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The Glory Revealed – Part Two of a Sermon on John 2

November 24, 2010

This is the second part of my notes from which I preached the above sermon. 2. Glory revealed / Active Glory: When the glory is present and powerful. A moment comes. A crisis in their lives. They know Jesus. And yet does something amazing. Provides wine. Takes away their shame before it really happens. Powerful [...]

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Check your motives

November 22, 2010

“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3 Stop. Whatever you are doing right now, just stop. I know you are probably busy but you can spare five minutes can’t you? Ask God the following question “am I doing anything out of rivalry or concept? Please [...]

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Prayer meetings demonstrate if we are reformed and charismatic

October 17, 2010

In a great post about planting the Newfrontiers church in Tacoma, near Seattle, Bo Noonan makes the point that it is as we gather to pray that people can clearly see the flavour of Christian group we are: The first church was birthed out of a pretty amazing prayer meeting. In Acts 2 we see [...]

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911 Nine years on

September 11, 2010

This is now the third time I have posted this article. In many ways, nothing much has changed as the years have gone by. I have therefore lightly edited the article but republish it today more or less as I originally published it. The world will never forget 911. Each year I say it, but [...]

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Lloyd-Jones: “Prayer is very difficult, probably the most difficult thing in the Christian life”

September 10, 2010

I listened to the first of nine new recordings that have been made freely available of the Doctor’s last visit to the USA. He chose to begin by talking about prayer. It is striking how he describes prayer as a real challenge. We must learn how to wrestle in prayer. I am constantly being provoked [...]

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Tope Koleoso on corporate prayer

September 3, 2010

Yesterday I spoke about how Terry Virgo and Tope Koleoso are both great at promoting books. Today I want to highlight another aspect that they both in my view stand out in, and it is one that is even more important. This is their commitment to prayer, and corporate prayer in particular. Prayer is vital [...]

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Giving thanks for our food – Guest post by Andrew Fountain

August 28, 2010

This post comes from my friend Andrew Fountain, pastor of New Life Church Toronto: Some of us were brought up in a legalistic environment where it was a fearful sin to eat food without first “saying grace”.✱ I remember hearing of one woman who wanted to know how much food she there needed to be [...]

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Terry Virgo: On Prayer

July 27, 2010

During my holiday this week, these videos will be published on autopilot. The interviewer is my friend Brian Mowrey, make sure you go subscribe to his blog, as well as Terry Virgo‘s right away! These videos were mentioned at the recent TOAM event and complement much of what was said there very well. This segment [...]

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16 Things I am grateful for by Charis Warnock

July 11, 2010

This is a guest post from my daughter Charis (aged 9). We would do well to follow her example in listing things that she is grateful to God for. I am sure you don’t need me to tell you how pleased I was to read this, especially to see a few of the items she [...]

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TOAM10 – Terry Virgo on Prayer from Ephesians 6

July 8, 2010

Terry began by recommending Lou Fellingham’s new CD, and Lex Loizides‘ new resource on making and using your own personal tract. We had sung one song form that CD which although I had enjoyed hearing it, had never really hit me before today. “Christ in me! My hope and my glory!” Ephesians 6 First we [...]

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How to pray for John Piper this week

June 21, 2010

Today I thought I would share part of the transcript of an interview I had with John Piper. In it Piper talks about what he aims for when he is preaching. Please pray for him that this week, as he speaks in London, it will be like this: I just know that what I want [...]

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Pascal’s experience of God: something many modern Christians miss entirely

June 13, 2010

One fascinating thing that I quote in Raised With Christ is J. I. Packer’s assertion that Puritans were very unlike Christians today in that they liked to talk about their experiences of God. Today I want to share with you the record of a remarkable experience of God had by Pascal. The following quote is [...]

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Dwell: Terry Virgo on how prayer is essential for church planting

May 27, 2010

The second session of Saturday’s Dwell conference was based on similar material to the most popular video I have ever hosted here. Although I have heard that material before, this was adapted for church leaders, and it did me good to listen to it live and again. I think I will need to hear Terry [...]

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Ed Stetzer Interviews Terry Virgo of Newfrontiers

May 24, 2010

Terry Virgo founded Newfrontiers back in the mid 1970s. He was church planting before it was cool. He formed a missional network before the phrase was coined. There are now over 700 Newfrontiers churches spread out on every continent. Most of these began as house churches. But many of them have grown to become warehouse [...]

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Jesus is better

May 21, 2010

When a pastor tells you that a certain passage of Scripture has been one of the most influential on his life, and is among the most precious to him you take notice. When he says that it is a passage he thinks about, or makes reference to almost every week your ears should prick up. [...]

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Matt Chandler Video Interview on London, Newfrontiers, and “Prayer and Fasting”

May 17, 2010

This is the first part of an interview with Matt Chandler filmed here in London. I commend it to you, and in this first session we speak a lot about the Prayer and Fasting event he attending with Newfrontiers and his own sense of the importance of prayer. Here is a quote to whet your [...]

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The Chief Rule of Prayer

February 28, 2010

Justin Taylor shared the following quote from R. C. Sproul: “If I can summarize Calvin’s teaching on prayer succinctly, I would say this: The chief rule of prayer is to remember who God is and to remember who you are. If we remember those two things, our prayers will always and ever be marked by [...]

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My Time At The Journey

February 7, 2010

St. Louis is home to two churches I was keen to visit. The Journey (an Acts 29 church) is led by Darrin Patrick, and I was so glad to be able to get there yesterday evening. I’ll talk about Jubilee probably tomorrow. First up, I think I like the idea of the time. Saturday at [...]

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“You Don’t Need Me Here” – John Piper

January 16, 2010

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John Piper preached from Romans 8 for The Village Church recently while Matt Chandler was recovering from surgery. I loved the way he began his sermon by stating that, having listened to recent talks by other pastors in the church, he was confident that the church did not really need Piper to help them deal [...]

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The Prayer Of Jesus: How To Talk To God

January 11, 2010

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Bob Kellemen has examined the Lord’s Prayer, which he calls “The Prayer of Jesus,” and has used it to devise a system to give us guidance on how to talk to God. Praying through the Lord’s prayer is definitely a good way of giving your prayer structure.

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