you like, part [...]

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Tim Keller at Desiring God 06 – Religion versus Gospel

February 9, 2007

This Friday I wanted to highlight again the messages from John Piper’s 2006 conference. I realized recently that I had not, in fact, listened to most of them – I guess I just had forgotten somewhere along the line. I am ashamed to admit, for example, that it was only when my friend, Mark Moore, [...]

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JOHN PIPER FRIDAY – Ethnic Diversity and Affirmative Action for Pastoral Appointments

January 26, 2007

UPDATEMuch of the discussion on this issue is now occurring over at blogs belonging to Thabiti Anyabwile and Justin Taylor – Why not pop over and join in? John Piper is never one to shy away from controversy or difficult subjects. This week has been no different. He has sent out an e-mail entitled How [...]

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INTERVIEW – Wayne Grudem, Part Two – Systematic Theology and Controversy

December 5, 2006

This interview is being serialized over several days. So far I have published part one. Today we continue with a discussion about the role of a theologian, his book Systematic Theology, and begin to move on to his most recent book. Towards the end of today’s portion of the interview, Grudem introduces us to his [...]

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AUDIO – The Attributes of God: What is God Like?

November 28, 2006

At Jubilee we have been doing a series of talks this autumn, each one lasting about an hour, during which we attempt to instruct the hearer to a greater extent than is possible in our Sunday morning sermons. One of the ones I did – which was on the subject of “What is God Like?” [...]

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Tichonius the Donatist – Seven Rules of Biblical Interpretation – Quoted by Augustine, Calvin, and Bede

November 21, 2006

Tichonius the Donatist set seven rules to help in interpreting figurative language in the Bible. These can be found beginning in chapter 30 of book 3 of Augustine’s “Of Christian Doctrine.“ The rules are also quoted by Bede. I thought it might be interesting to quote them here. 1. “. . . concerning the Lord [...]

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PROVERBS – Thoughts and a Sermon on Anger

October 3, 2006

Last Sunday I had the pleasure of listening to my favourite preacher preach on anger from the book of Proverbs. I would urge you to listen to it, but I thought I would share a few thoughts I had and quotes I found on anger. The first place I want to start is actually the [...]

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Joseph – God’s Dreamer

July 16, 2006

Today I preached a message on Joseph for my UK church. The message is entitled “Joseph – God’s Dreamer” and is available as an mp3 file for download. (To download this, simply right click on the mp3 link and save it to your computer. Or, why not subscribe to the podcast either by following the [...]

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Links for July 5, 2006

July 5, 2006

Answers to Common Questions About Creation For one year, Mark Driscoll preached through the book of Genesis, verse-by-verse. It was, he says, one of the most rewarding studies he has ever done. In this section, he attempts to answer common questions about the doctrine of creation. (tags: driscoll genesis) “When I think that my sins [...]

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January 7, 2006

links for 2006-01-07 Google Pack A great free software collection that will install and update a whole bunch of really useful software including firefox and Adobe PDF reader. Will they ever stop having great ideas? (tags: google web tech free software) Time Management for the Glory of God Girltalk are ceasing the opportunity the New [...]

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Preaching with passion and imagination

November 2, 2005

One of the best things about blogging is when several things come together on one day. My pastor Tope and I were talking face to face earlier today (yes I know thats so pre-blog!) about what kind of preaching impacts hearts and lives and not just minds. We had a great time, so imagine my [...]

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What is the original sin?

August 12, 2005

Brad at Broken Messenger, is asking for comments on what the original sin was in the Garden of Eden. Brad asks: Was it Eve’s pride/arrogance in thinking that she could be like God? Was it Adam’s? Was it Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God’s command? Was it their unbelief that God would not really allow [...]

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Blog interview with Nancy Pearcey, award-winning author of Total Truth

July 19, 2005
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Nancy Pearcy has recently received the ECPA Gold Medallion award for her book Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity (Crossway) for best book of the year in the category of Christianity and Society. This comes on the heels of winning the Award of Merit in the Christianity Today 2005 book awards in the [...]

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ESV: don’t throw out your commentaries!

June 29, 2005

There seems to be a conscious effort to incorporate the views of modern evangelical scholars in the ESV often a commentator’s alternate reading correcting one of the previous translations proves itself to be reproduced almost exactly in the ESV. Were modern evangelical commentaries consulted in the production of the ESV, and is it fair to [...]

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The Toronto Blessing – When The Church Seemed To Be Going Mad

May 15, 2005

UPDATEIn January 2008, the following post was identified as the 12th all-time most popular post with readers of this blog. The 13th most-read post was my post concerning Bishop Tom Wright’s response to John Piper. The post below was republished from an article I wrote many years ago. In some ways it was this article [...]

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A Sunday joke

August 15, 2004

Thanks to Patriot Paradox for this A new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a card and wrote ‘Revelation 3:20′ on the back of it and [...]

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Ouch….!

October 10, 2003

From Thinklings Weblog: “The great danger of Christian discipleship is that we should have two religions: a glorious, biblical Sunday gospel that sets us free from the world, that in the cross and resurrection of Christ makes eternity alive in us, a magnificent gospel of Genesis and Romans and Revelation; and, then, an everyday religion [...]

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