The afternoon session is perhaps the toughest to lead as several thousand tired brains wrestle with over-full stomachs to stay awake and alert. Who better to help us in this battle than a loud South African who gets excited as he preaches! Stephen began by reminding us of Abraham and his faith-filled obedience to God’s call, and his faithfulness during the long delay in the birth of a child. He then reminded us of the astonishing command of God to... Read more
Terry began by recommending two books by Bruce Ware. Father Son and Holy Spirit. Terry explained that this book had stirred him to contemplate the wonders of the trinity more devotionally and God’s Greater Glory He also recommended Finally Alive by John Piper as well as This Momentary Marriage. Terry began by saying he would be looking at where Newfrontiers is today. We are seeing God’s mercy and are going to the nations to plant churches. That is what we... Read more
We had a more contemplative time of worship, and Terry did one of his famous “book plug” sessions. He doesn’t just tell you to read a book he tells you why. The books he mentioned were Planting Churches, Changing Communities by David Stroud. Terry explained the book was full of faith and methodology, information and expectancy. It is full of practical details of what to do that will be helpful for both a church planter and a small group leader.... Read more
Arriving the day before the conference was a great idea. Thanks mum for suggesting it to us and for looking after our five children so for the first time in years I could come with my better half. Its going to be great to show Andrée what conferences mean for me these days. One of the real privileges of being the “official” blogger at an event like this is you get to see what goes on behind the scenes. There... Read more
Today I went to the Newfrontiers church in Basildon where I preached on Isaiah 66. You can download the audio or read my notes here: 1.The God we come to. These opening verses seem to encourage us to fix our gaze on the God who made a universe that is at least 100 billion light years across and says it is just a throne for him. His hands flung stars into space as easily as a child flicks paint. The... Read more
My pastor Tope Koleoso now has a Twitter page which has some fantastic things on it, including some quotes about preaching from my Liam Goligher interview. During the rest of my blog break keep an eye on Tope’s Twitter page. You may also want to follow the new Jubilee Church news/blog page and the Jubilee Church Vimeo Channel, or if you prefer the Youtube Jubilee Church page. I just couldn’t resist another interuption to my break to share with you... Read more
Elijah Prays For Rain from Adrian Warnock on Vimeo. Note that at the end of the video you will need to click on part two within the video player to watch the rest. You can also download the video in high definition from vimeo, or lower definition as well as audio from the CCK website. In a couple of weeks time I will be at the Together On A Mission conference hosted by a man who I have been looking... Read more
It’s funny how God often uses odd little coincidences to hammer home something he wants to say to you. I realized, thanks to the posts from my recent sermon, that I hadn’t shared the next installment of my story with you. So I dug out the old version of this post, set about beginning to edit it, and considered if it needed any expansion. The first few paragraphs were all about how I had decided to take a blog break... Read more
A long while ago I began a journey blogging through the Together for the Gospel Statement. I am sure that anyone who remotely remembers that I once did this would have been convinced that I would never get back to it. Today I surprised even myself by deciding that I really am determined to finish this. Perhaps ironically, their third conference—T4G 2010—has recently begun accepting bookings. What has happened to the last three and a bit years since this statement... Read more
Radio One chat shows in the UK are not exactly known for being pro Christian. But this video has commentary from Chris Moyles for six minutes with his team talking about his very positive reaction to watching a televised service that was a bit different to your average church (HT Peter O): Read more
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