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Colossians

OFFER – Music That Will Draw You Closer To Jesus

November 24, 2008

SPECIAL OFFER FOR READERS OF ADRIANWARNOCK.COMOne of the things I love most about the group of churches of which I am a part is our worship music. We do use music coming from elsewhere, but God has given us some extraordinarily gifted songwriters, almost all of whom are from Church of Christ The King, Brighton, [...]

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John Piper’s Biblical Antidote to Lust

October 10, 2008

John Piper rarely gets starker than he does in the following quote. His biblical remedy for lust? Well, it’s simple really. Understand that unless you are one of those who fights lust with all your heart, you were never truly saved. The quote begins with a question from someone who heard one of his sermons:
“Are [...]

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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 [...]

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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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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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17th Most Read Post – Interview with Dr. Sam Storms

January 19, 2008

No. 17 on the list of the most-read posts on this blog appeared on April 12, 2006, and was my interview with Dr. Sam Storms. Sam is a well-known Calvinistic charismatic speaker. He writes popular books which express a very similar theology to that of John Piper in an accessible way. His latest book, Signs [...]

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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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Lig Duncan Speaks Up for Paedobaptists

August 17, 2007

Lig has written about his main reasons for believing in paedobaptism. What he hasn’t said is whether he thinks he should be allowed to become a member in a baptist church if he wanted to, or whether a baptist would be free to join his church. Here are Lig’s arguements for christening babies:-
1. [...]

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J. I. Packer on the Atonement

July 3, 2007

I received the following two articles from the communications director of the UCCF, and they have been kind enough to give me permission to republish them here. The first article is by J. I. Packer, and the second one is by Richard Cunningham, and were originally published in a UCCF magazine.
Penal Substitution RevisitedJ. I. PackerThroughout [...]

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The Atonement – Is Penal Substitution the Only Thing That Happened at the Cross?

June 21, 2007

UPDATE – Andrew Cottingham has posted on how critical this all is to him
The answer to the question “Are you saying that Penal Substitution is the only thing that happened at the cross?” is a definite no. Whilst the concepts of sin, guilt, and punishment are indeed fundamental to what happened at the cross, the [...]

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Resurrection Empowered Life – Raised With Christ

May 13, 2007

UPDATE – “Raised With Christ” is the title of my new book.
Last Resurrection Sunday I ended with a quote from N. T. Wright which stated we were meant to be people of the resurrection. I think that phrase of his hints at what I mean by the resurrection empowered life. It is no accident [...]

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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 love [...]

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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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T4G Article 4 – Lloyd-Jones on Applying Biblical Truth

March 26, 2007

I have been addressing the subject of expositional preaching for some time now. I shared a quote from Rick Warren about the vital need for us to learn to apply Scripture. It seems Martyn Lloyd-Jones agrees. This quote is taken once again from the excellent Logos ML-J library.

“It is one thing to believe the truth, [...]

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