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Discipleship

When someone else must become greater

October 3, 2011

The following quote is speaking about John the Baptist’s willingness for Jesus to be greater.  Often when we think of this aspect of John’s life we think of how we too must live in order that Christ be glorified.  That is of course a major application for us.  But have you ever considered that we [...]

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John Piper on self promotion vs being influential for Jesus

September 8, 2011

In keeping with my theme this week of self-examination, I thought I would highlight two things I found on Justin Taylor‘s blog. The first was a post on self-promotion by Dane Ortlund. This really hits the mark and is a great provocation to us. Like many such pithy thoughts it is of course, however, one [...]

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Don’t Believe your own publicity

September 7, 2011

Today I also wanted to repost an article I wrote two years ago that has a reflective tone to it.  May God use it in our lives to wake us up at the beginning of a new season: One of the things that concerns me most about having a blog is that it allows me [...]

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Check your motives (Philippians 2:3)

September 6, 2011

I am back. But to begin with, I thought I would repost an old article and encourage you to join me for a moment of self-examination. I am convinced that done badly this can of course turn into naval-gazing and be unhealthy. But now at the beginning of a new season, is a good time [...]

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A Call to Fasting by Tope Koleoso

September 5, 2011

Yesterday, my pastor called us as a church to a three day fast. I would encourage you to watch this and ask yourself if God is calling you too to fast as an individual or church at the beginning of this new season. It also gives some very helpful practical and gracious advice.

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New Christianity Explored website

September 1, 2011

The new Christianity Explored website creates a welcoming, unpressured and jargon-free place for people to explore the Christian faith. It is packed with answers to tough questions as well as some wonderfully engaging real life stories of people who have come to faith in Christ Jesus. http://www.christianityexplored.org/ It also contains Week One of the Christianity [...]

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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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The Apostle Paul’s Blogging Checklist, Hell, and Rob Bell

April 12, 2011
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Now that Rob Bell’s controversial book Love Wins is on sale on both sides of the Atlantic and many other comments have been made, I am feeling like I cannot avoid engaging in the controversy, or at least should read some more material to understand it better. I did not seek out such involvement, as [...]

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Interview with Dr. Jack Hayford – Part Two: Growing people not a church

March 31, 2011

In this second part of the interview, Dr. Hayford speaks about his concerns about modern worship, and we discuss his book Manifest Presence. We also talked about the difference between growing a church and growing people. We discuss discipleship and the Spirit-filled life. In it he explains his view of tongues, which is very similar [...]

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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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Jack Hayford Video Sermon on Peace and Winsomeness

March 8, 2011

There is not very many videos of Jack Hayford available for free online. It was a delight therefore to watch this one over the weekend and I really felt that it benefited me. I could hear God speaking to me through his Word. I encourage you to watch the following video and then consider booking [...]

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A year on, and a return to the other country

January 13, 2011

I have had the pleasure of traveling fairly widely thanks to my job. I travel so often, and at times for such short periods, that I don’t always mention on the blog when I am away. But there is one country that I tend to look forward to visiting more than almost any other. I [...]

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“Jesus was dead what’s your excuse?” Guest Post from Mrs Warnock

November 29, 2010

When reading the story of the resurrection in the gospel of John, my friends and I (all ladies) noticed a small detail which showed yet another way in which Jesus is our ultimate example.  Jesus, having been crucified, spent three days dead in the tomb, was resurrected, and did not think twice about neatly folding [...]

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Check your motives

November 22, 2010

“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3 Stop. Whatever you are doing right now, just stop. I know you are probably busy but you can spare five minutes can’t you?  Ask God the following question “am I doing anything out of rivalry or concept? Please [...]

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Gratitude vs Greed

November 19, 2010

My friend Jamie Munson over at Resurgence has posted an excellent article on the difference between two controlling motives in our lives. I wanted to share his table with you here, and encourage you to go read the whole post. Gratitude Greed Attitude Humility (Phil. 2:3) Grumbling (Phil. 2:15) Perspective Grace: “I am a sinner [...]

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Conclusion of the Barnabas serialization

October 16, 2010

One aspect that we haven’t talked much about is this: Barnabas may well have single-handedly prevented a damaging split in the early church between Antioch and Jerusalem. If you go back and read it, you will see that he was the ‘go-between’ for Peter and Paul-between Antioch and Jerusalem. It wasn’t always easy in that [...]

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Barnabas Part Five – Mistakes turned round for good

October 15, 2010

Barnabas is an encouragement to us in another way: Like so many heroes of the Bible, he wasn’t perfect. Don’t you find that encouraging? God is in the business of using servants who are not perfect, people who blow it, people who make mistakes. Maybe you’re sitting here this morning and you’ve mentally disqualified yourself [...]

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Barnabas Part Four– Receiving prophetic encouragement that propels

October 14, 2010

The Gift of Encouragement from Jubilee Church on Vimeo. In Acts 13 Barnabas himself was encouraged by others. Remember the purpose of prophecy is encouragement. Remember when we say encouragement, we’re not just talking about a warm fuzzy feeling. We’re talking about sometimes being thrust out, our passage begins “and in the church of Antioch, [...]

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Barnabas Part Three – Encouraging a baby church and an emerging leader

October 13, 2010

Very soon, Barnabas’ encouragement finds another outlet, another opportunity. We see, in Acts 11, that Barnabas begins to encourage a baby church. A few people don’t wait for the apostles to send them or tell them what to do, they run because of persecution and when they arrive in Antioch they begin to share the [...]

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