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TOAM07 – Session 4: P-J Smyth

July 11, 2007

A number of logistical and technical challenges have been conspiring against live-blogging here over the last day or so — hopefully those are now resolved and normal service can return. I am glad that Andrew Fountain has been posting — I hope you are enjoying his posts. I am thrilled to have now been able [...]

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John Stott on the Atonement – The Conclusion

July 7, 2007

This is it. The end. My final post in this series. Of course, I am sure I will return to this subject from time to time — especially if there are other developments in the wider scene. But this really is the conclusion of my series — it is time to move on to other [...]

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A Limited Atonement? Did Jesus Die For All?

July 4, 2007

Some say only Christians, some say the whole world. The “L” of the TULIP acronym is definitely one of the most controversial and most misunderstood. I refer you to my previous series for more detail on the “limited” nature of the atonement, but today I want to stress some points that we can surely all [...]

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The Atonement – A Quiz

July 3, 2007

As we finally draw towards the close of our series on the atonement, I thought it would be helpful to use the following tool to help us review where we have been. I found this helpful quiz online. Many of these questions address doctrinal issues that we have discussed, although some of them are factual [...]

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Are You Still A Sinner?

June 24, 2007

One of my commentators didn’t like my last post when I said that God really does change us when we become a Christian. I am not going to get into the philosophical arguments he does. As O don’t think the Bible All I can say is that when God declares someone to be righteous, in [...]

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Atonement – Jesus Thought He Was Fulfilling Isaiah 53

June 11, 2007

There has been a certain amount of reaction to yesterday’s post on the atonement. Clearly there are two issues here -1. Do we accept that Isaiah 53 teaches us about Jesus’ death or is the suffering servant somebody else?2. If we accept that Isaiah 53 is about Jesus, does it teach Penal Substitution? The answer [...]

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The Atonement – Isaiah 53

June 10, 2007

If there is one passage in the whole of Scripture that contains the doctrine of penal substitution in its most clear form, it is Isaiah 53. Here, truly, we stand on holy ground! Those who criticize the traditional view of the atonement must become contortionists to escape the implications of this passage. Some claim this [...]

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INTERVIEW – The Authors of Pierced for Our Transgressions

June 6, 2007

UPDATE – I have commented on criticism this post has received in a post entitled “Who is preaching another gospel?“ The history of the Church is quite simply the history of unlikely heroes who God raises up to meet the challenges of the hour. It was a great delight for me to recently spend some [...]

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The Atonement – The Terrible Problem of Sin

April 19, 2007

In the last post in this series on the atonement, we examined some wrong ideas about the cross. Today we will simply list some verses for us to meditate on which address the terrible problem of sin. This series is based on teaching I first gave at Jubilee Church. If you want a sneak preview [...]

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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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RESURRECTION HOPE – An Easter Sermon

April 9, 2007

This sermon was preached at Jubilee Church on Easter Sunday 2007. The audio is available to download (you may need to right click and save the file to your PC) or to listen to online here: Let’s turn in our Bibles to the book of 1 Corinthians. As you are turning there, you need to [...]

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Loving God – A Guide for Beginners

April 4, 2007

Today we draw to a close our series on the attributes of God—which has been inspired by the T4G Statement—by publishing an article which, in an abridged form, has already been published in the online Comment magazine. The article addresses the nature of God, but focuses on the fact that we need to learn to [...]

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BOOK – How Much Does God Foreknow? by Steve Roy

April 3, 2007

There is little doubt as we continue a short look at the attributes of God, inspired by the Together for the Gospel Statement, that possibly the attribute which currently has the most controversy surrounding it is that of God’s foreknowledge. For some neoliberals, it is preferable to think of a God who is every bit [...]

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T4G Articles 5-6 – The Attributes of God and the Trinity

March 30, 2007

The next two articles in the Together for the Gospel Statement discuss the nature of God. The concept of the Trinity is so entwined with God’s attributes and who He is I have decided to roll these two articles into one. I have already posted an extensive set of notes and an audio on the [...]

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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 – The Reviving Power of God’s Word

March 15, 2007

The following is a full set of notes, including background information and quotes I used whilst preparing my sermon entitled, “The Reviving Power of God’s Word,” which was preached at Jubilee Church on the 11th of March 2006. This sermon was the third part of a series on Revival. The earlier messages, “Revival” and “Reviving [...]

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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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Should We be Optimistic or Pessimistic About the Future?

February 22, 2007

Mark Dever over at Together for the Gospel has written about how we should expect persecution. He may well be right. As I read his post, however, and also a few of his buddy, Al Mohler’s, cultural observations, I wonder if I detect a more general note of pessimism about the future of the church. [...]

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REMOTE BLOGGING – The Resolved Conference

February 21, 2007

Tim Challies gets to live-blog more and more conferences. Soon it seems he will just live at a conference permanently. I have only ever done this with one conference — Together On A Mission 06. Live-blogging is simply sharing notes and reflections of the sessions. I have made it something of a tradition that I [...]

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SERMON – How to Define Revival and be Revived Personally

February 15, 2007

This past Sunday I preached on revival. You can download the audio or listen right here using the following embedded player. I have shared my notes almost exactly as I preached from them. They might not make a great deal of sense to someone else, for which I apologise. Hopefully the audio is easier to [...]

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