Back in 2009, I wrote about why, unlike many other reformed bloggers, I really appreciate Rick Warren. So you can imagine my pleasure was as great as some others displeasure when John Piper invited him to speak. A detailed meeting of the minds was promised, but delayed due to family health issues that prevented Rick from actually being at the conference. I love long interviews. This one, though to be fair I have not yet watched it all the way... Read more
Any of my friends in London have a Sombrero they could lend me for a day? # Read more
Facebook told me off for posting to my own wall asking people who hadnt met me to consider unfriending me & joining http://on.fb.me/g8JR6m # If it wasn't for Facebooks stupid friend limit I wouldnt even HAVE http://on.fb.me/g8JR6m What do they want me to do to keep in limit?? # I was tempted for a nanosecond to delete my Facebook account altogether but that would be like throwing away my phone or something… # @purpleclaire They claim it is spam. It... Read more
Got this email today from a pastor who was happy for me to repost it anonymously. This was in reply to my post of yesterday. So, are you one of these discouraged pastors? Or are you already encouraged? What drives you. For some church members the reply of this man may surprise you, but it doesn’t surprise me: Thanks for that blog post, apologies for the antiquated email reply but I’m still resisting twitter & facebook for now, plus I... Read more
Today, Thabiti Anyabwile shares some alarming statistics and urges us to make our pastors’ lives bearable. I encourage you to write a nice email to your pastors today. As I have a blog, I want to go a step beyond that and publicly honor the four elders I have the joy to serve under as part of the leadership team of Jubilee Church London: Tope Koleoso, David Pask, Stuart Emsley and Chris Ebechidi. I am confident that these men will... Read more
Amazon UK is still out of stock of The Spirit Filled Church but that isn't putting people off ordering it! http://ow.ly/52nVv # The Spirit Filled Church by @terryvirgo around $20 including shipping to USA from http://ow.ly/52o0v (new stock should arrive soon!) # Read more
At the risk of undoing all the good will I tried to create with my Arminocalvinist spectrum I want to speak briefly today about prayer. Now, to my Arminian friends please don’t hear me wrongly. For this blog post to work we have to accept a bit of a stereotype on both ends of the spectrum. For it was a tweet today from Driscoll that reminded me of something and made me think. Driscoll said “Every Christian who prays is... Read more
Interested in learning more about the The ESV Bible Translation? Why not watch my old interviews with the translators? http://ow.ly/4m4Eq # Read more
Don Carson and John Piper turn 65 this year. One could forgive either of them for feeling they had pulled their weight and it was time to ease up. Neither of them seem to be minded to do so. And in their renewed determination to serve the body of Christ they have been goaded on by this email from one of their friends that I thought was worth sharing. There are a number of godly men today who are setting... Read more
Gonna be a great but busy day. Time to get up I think. International day. Time with friends. Trip to Apple Store. What more could I want? # Worshipping Jesus with people from at least 44 nations (@ Jubilee Church London, Cineworld Enfield) http://ow.ly/1rZEqS # Actually, @TopeKoleoso just told us that there are more than 50 nations represented in http://jubileechurchlondon.org all nations praise God # Read more
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