I am thankful that I have deep, real friendships at The Village with Michael Bleecker, Josh Patterson, Brian Miller, Chris Chavez and Beau Hughes. They have been such a comfort to me and my family this past week. Pastors should have good friends on their staff. It’s risky but worth the risk. I am grateful for the men of God in my life, namely John Piper who taught me to hold my life cheap and to join with Paul in... Read more
Tope recorded this video, posted on the Jubilee Church Facebook page to call our church to pray for Matt Chandler. I thought it might help some of my readers consider how to pray for his surgery tomorrow. Read more
I interrupt my blogging break and my working day this lunchtime to bring you this update on Matt Chandler. I received an email from Matt’s assistant today asking me to post this request to the Christian community to pray. Updates on Matt’s health condition will be posted on the Village Church Facebook Page. Here is a quote from a letter from the Village church pastors: Pastor Matt Chandler will have surgery Friday afternoon to remove a tumor located in the... Read more
As I am shutting down for a while, here are some posts you can browse if you have nothing better to do! Do check out http://raisedwithchrist.net also. Before I get to the two lists, I should just point out that my personal favorite post of all time is nowhere to be seen on this! If you only want to read one post by me while I am on my break, go read “I Don’t Want Balance, I Want It All”... Read more
“The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead separates Christianity from all mere religion—whatever its form. Christianity without the literal, physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is merely one religion among many. Adrian Warnock points us all to the centrality of the resurrection for every dimension of the Christian life. Adrian is a first-rate communicator and a man whose life demonstrates the joy of Christ’s resurrection. You will be greatly blessed by this book.”—Al MohlerPresident, Southern Baptist Theological... Read more
“The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead separates Christianity from all mere religion—whatever its form. Christianity without the literal, physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is merely one religion among many. Adrian Warnock points us all to the centrality of the resurrection for every dimension of the Christian life. Adrian is a first-rate communicator and a man whose life demonstrates the joy of Christ’s resurrection. You will be greatly blessed by this book.” Al Mohler President, Southern... Read more
I almost titled this message “Don’t Neglect The Resurrection”. It still amazes me how easy it is for us to forget, downplay, or assume the resurrection of Jesus. I am grateful to God for his help this past Sunday as I shared a very personal message with Jubilee Church, the contents of which will be no surprise to regular readers of my blog. You can also download the audio or video from the Jubilee site. This sermon is based on... Read more
Logos Bible Software are offering my book on their pre-pub program. You can pre-order a copy of Raised With Christ: How The Resurrection Changes Everything to add to your electronic library now. This was a pleasant surprise to me, since although it was suggested as a possibility several months ago, I only heard it was definite when it appeared on the website just a few hours ago. Since Logos Bible Software played a major role in assisting me to write... Read more
This clip is vintage Matt Chandler, and makes me wish he put his regular sermons online in video form. It is also a passionate explanation of the gospel and what is wrong with many churches: Read more
Lex has an interesting post today on George Whitefield’s comments on Jonathan Edwards’ Family Life. He shares quotes from Whitefield’s diary, but to get you interested here is his description of these two men of God: Edwards and Whitefield shared many similarities. They were both highly respected Christian leaders, they both had a reputation as powerful preachers, they were both Calvinistic in their theological outlook. But there, the similarities ended. Their style of preaching was very different. Edwards was a... Read more
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