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John

Future Glory – Final Part of a Sermon on John 2

November 26, 2010

3. Future glory I am deliberately going to break every rule of exegesis and take a verse wholly out of context hear because I believe the balance of scripture tells us that God always keeps the best wine till last Its a Glory that improves with age…its like wine we can taste. Jesus first miracle [...]

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The Hidden Glory of Jesus – Part One of a Sermon on John 2

November 23, 2010

Here is the first part of the notes I preached from, lightly edited: This story ends with the idea “Jesus showing his glory” It’s the goal of the story and the goal of this message! I want us today to catch just a glimpse of the glory of Jesus. If we can lift our eyes [...]

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Is John’s Gospel the Best Book to Give a Non-Christian?

March 5, 2010

How It Works « The Light Project is a unique service for a local church. For $1 per house they will distribute free copies of John’s gospel on your behalf with the church’s contact information included on the gospel. At the moment this is a USA-only service. It looks like an interesting idea. I have [...]

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John Piper on Baptism with the Holy Spirit

February 6, 2009

John Piper shares some interesting perspectives on the fullness of the holy Spirit in a sermon he gave last november. It is intruiging how he endeavours to sidestep the issue of identifying baptism with the Holy Spirit as either conversion or a second blessing. Piper seems keener that we are all open to more infusions [...]

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Jollyblogger Has Cancer, Please Pray

December 21, 2008

UPDATE December 24, 2008 Yesterday David learned that his cancer has spread to his liver and lungs. He has surgery scheduled for today and chemotherapy starting thereafter. Not an easy Christmas for the Waynes, but I was able to speak to him on the phone yesterday and he sounded in good heart. He said that [...]

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John Piper on Being Born Again

May 31, 2008

Even my regular readers may not remember that some time ago I decided I wanted to work my way through John Piper’s sermons on the new birth. I know it has been awhile since I mentioned this, but I don’t want to rush this process. Watching the second video, I found Piper’s love for his [...]

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4 Gospels, 4 Social Styles: teamwork in the bible

June 18, 2005

Regular readers of my blog will know I am in the middle of a series on social styles in church. I would like to suggest in this post that the four social styles I described in the last one are reflected in the styles of the authors of the four gospels. We can see this [...]

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