PJ Smyth

Popular posts: PJ Smyth on suffering, sickness and healing

August 19, 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,  “PJ Smyth on suffering, sickness and healing.” PJ Smyth’s practical theology of healing and suffering came out of his personal experience of cancer. This was not just another [...]

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TOAM PJ Smyth on Suffering, sickness and healing

July 14, 2011

This evening during the worship we were encouraged to make the following prophetic declarations that are all part of our history together. Half of the room called out each promise to the other half who replied “We will!” Remember we can do more together than we can apart Remember we are called to change the [...]

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PJ Smyth on How to cry well when facing cancer

July 18, 2010

This year, news of PJ Smyth’s lymphoma was the sandwich in between which the rest of the event was the filling. If you were at TOAM you could not miss it, and it brought the urgency of everything else into sharp focus. In the first session we were told he had a lump in his [...]

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President Zuma of South Africa at Godfirst Church

June 19, 2010

City churches can make an impact on society. Especially if they grow big and make some noise. Godfirst Church, led by my friend PJ Smyth, is certainly doing that. I am not particularly surprised that they have made such an impression that the president himself wants to come and check it out! The church is [...]

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Video Interview With PJ Smyth

August 2, 2009

PJ Smyth Interview from Adrian Warnock on Vimeo. At TOAM I interviewed PJ about his perspective of the conference, and his concerns that Newfrontiers must not become “domesticated”.

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TOAM Session 9 – R.A.W. By P.J. Smyth

July 10, 2009

1. Risk When Joshua was old God told him he was old he was told that there was still much to do. Elephants are very undomesticated. They take risks. They are raw. Never say you won’t do something because there is a risk attached to it. We are a herd and we need to be [...]

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P-J Smyth – E-books and Sermons From a Newfrontiers Church in Johannesburg

November 30, 2008

My friend, P-J Smyth, is a popular Newfrontiers speaker, and the leader of GodFirst Church Johannesburg. He has recently overseen a rather nice-looking update to his church’s website. A number of sermon mp3′s and a range of e-books are all available. P-J is a punchy, impactful, and clear communicator. I recommend his material highly. As [...]

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TOAM08 – Summary Post and MP3 Availability

July 23, 2008

The majority of the MP3s from Together On A Mission are now available direct from the Newfrontiers Resources page, or from the following summary posts I wrote during the week.Session Summaries TOAM08 – Stephen Van Rhyn – Prevailing Under Pressure (Daniel) TOAM08 – Mark Driscoll: Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Luke and Acts TOAM08 [...]

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TOAM08 – MP3s Now Available for Leaders Seminars and Training Tracks

July 11, 2008

Some of the mp3s have now been released for the leaders’ seminars and training tracks. As additional ones are released, I will post them here. LS01 JOHN GROVESOur Journey With God, Part 1, Where Have We Come From? LS02 JOHN HOSIERPreaching That Communicates, Part 1 LS03 RAY LOWEWhat We Do in Life Echoes in Eternity, [...]

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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 [...]

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Book Both "Together" Conferences NOW

February 28, 2008

I can’t offer two conferences for the price of one, but I can—in one post—discuss two conferences which, for all the similarities of their names, do have some important differences. For a start, they are on opposite sides of the Atlantic, so booking into the wrong one would be a significant logistical headache! I am [...]

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Review of the Blog – July to August: TULIP and Together On a Mission

December 21, 2007

Before going on a summer break, I ended with a post which expresses clearly the driving passion behind my life—I DON’T WANT BALANCE, I WANT IT ALL! Other than that, and the posts on the atonement I listed in yesterday’s review, July was totally dominated (and rightly so) by Together On a Mission. This conference [...]

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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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BLOGSPOTTING – Wayne Grudem Edition

December 11, 2006

Well, Dr Grudem seems to have created quite a stir – most of it can be found in my comment section, but in appreciation for all those who have been linking, I figured I would rustle up a good old-fashioned blogspotting post. Just my way of saying “thank you,” and giving a shout out to [...]

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Together On A Mission – newfrontiers Conference Summary Post

July 7, 2006

Now that the Together on a Mission conference is over, I thought I would share the highlights from my perspective. If you have never heard of us, my newfrontiers Special Edition of Links post should give you a good starting point. We had a great time with 54 nations represented at the confernece.In true blogging [...]

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TOAM – Session 8 – P. J. Smyth on "Penetrating Leadership"

July 6, 2006

This is one of a series of posts about Together On A Mission – the newfrontiers conference Terry, during his introduction, recommended the series on Ephesians by Lloyd-Jones which is now available in a reduced price paperback version. He also recommended the new volume released, Preach the Word, edited by Greg Haslam. I can add [...]

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Who Are Your Favorite Well-Known Living Preachers?

July 20, 2005

UPDATEIn January 2008, the following post was identified as the 16th all-time most popular post with readers of this blog. The 17th most-read post was my interview with Dr. Sam Storms. In this post I simply asked my readers to identify their favorite preachers, and listed my own as well. I saved all of the [...]

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