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Hebrews

A Bible is For Life, Not Just For Christmas

November 25, 2008

Christmas seems like it’s just around the corner. In these times of financial pressure, surely we all feel the need to make good choices in our gifts this year and not be wasteful. A new Bible for a loved one (or dare I say for yourself?) is certainly an excellent investment. But what Bible? And [...]

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THE ATONEMENT DEBATE – Steve Chalke Argues Against Penal Substitutionary Atonement

November 19, 2008

In his chapter in the recent book The Atonement Debate, Steve Chalke begins to argue against penal substitution (PSA). He starts in a surprising, and to me, a deeply concerning way. One of my major concerns about this whole debate is what a rejection of PSA does to our view of the Bible. The concept [...]

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SERMON – Back to the Word: Nehemiah 8

November 12, 2008

Last Sunday, I preached a sermon at Jubilee Church in our series on the book of Nehemiah. A video of it is now available to download. You can also download the mp3, listen to it right here, or read my notes below:

“Let me tell you about a most wonderful experience I had early Monday [...]

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SERMON – A Song Of Hope – Psalm 121

September 5, 2008

On the 24th of August, I preached a sermon at Jubilee during our summer series on some famous psalms. I took Psalm 121, which served as a starting point for me to share some of the most important planks of my personal doctrinal framework—a framework that has sustained me through hard times.
As blogging around here [...]

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TOAM08 – P-J Smyth on the Army of God (1 Chronicles 11-12)

July 10, 2008

The speaker for the first main session today was P-J Smyth. P-J leads Godfirst Church and one of the Newfrontiers apostolic teams working in southern Africa, involved with planting and strengthening local churches. P-J, Ashleigh, and their three sons live in Johannesburg, South Africa.
More posts from this conference can be found on my TOAM08 label [...]

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INTERVIEW – Don Carson at New Word Alive, Part 2

June 27, 2008

This is the second part of a two-part interview with Don Carson, which began yesterday. That segment can be read here. I previously shared the video of this interview here.
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AdrianSo obviously from your own story, and also in your current role, you must have seen lots of people come through that path. Do you have [...]

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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 of [...]

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SERMON – Work, Rest, and Play: The 4th Commandment

April 6, 2008

Yesterday morning I preached a sermon at Jubilee. The following notes are almost identical to the notes I used while preaching. You can download the audio or listen to it right here.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a [...]

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Love Your Local Church – She is Your Very Own

March 27, 2008

It was a real delight to read Tim Challies’ post several days ago in which he described his growing love for and commitment to his local body of believers. It is a post that has been on my mind for the past few days, and I would strongly encourage you to go and read that [...]

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INTERVIEW – Rob Rufus on apostles Today

December 12, 2007

In the previous segment of this interview with Rob Rufus, we finished by talking a bit about the network of churches of which he is a part. We ended with Rob speaking about a team of apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastors/ teachers. Today we begin by asking Rob what he means by “apostles.”

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SERMON – The Risen Jesus (Revelation 1)

December 9, 2007

This morning I preached a sermon at Jubilee. The following are almost exactly the notes I used to preach from. In the meantime you can download the audio or listen to it right here.

Imagine Jesus . . .
Baby Jesus—weakness, stooping down, becoming one of us, close to us. OR, Jesus on the cross; suffering the [...]

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INTERVIEW – Rob Rufus on Word and Spirit

December 5, 2007

As we drew to the close of part one of this interview with Rob Rufus we were emphasizing the need for charismatics to continue to value the Bible. Today we begin with a question my pastor, Tope Koleoso, asked. This is a lightly edited transcript of what was actually said.
Tope I’ve got to say, I [...]

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Mark Driscoll Preaches on the Atonement in Edinburgh, Scotland

November 17, 2007

UPDATE The Audio of this talk is now available to download.

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Tonight’s event took place in an ex-cinema, so I felt at home! It is the home of Destiny Church, Edinburgh. Destiny is a family of churches across Scotland, and they have some churches elsewhere in the world as well. The audience that gathered was [...]

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Applying Discernment – Far From Simple

October 30, 2007

If there is one thing that the discernment debate between the Pyromaniacs and myself has confirmed these past few days, it is surely that discernment is far from easy!! It’s a good thing Tim Challies has written a book on it. I really like the following extract from his book, which I think totally sums [...]

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