A recurring theme on my blog this year has been the subject of revival. Most Mondays I take the time to raid my electronic version of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ materials, which is produced by Logos Bible Software. Today’s quote explains what revival is and what it looks like. “What is revival? We can define it as a period of unusual blessing and activity in the life of the Christian Church. Primarily, of course, and by definition, a revival is something... Read more
Last Resurrection Sunday, we spoke about Revelation 1. I want to stay in that passage one more week and highlight just one verse. I’m sure that the words “The Resurrection Empowered Life” thrill some of my readers and make others of them nervous. I have noticed that some Christians tend to feel that the Christian life will always be a struggle with limited progress. Others believe that the Christian life is to be lived almost as though we are hovering... Read more
Justin Taylor helpfully points to some quotes from N. T.Wright that seem to clearly affirm a penal substitutionary view of the atonement. I am left, though, with two questions from the article Wright published earlier in the week. 1. Why then does he respond so very negatively to the new book Pierced For Our Transgressions? 2. Does Steve Chalke really believe what Wright does despite his clear condemnation of all forms of PSA? Read more
Dave Warnock and I disagree on almost every issue we ever discuss. But I have something of a soft spot for him. I don’t think it’s our shared surname. (We are not directly related as far as we know!) I think it’s his willingness to explain what he believes, and the way his apparent shock and surprise that others differ so markedly from him mirrors my own at times. In many ways I wish that I had the time to... Read more
The next issue of the newfrontiers magazine is now available online. It has a special focus on healing. There are some great healing testimonies and some interesting articles about how we seem to be beginning to learn as a movement how to make room for God to heal. Newfrontiers Magazine In Brief Firstline A Journey Into Healing Healing Testimonies Expecting the miraculous! Healing Testimonies (2) Confessions Of A Healing Sceptic Healing Testimonies (3) Friends First Book Reviews A healing King... Read more
In the category of bizarre news — Logos Bible Software Blog: Smokers Drive Up Costs of Bibles. Read more
My old friend, Paul Rees, passes on a heart-rending letter from Turkey in a post entitled Gospel Growth: The Protestant Church of Smyrna. Read more
The Langham Partnership sent out the following announcement today: “John Stott would like his many friends around the world to know that, having reached the age of 86 in April, he has taken the decision finally to retire from public ministry after fulfilling one final speaking engagement at the upcoming Keswick Convention in July. He will be moving from his flat in central London where he has lived for more than 30 years, to a retirement community for Anglican clergy... Read more
In today’s news, in an article in the Church Times entitled “Atonement Row Gets Personal as Evangelical Partnership Splits,” Bishop Broadbent is quoted as acknowledging that Steve Chalke was at least part of the reason for the split with UCCF. Clearly some of the details of the story remain disputed, but as I first reported just over a week ago, differences in how inclusive to be over different views of the atonement seem clearly to be at least part of... Read more
This Piper Friday, I would like to share an extract with you from an old sermon by John Piper. It rightly entwines three themes that were flowing through my head (and hence this blog!) earlier this year: The study of God’s Word, prayer, and the activity of the Holy Spirit. I am increasingly convinced that we need these three things more than anything else! Oh, God . . . make us preachers to be men like this! “The minister of... Read more
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