I had planned on an early night tonight! However, despite my best intentions, this session looks like it will keep me up late once more tonight. I may duck out half way through if I can't keep my eyes open.Driscoll began by claiming that, statistically, the only variable that makes a difference to the life or death of a new church plant is the gifting and qualifications of its leader. Driscoll will be bringing a book out on church leadership this summer.The first and most important officer in … [Read more...]
Mark Driscoll – Putting Preachers in Their Place
February 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This is the first post in several I'll be doing in what I call “remote blogging.” A few times when Tim Challies and others have been at conferences, I've shared extracts from their posts here on my blog. This time Tim is not at the Resurgence Conference on Preaching, but the Resurgence folks are offering live videocasts of their sessions.Here, then, are my thoughts on Mark Driscoll's talk, which is taking place right now as I'm listening to it sitting in my room here in London. (Incidentally … [Read more...]
Piper, Mahaney, and Driscoll on Preaching – The Resurgence Conference
February 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In a few hours time, a preaching conference begins which looks like it's going to be very interesting. The folks at Resurgence will be live-streaming the video from the conference for those of us not fortunate enough to be in Seattle this week. See you online in a few hours? … [Read more...]
23rd Most Read Post – Interview with Wendy Alsup, Deacon at Mars Hill Church
January 12, 2008 By Leave a Comment
No. 23 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on January 25, 2007, and was the concluding segment of a conversation I had with Wendy Alsup, a deacon at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington. It was very interesting to get the inside story on what it is like to be a female deacon working at Mark Driscoll's church.It is a pleasure to welcome to my blog today, Wendy Alsup, who is a member of Mars Hill Church Seattle—led by Mark Driscoll. Wendy is a mother of two, and Deacon in … [Read more...]
Review of the Blog – September to December 2007: John Owen and John Piper
December 22, 2007 By Leave a Comment
During the months of September and October, I spent a lot of time quoting from a book Justin Taylor produced—a lightly edited John Owen. These can all be read on the category page for posts labeled "John Owen." In November, I gave John Piper on N. T. Wright the same treatment.I also wrote a post titled Blogging, Discernment, and a Book by Tim Challies which managed to provoke the Pyromaniacs, review Tim's book, and muse about the best approach to blogging for Christians—all in the same post! … [Read more...]
Review of the Blog – January to March 2007: Preaching and the Voice of God
December 18, 2007 By Leave a Comment
It's time once again to review another year's worth of blogging here at my place. I have made it something of a tradition to look back and reflect on the year that has passed. I have done this previously in December 2006, 2005, and 2004. The format is simple: I highlight some of the posts that I remember most, or enjoyed writing the most over the year. This time I will break it down into a series of posts.This year I began January's blogging—after extending my customary Christmas break … [Read more...]
Choose What Mark Driscoll Preaches on in January
December 12, 2007 By Leave a Comment
You can help choose nine topics for Mark Driscoll to preach on in January. In a novel idea, he is allowing the whole Internet to vote on a set of questions he will answer in a series of sermons. You have until the 14th to vote and you have ten votes a day. Voting is surprisingly close, though it does drop off after about the tenth question, so I suspect the final list will look similar to what is there now. … [Read more...]
Driscoll on the Defeat of Shame and the Scotland MP3s
November 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The MP3s of three talks from Mark Driscoll's recent visit to Scotland are now online. The first one is the only one I was there for, and for which I wrote notes.God's Plan for the Church in This City (right click to download MP3).Sex—A Study of the Good Bits from the Song of Solomon by Mark Driscoll (right click to download MP3).The Gospel We Preach—A Message for Leaders by Mark Driscoll (right click to download MP3).Driscoll is an important voice for the Church today. One thing he addressed … [Read more...]
Mark Driscoll at MenMakers in Scotland
November 17, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This second session, and sadly for Tope and myself our last session, was taken by Mark Driscoll. Mark was introduced by Andy Owen as someone who is a gift from God to the entire body of Christ.Mark started by telling his story. His upbringing, salvation, and the way his father also was saved made a moving story. He was thrilled to be able to report that the gospel really does work.Mark took us to Genesis 1-3 in order to look at our first father, Adam. The race is named man because men rule … [Read more...]
Mark Driscoll Preaches on the Atonement in Edinburgh, Scotland
November 17, 2007 By Leave a Comment
UPDATE The Audio of this talk is now available to download. ----- Tonight's event took place in an ex-cinema, so I felt at home! It is the home of Destiny Church, Edinburgh. Destiny is a family of churches across Scotland, and they have some churches elsewhere in the world as well. The audience that gathered was a young one, and following an energetic time of worship, Mark Driscoll came to the platform to share with us. Here is a short video clip from the message. Following this, I will … [Read more...]
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