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Isaiah

The highest of the mountains

January 26, 2011

It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up [...]

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TOAM10 – David Stroud on how are we doing in caring for the poor?

July 7, 2010

Simon Pettit once preached a movement transforming sermon here at this conference on remembering the poor. Dave asked the question, how have we done since? 1 in 4 families struggle go get food on their table in the USA. In the UK inner cities half of the children live near the poverty line. Dave took [...]

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Death By Love – Pastoral Application of the Atonement by Driscoll and Breshears

October 11, 2008

I want to introduce you to a very unusual book by Mark Driscoll and his writing buddy and professor, Gerry Breshears. I would go so far as to say that this is a unique book in that I have never seen anything quite like it. If their first book together, Vintage Jesus, was a light [...]

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ESV Study Bible – News, Samples, Interviews, and More

September 21, 2008

The ESV Study Bible (ESVSB) launch date of October 15th is approaching fast. The Study Bible team has been busy sharing samples and features online to entice us. Their goal is to help people know what’s inside the Study Bible and how it might best serve them. From an e-mail sent out by the Study [...]

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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 [...]

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TOAM08 – Terry Virgo on Philip (Acts 8)

July 11, 2008

This is the final set of notes I will post. But come back over the next week or two for a series of video interviews, and over this weekend for some notes from other talks Driscoll will be giving around London. As mp3s are posted, we will also be adding download links to the individual [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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Mother’s Day Sermon – Comfort Like a Mother

March 5, 2008

This sermon was preached by me on the UK’s Mother’s Day, which was on March 2nd. The audio can be downloaded or played here. It was based on a number of verses: Isaiah 66:13“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.” Isaiah 49:15-16 Good News Bible“Can [...]

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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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8th Most Read Post – Interview With C. J. Mahaney

February 1, 2008

No. 8 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on October 10, 2005, when I had the honor of interviewing C. J. Mahaney via e-mail. C. J. has, in recent years, been introduced to a new audience because of his friendship with Mark Dever and Company. I have known of him since [...]

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Help for our Prayerlessness – by Sam Storms

January 24, 2008

Part of the reason for my blog holiday has been, hopefully, to fit more time for prayer into my schedule which, even without blogging, remains tightly packed. As usual, I have not found that as easy as I would like—although I am praying more than I normally do. What is it about prayer that we [...]

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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; [...]

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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. —– 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 [...]

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Twelve Literary Features of the Bible

October 25, 2007

UPDATEIn January 2008, the following post was identified as the 20th all-time most popular post with readers of this blog. The 21st most popular post was my interview with Mark Dever. This post introduced us to a remarkable new approach to a study Bible, brought to us by Crossway. In January 2008, I’m still working [...]

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INTERVIEW – Greg Haslam On Unity Versus Doctrinal Integrity

October 18, 2007

Today we continue with the fourth part of my interview with Greg Haslam, pastor of Westminster Chapel in London (pictured here with his wife, Ruth). The previous three parts of this interview included an introduction to Greg and his ministry, on leaving Newfrontiers for Westminster Chapel, and Haslam on the primacy of preaching. AdrianYesterday we [...]

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John Piper on John Owen and Assurance of Salvation

September 27, 2007

There are few places where one can go to study church history more rewarding than Dr. John Piper’s biographical talks. He has a way of opening up the life of a great hero of the faith and showing us what we can learn from them. I’m finding myself in John Owen’s Communion with the Triune [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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TOAM07 – Session 8: Rob Rufus on the Glory of God

July 12, 2007

Rob RufusRob was saved out of the Hare Krishna movement. He has been used to release the power of the Holy Spirit and to bring healings to many people. Rob planted and led Victory Faith Centre, South Africa for twelve years and then worked with Dudley Daniel at Coastlands Christian Centre in Adelaide, Australia. In [...]

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