I have been working through the top 100 cities in the USA, highlighting those cities where Newfrontiers is already working. Today, I want to highlight a church which meets in the Nashville area, which is the 29th largest city in America. Why not go and visit the website for Lifehouse Church, Nashville/Franklin, Tennessee? Read more
A week ago we shared an unsettling quote from Dr. Piper about the vital need for us to fight lust or face an eternity without God. Since that fight is so critical to our well-being, I thought I would share another quote in which he goes on to explain how this fight can be won. Suppose I am tempted to lust. Some sexual image comes into my mind and beckons me to pursue it. The way this temptation gets its... Read more
Last Sunday I preached on Nehemiah 3. You can download the sermon, listen to it right here, download the video via the vodcast or by rightclicking on this download link. or read the edited trancript below. READ MORE RELATED ARTICLES Imperfect Churches Reflect God’s Perfect Glory Stott: Reform, Don’t Follow Church Traditions. Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They... Read more
Many readers of my blog will know of Lou Fellingham, and some will have been praying for the family situation she has been facing lately. Her mother, only 56, died yesterday. The family would like people who knew her to be made aware of the fact that there will be a celebration service for her on Saturday, October 18th, at Jubilee Community Centre, Charlwood Road, East Grinstead, RH19 2HL with a 4 o’clock start. All are welcome. There will be... Read more
This is the second part of my friend, Tope Koleoso’s, assessment of the recent DGM National Conference run by John Piper. The audio and video of the messages from this conference are available on the DGM website. Read more
If you are excited about the new Mac Notebooks, go to one (or both?!!) of the following URLs providing live coverage, including photos of the announcement happening RIGHT NOW! ENGADGET and/or GIZMODOA video is also available on the Mac website now. (HT Ian Jukes on iChat) Read more
My dear friend, Tope Koleoso, who leads the church I attend, went to the recent DGM National Conference run by John Piper. Over the next three days I will share his impressions of the conference in video form. The audio and video of the messages from this conference are available on the DGM website. Read more
Once again the Doctor diagnoses the human condition with timeless pinpoint accuracy in this quote: We are creatures of lust and desire and passion. Let me give you the best description ever given of humanity without Christ, humanity as it is by nature. In his epistle to Titus, Paul writes: Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man, to be no... Read more
John Piper rarely gets starker than he does in the following quote. His biblical remedy for lust? Well, it’s simple really. Understand that unless you are one of those who fights lust with all your heart, you were never truly saved. The quote begins with a question from someone who heard one of his sermons: “Are you saying then that a person can lose his salvation?” In other words, if Jesus used the threat of hell to warn about the... Read more
I never thought I would say this, but hold on to your plastic. You really DON’T want to be buying a Mac laptop right now. Have I gone insane? Am I converting back to PC? No, don’t worry, this Mac evangelist is not about to backslide into the world of WINDOZE. It’s just that all the rumors about Apple soon to significantly update its range of laptops is getting closer to being true by the day. The following MacRumors article... Read more
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