From the category archives:

Deuteronomy

Jonathan Edwards on Perseverance of the Saints

February 18, 2009

Jonathan Edwards teaches the doctrine of perseverance in this passage, which is about as far removed from the easy believism most understand when they say “once saved always saved” as you can get.
” . . .as soon as ever a soul has put forth one act of faith towards Jesus, it becomes interested in his [...]

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SERMON – Back to the Word: Nehemiah 8

November 12, 2008

Last Sunday, I preached a sermon at Jubilee Church in our series on the book of Nehemiah. A video of it is now available to download. You can also download the mp3, listen to it right here, or read my notes below:

“Let me tell you about a most wonderful experience I had early Monday [...]

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Death By Love – Pastoral Application of the Atonement by Driscoll and Breshears

October 11, 2008

I want to introduce you to a very unusual book by Mark Driscoll and his writing buddy and professor, Gerry Breshears. I would go so far as to say that this is a unique book in that I have never seen anything quite like it.
If their first book together, Vintage Jesus, was a light cheerful [...]

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TOAM08 – Keith Hazell – Prophets and Prophets Together: A Fuller Picture

July 10, 2008

This morning I attended the second session of the training track, Prophetic Encounter. This session was entitled “Prophets and Prophets Together Giving a Fuller Picture.” The New Testament refers to prophetic bands. Prophets working together often results in releasing the prophetic gift in greater measure, to the enhancement and greater health of the local church. [...]

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SERMON – God’s Gift of Life (Exodus 20:13)

April 28, 2008

Here are notes from a sermon I preached on the 27th April at Jubilee Church. The mp3 is available to download here or listen to using the following embedded player-

“You shall not murder.” (Ex 20:13)
Ok, right at the outset, do we have any murderers here? No? Anyone planning on committing a murder? No? Good, so [...]

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TOAM07 – Seminar: Guy Miller and Julian Adams On Prophesying in Power

July 12, 2007

Here I am, sitting in a cinema next door to the conference center. Those of you who read regularly will realize that I’m feeling very at home, since the London church of which I’m a part also meets in a cinema. There is something about these venues that encourage you to shut out the world [...]

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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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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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AUDIO – The Attributes of God: What is God Like?

November 28, 2006

At Jubilee we have been doing a series of talks this autumn, each one lasting about an hour, during which we attempt to instruct the hearer to a greater extent than is possible in our Sunday morning sermons. One of the ones I did – which was on the subject of “What is God Like?” [...]

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Links for July 14, 2006

July 14, 2006

Legalism is More Deadly than Alcoholism – Piper Friday

A provocative quote – check out the comments section!
(tags: legalism)

“It isn’t that they are just so abounding in love that they won’t fight. It is that they are bereft of love. For if they truly loved their fellow humans, they’d be unable to rest easy as men [...]

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Piper Friday (Romans 8) God DID Punish Sin in Jesus

June 9, 2006

I seem to have stirred up a lot of interest with my post on God Killing Christ. I thought I’d ask John Piper to spring to my defence!
This is very much how I see this verse, do you agree with what John Piper says in What the Law Could Not Do, God Did, Sending [...]

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Lloyd-Jones Monday – Is the Bible Authoritative?

May 29, 2006

Well, so far the Doctor is doing quite well in joining my challenge to blog through the Together for the Gospel Statement. Last week he explored the importance of doctrine itself. Today he addresses the same issues raised in the first article of the statement we are examining together, which addresses the authority of Scripture. [...]

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Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Monday – Why Examine Doctrine?

May 22, 2006

The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. (Deuteronomy 29:29)
In light of my upcoming series of blogging through the T4G statement, and the blogging challenge, I thought it [...]

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Links for May 19, 2006

May 19, 2006

“The Gospel begins and ends with what God is, not what we want or think we need.”
Quote from Tom Houston.
(tags: T4GB)

Band of Bloggers mp3 Is Now Available
(tags: T4GB mp3)

Must the Church Move Beyond the Bible? Should it “Correct” Scripture?
In response to an argument that Isaiah “corrects” Deuteronomy, setting a precedent for “reinterpretation or abrogation” of [...]

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