Fantastic to discover here my friend Sam Allberry also disagrees with Piper and agrees with MLJ over the Romans 7 Man http://t.co/N7QLSWX # Worship at Bible By The Beach "praise to the Lord… Fitting the well for the tasks that are ever before me" # @coreyreed please get instapaper! in reply to coreyreed # All of the sermons in the book of Acts focus on the resurrection of Jesus Christ "Raised with Christ" via @BKSTOKES # Osama Bin Laden is... Read more
RT @ReinhardBonnke: The apostles never modified the gospel to avoid offending people. http://fb.me/MBgWjsGs # RT @desiringgod: At the blog – Piper's Preaching Course Now Available http://t.co/bjQWs5x # Preaching in an hour and a half at the Newfrontiers church in hailsham. Then at Bible By the Beach this afternoon. Please pray for me. # In 45 minutes I preach at the conference on Raised for our Justification and assurance. May God grant renewed confidence in our salvation # "Some pastors believe... Read more
Did you have a great time at your church on Easter Sunday? Was there a sense of celebration in the air? Was there excitement? Joy? Maybe even a conscious awareness of the Spirit being poured out? Do you want to capture that vitality week after week? Then preach the resurrection every week. For the good news of Jesus’ resurrection IS the Gospel proclamation. In the gospel is the power of God for salvation. And salvation is not just an intellectual... Read more
As you are reading this I am with my family at the Bible By the Beach Conference where I am one of the speakers. A whole event focused on the resurrection. Worship. Teaching. Seminars. All near the beach! I should be in heaven! If you are there do come and say hi to me. I think the audio will be available online at some point. Read more
Rob’s book constantly casts doubt on the notion that there is a hell that will be full of people suffering for eternity. Others have cast doubt on that by speaking of anihilationtsm, where people’s suffering is not eternal, but the consequences are. With that view the unsaved pass out of existence at some point in the future. In Love Wins Bell goes further, arguing that there is a second chance after death which he seems to believe all will take.... Read more
Qn to help with my prepration. For those of you who have studied at seminary / bible college. Did they teach you resurrection apologetics? # Another quick question: For those of you without seminary or bible college are you confident in sharing why you believe Jesus rose again? # Do U think most Christians can easily outline the historical and logical arguments for Jesus resurrection being genuine? Does that matter? # I head someone took a whole course at a... Read more
Bell asks, is it unjust for God to not save everyone? I reply: how dare you question God? Rob thinks he is God, that he can somehow help the whole of humanity. He makes an interesting admission in the following quote from Love Wins: “Many have heard the gospel framed in terms of rescue. God has to punish sinners, because God is holy, but Jesus has paid the price for our sin, and so we can have eternal life. However... Read more
Tim Keller: "Mushy Middle in Religion Is Disappearing" http://t.co/62A7yXu // This is why @realrobbell 's influence WILL wane # In Grudem vs Piper: The Baptism Debate we see what happens when godly friends disagree in a godly manner about theology http://ow.ly/4mfSx # @DFBJeff when such a one is in Time magazine christians need to know how to respond. Also am concerned for my brothers and sisters right now in reply to DFBJeff # @DFBJeff not unless evangelism is a waste... Read more
I think that part of the problem that Bell and others have with hell is a lack of understanding of the seriousness of sin and God’s response to it. We may be finite, but we sin against the infinite. Bell claims that many people already think of God as angry at them. I suspect that in fact most don’t realize quite how angry he is. It is only when we understand that God hates sin that we can trully appreciate... Read more
This is a good example of Rob Bell’s slipperiness. Despite what he says elsewhere in the interview, here he seems to be supporting at least some concept of hell. But then he appears agnostic about universalism. Evangelicals like me find this degree of uncertainty hard to stomach! You can watch the whole of this interview right here on the blog. Read more
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