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Popular posts: PJ Smyth on suffering, sickness and healing

August 19, 2011

During Adrian’s month away from the blog, he has hand-picked a selection of the most popular posts of the year so far to re-run. Today we feature,  “PJ Smyth on suffering, sickness and healing.” PJ Smyth’s practical theology of healing and suffering came out of his personal experience of cancer. This was not just another [...]

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Guest post by David Wayne

August 5, 2011

Today’s guest post comes from David Wayne, the Jollyblogger.  Adrian and David were so close and interacted so much in the early days of Christian blogging that at one point there was an internet rumour that they were the same person! Adrian’s early debates with David Wayne over the charismatic issue were some of his [...]

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Popular posts: 10 Ways a Christian should respond to the earthquake in Japan.

August 3, 2011

During Adrian’s month away from the blog, he has hand-picked a selection of the most popular posts of the year so far to re-run. Today we feature, “10 Ways a Christian should respond to the earthquake in Japan.” As the world was reeling from the astonishing news from Japan, this post proved quite popular as [...]

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TOAM PJ Smyth on Suffering, sickness and healing

July 14, 2011

This evening during the worship we were encouraged to make the following prophetic declarations that are all part of our history together. Half of the room called out each promise to the other half who replied “We will!” Remember we can do more together than we can apart Remember we are called to change the [...]

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10 Ways a Christian should respond to the earthquake in Japan

March 14, 2011

As Japan braces itself for a possible further serious earthquake, and deals with the consequences of such massive devastation caused by the last one, not to mention the risk of a major nuclear incident, how should Christians respond? Please understand that none of this is intended to claim that we have all the answers to [...]

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A12 to heaven – how knowing Jesus makes a difference when life is at it’s toughest

October 25, 2010

Imagine the pain of receiving the kind of phone call every parent dreads. Not one, but two teenage daughters involved in a terrible car accident. All their earthly hopes and dreams for their daughters extinguished at the side of the road, Phil and Heather Stoddart grieved. But they did not greive in the same way [...]

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JOLLYBLOGGER: The Truth is Uglier Than We Think, God is More Beautiful Than we Realize

August 16, 2010

Attached is a quote from my friend David Wayne, the Jollyblogger. He was discussing a recent post from Michael Spencer’s wife (link available from David’s post, read his first then Denise’s). Keeping the balance between false triumphalism and wrong-headed fatalism is not easy. Consider these two post as a blog against triumphalism, but don’t allow [...]

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PJ Smyth on How to cry well when facing cancer

July 18, 2010

This year, news of PJ Smyth’s lymphoma was the sandwich in between which the rest of the event was the filling. If you were at TOAM you could not miss it, and it brought the urgency of everything else into sharp focus. In the first session we were told he had a lump in his [...]

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GUEST POST- Rev Mark Ashton RIP

June 6, 2010

The following is a guest post from Jonathan Carswell: There are some people whose life and ministry makes a huge impact. There are others who, ironically, make their mark upon death. Rev Mark Ashton was a man under God who did both. Vicar at St Andrew the Great in Cambridge for the last 16 years [...]

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SERMON: A People on a Mission

June 2, 2010

I preached this message at Jubilee Church a little over a week ago. It was part of our series from Acts and based on Stephen’s Martyrdom from Acts 6 and 7. Brief notes follow the video. Downloads: Video Audio HighDef Till now, Acts had been a time of glorious growth and excitement power. Their friend [...]

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Video sermon on the gospel by Matt Chandler

May 26, 2010

About ten days ago, Matt Chandler preached the following sermon at Jubilee Church in London.  In it he preaches the gospel, focusing in on the parable of the prodigal son from Luke’s gospel.  Many readers will remember seeing Matt’s “Jesus wants the battered rose” illustration. If you want to see that illustration in context this [...]

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Matt Chandler on preparing for suffering

May 9, 2010

Quite simply, you absolutely have to watch this. Chandler is in the UK this week, and will be addressing the Newfrontiers prayer and fasting event, a 300 leaders gathering, and next Sunday will be preaching at Jubilee Church.  Try and come to hear him live if you possibly can. But please do watch this, and [...]

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How Pain Helps Us Understand the Real God

February 25, 2010

Nancy Guthrie lost two of her three children. No wonder she is not easily satisfied with platitudes about God.  She has put together Be Still My Soul: Embracing God’s Purpose and Provision in Suffering, a collection of writings from old and new authors designed to help us come to terms with pain as believers. I [...]

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Two Books On Ruth By John Piper

February 22, 2010
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The man is a dynamo. Knowing as I now do how much heartache and mental effort can go into just one book, the many volumes that Piper has produced are a monumental achievement. Most of us find it hard to even keep up with reading all of them. They are all good, but some of [...]

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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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