From the category archives:

Titus

Should Christians Circumcise Their Sons?

December 4, 2008

This is the third part in my short series on multiculturalism. The first two in the series can be found here:

Multiculturalism—You Are What You Eat?
Does Multiculturalism Mean I Have To Eat Blood?

When you mix with a number of different nationalities, you begin to realize that cultural differences are more complicated than you appreciated. They can [...]

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Lloyd-Jones On Lust

October 13, 2008

Once again the Doctor diagnoses the human condition with timeless pinpoint accuracy in this quote:
We are creatures of lust and desire and passion. Let me give you the best description ever given of humanity without Christ, humanity as it is by nature. In his epistle to Titus, Paul writes:
Put them in mind to be subject [...]

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DWELL – Should YOU be a Church Plant Leader? (20 Questions)

July 24, 2008

UPDATEScott has made available an article which expands on this talk and includes other lists of characteristics that leaders have cited as being important in a church planter.
Thanks to the kind permission of Acts 29, I am able to share with you a number of videos of their recent DWELL Conference in London. I begin [...]

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TOAM08 – P-J Smyth on the Army of God (1 Chronicles 11-12)

July 10, 2008

The speaker for the first main session today was P-J Smyth. P-J leads Godfirst Church and one of the Newfrontiers apostolic teams working in southern Africa, involved with planting and strengthening local churches. P-J, Ashleigh, and their three sons live in Johannesburg, South Africa.
More posts from this conference can be found on my TOAM08 label [...]

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Christmas Present Ideas – Books

December 13, 2007

I thought I might make a few suggestions about things that your Christian friend might want for Christmas. It is no surprise that I suggest books first of all. I love receiving new books. When the doorbell rings, I thunder downstairs, hoping that tell-tale flat-box will be in the postman’s hand, announcing another book has [...]

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TOAM07 – Session 4: P-J Smyth

July 11, 2007

A number of logistical and technical challenges have been conspiring against live-blogging here over the last day or so — hopefully those are now resolved and normal service can return. I am glad that Andrew Fountain has been posting — I hope you are enjoying his posts. I am thrilled to have now been able [...]

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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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JOHN PIPER FRIDAY – Ethnic Diversity and Affirmative Action for Pastoral Appointments

January 26, 2007

UPDATEMuch of the discussion on this issue is now occurring over at blogs belonging to Thabiti Anyabwile and Justin Taylor – Why not pop over and join in?

John Piper is never one to shy away from controversy or difficult subjects. This week has been no different. He has sent out an e-mail entitled How [...]

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INTERVIEW – Wayne Grudem, Part Nine – Apostles, Theological Blind Spots, and Models of Church Government

December 17, 2006

This interview is being serialised over several days. So far I have published part one, which focused on personal issues, and part two, in which we discussed Systematic Theology. In part three, we explored Grudem’s charge that feminism inevitably leads to a denial of Scripture’s authority. Part four honed in on the “trajectory” arguments used [...]

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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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TOAM – Session 6 – The Person of Christ by Wayne Grudem

July 5, 2006

If you are wondering what a serious theologian like Wayne Grudem is doing preaching at a charismatic conference, then you have yet to meet a group like newfrontiers. There are charismatics who are as committed to the preaching of God’s Word as the average cessationist. Indeed, many of us would argue that we take the [...]

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Stewardship: entrusted with the gospel

February 19, 2006

Here are my notes from this mornings sermon.
The audio is now available for download from the Jubilee Sermons website.Bible verses1 Cor 4:1-5; 2 Cor 5:9 6:4; Ro 1:15-17;1 Peter 3:15-16; 1Th 2:4; Col 1:25; 1 tim 1:11-12; Luke 12:48
Now that we have been entrusted with the gospel what should we do?
LOVE IT! LIVE [...]

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Disagreeing with pyromaniac over Galatians

July 27, 2005

I have been listening to one of pyromaniacs sermons again, which I very much enjoy. I’m going to have to with great trepidation disagree with him about one point.
Phil claimed in his sermon that the visit of Paul to Jerusalem spoken of in Gal 2 is the same event as the Jerusalem council.
This [...]

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