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Attributes of God

How to move the immovable God

January 28, 2012

Christians in the West are often quite good at trusting in God as our rock. We are taught doctrine, told that God is sovereign. We are taught that he stands behind every event that happens and is working for our good (Romans 8:28). Even when other people do things to us from a bad motive, [...]

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The loving wrath of God

May 3, 2011

Love is not some insipid woolly emotion offered to everyone in the same way irrespective of their response. Love is passionate. Infinite love is infinitely passionate. God’s love has content. He truly cares about us, and more than that he truly cares about the honor of his name and the glory of the trinity. God’s [...]

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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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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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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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Why burning the candle at both ends is sin

June 23, 2010

Has it ever struck you that trying to avoid sleep so we can accomplish more is as sinful as it is foolish. For sure we can do it for a short time, and there may be times when it is right to do just that. But for many burned out executives, sleep is something to [...]

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Worship His Majesty!

October 27, 2009

It seems to me that us reformed believers run the risk that we recognize God is holy, but it can feel as though he is distant. To us charismatics God may instead feel close, but perhaps not seem glorious. Reformed believers understand something of the sovereignty of God, and his glory. All too often, however, [...]

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Jesus – The Revelation of God

April 12, 2009

Often when we do our theology, we start by aiming to describe God and prove his attributes, then move on to prove that Jesus is also God. Have you ever considered doing it the other way? Since Jesus is the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1), is it any wonder that we can point [...]

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John Owen and Knowing God Through Jesus

September 23, 2007

Sometime ago I posted about the fact that it is Jesus who best reveals to us the attributes of God. It was therefore thrilling to see that this concept echoed down the centuries in the writings of John Owen. “The great revelation of Christ to us is that of “God as a Father,” and this [...]

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Technology and God the Provider

September 10, 2007

Adrian is away on business for a couple of days, and he has asked me to stand in, so apologies in advance if this is not up to the usual high standard! We had an engineer round to our house today to investigate why our Internet connection has been so erratic. In this day and [...]

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INTERVIEW – Liam Goligher on the Crisis in Evangelicalism, Part Two

May 1, 2007

In the first post of this interview with Liam Goligher we focused on the distinctives between our backgrounds. In this post we discuss important doctrinal challenges facing the church today which should prompt confessing evangelicals like Liam and myself to stand together. Tomorrow we will address the atonement and Liam’s book on the subject.To Liam, [...]

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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 [...]

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BOOK – How Much Does God Foreknow? by Steve Roy

April 3, 2007

There is little doubt as we continue a short look at the attributes of God, inspired by the Together for the Gospel Statement, that possibly the attribute which currently has the most controversy surrounding it is that of God’s foreknowledge. For some neoliberals, it is preferable to think of a God who is every bit [...]

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T4G Articles 5-6 – Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Trinity and Attributes of God

April 2, 2007

This Monday, I thought I would share a quote from the Doctor related to the subject of Articles 5 and 6 of the T4G Statement which cover the Trinity and the Attributes of God. “But I cannot understand the doctrine of the Trinity,” says someone, “and because I cannot understand it, I don’t believe it.” [...]

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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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Intelligent Design by a Caring Maker?

February 20, 2007

Phillip E. Johnson—not to be confused with the Pyromaniac—said the following yesterday at The Royal Institute of Philosophy: “. . . my personal view is that I identify the designer of life with the God of the Bible, although intelligent design theory as such does not entail that. Scientific materialists fiercely resist consideration of the [...]

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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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Between Two Worlds: Pearcy: Why ID Will Win

December 4, 2005

Nancy Pearcy has written an article listing reasons why she believes the intelligent design movement will eventually triumph over darwinianism HTBetween Two Worlds: 1. The affirmation of design is good for science. 2. Contrary to the way it is often portrayed, ID does not thrive on ‘gaps’ in science but rather on the growth of [...]

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God’s Will and the fruit of the Spirit.

August 13, 2005

Good morning, I know for some of you it’s good afternoon. The blogosphere is a little slow this morning, well, except for politics. One story I want to highlight is at The Christian Mind and is about learning the Will of God for our lives. Jollyblogger also highlights it and has some additional thoughts. Question [...]

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