Following years in Bible College, I found myself invited to become the pastor of a Free Evangelical Church, and as I set my course for major change I was drawn to such scriptures as Ezra and Nehemiah and the prophets who endorsed, encouraged and exhorted those men and their companions. Restoring Zion I notice that Israel, which had formerly celebrated the presence of God not only on their wilderness journey, but also particularly in the Jerusalem Temple, had been finally... Read more
In Grudem vs Piper: The Baptism Debate we see what happens when godly friends disagree in a godly manner about theology http://ow.ly/4mfTO # Read more
Today I begin a serialization of Chapter 4 from The Spirit Filled Church. Please buy the book and consider joining Terry Virgo in person at 300 Leaders. Empowered by The Spirit And The Word For me, being baptized with the Holy Spirit was like the knocking over of a first domino in a line of dominoes which are still falling. The implications for my church life were radical. At the time of the early outbreak of charismatic life there were... Read more
How Do I Know if I am Spirit Baptized? http://t.co/VYicdFq # Christians are intended by Jesus to ABOUND IN HOPE! – read or hear A Sermon on Romans 15:13 http://ow.ly/4m4IC # Read more
Today I share the introduction to Terry Virgo’s outstanding book The Spirit-Filled Church. Please buy the book, and consider attending the next 300 Leaders conference where Terry will be teaching material from it. This really sets the tone for the book, which is like a personal manifesto from a master-builder to the global church. You will not have to agree with every word of this book to benefit from reading it. Introduction I am sometimes asked if I am a... Read more
Brief interruption to my twitter break: if anyone has time to volunteer to transcribe a sermon please email me: [email protected] # Read more
This video comes from my friends at St Helen’s Church here in London. Actually I used to attend this church on a Sunday evening in the 90’s when I was a student (going to a charismatic one in the morning). It was there that I got to know Richard Cunningham and Hugh Palmer. This clip gives us a good brief insight into the history of the King James Bible which is 400 years old this week. It is remarkable to... Read more
The following set of endorsements should make you want to buy Terry Virgo’s book The Spirit-Filled Church and consider attending the next 300 Leaders conference where Terry will be teaching material from it. You can buy it at Amazon.co.uk, or pre-order from amazon.com. “I am thankful to God for the faithful life and ministry of Terry Virgo.” – Dr Wayne Grudem, Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary, Arizona, USA “After years of diligent study of God’s Word,... Read more
I wrote the forward to the movement defining book, The Spirit-Filled Church which. I cannot commend this book highly enough. Please buy it at 10ofthose.com, Amazon.co.uk, or amazon.com. I count it as one of the highest honors of my life that Terry asked me to write the following forward for what I believe is his finest work so far: Forward to The Spirit-Filled Church Jesus promised that He would build His church. But He commissioned His disciples to go into the world, without... Read more
If you want to know what someone really believes you should look at how they live. Now, of course we should be emphasizing the positive good news of the gospel. We should be speaking in such a way as to induce wonder. But if I really believe in an eternal hell where those who do not know Jesus will be punished for ever, and I am the bearer of the only message that can rescue from that fate, why do... Read more
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