At Jubilee we have been doing a series of talks this autumn, each one lasting about an hour, during which we attempt to instruct the hearer to a greater extent than is possible in our Sunday morning sermons. One of the ones I did – which was on the subject of “What is God Like?” – has just been made available online at the Jubilee Audio Sermons site. You can visit there to download the sermon or listen to it... Read more
UPDATE Henry Warnock has started a new website. Follow the link to visit it. Read more
Over the last few days Charis, my younger daughter, has been writing stories all by herself. Here are the first two she has ever written: Baby Plays Babies are a gift from God. Thank you for baby laughing, baby crawling, baby bouncing, baby rolling, baby playing peekaboo hide your eyes! This first one was, in fact it turns out, copied from a book. The second one was made up by Charis. The Princess and the King They lived in a... Read more
Every now and then I like to stoke the fires of the atonement debate. I thought this week I would let the Doctor do so in a brief quote which is as clear as it would be currently controversial: “. . . many of those false theories would have us believe that the sole purpose of the death of our Lord upon the cross was to do something to us. But at the very beginning they are wrong. The object... Read more
Hi everyone . . . welcome back from your Thanksgiving break! Unfortunately, over the weekend I have had my first serious attack of what I would call comment spam. I have a very tolerant approach to comments on this blog; off-topic comments, for example, are not generally deleted. I have decided quite firmly, however, that I will NOT allow this blog to be used to criticise anyone’s character or behaviour. Even if we have direct proof that a fellow believer... Read more
As I am sure many of my readers will be flying today or tomorrow to see loved ones for Thanksgiving, I thought I would wish you all a great holiday. I wish we had adopted your Thanksgiving rather than Halloween. Somehow our irregular harvest festival—which these days is only celebrated in more traditional churches and doesn’t even have a single agreed upon date—doesn’t seem right. In this age of Wal*Mart (yes, we have them too, now!) our food comes to... Read more
Tichonius the Donatist set seven rules to help in interpreting figurative language in the Bible. These can be found beginning in chapter 30 of book 3 of Augustine’s “Of Christian Doctrine.“ The rules are also quoted by Bede. I thought it might be interesting to quote them here. 1. “. . . concerning the Lord and His body, when there is a transition from the Head to the body, or from the body to the Head, and yet no recession... Read more
Regular readers of my blog will be aware of my love for Doctor Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Back in August I did a summary post listing my regular posts from the Doctor. I thought that today I would link to the posts I have written and then speak about an exciting way that you can easily get your hands on a wealth of material from the Doctor. (If you want to cut to the chase see the following two links: Selected Works... Read more
Blogs have a bad reputation for spreading rumours without confirming the source. Every now and then I intend to give a right of reply to someone who feels they have been unfairly treated online (or indeed in the mainstream media). Today its Rick Warren’s turn. This press release and letter was sent to me via e-mail. I am open to receiving other similar things to consider for pubilcation. I will cite the entire release and letter word for word without... Read more
Today I want to bring you quotes from a talk given by John Piper about Charles Simeon. We begin with a description of Simeon’s recollection of a conversation he had with the Arminian, John Wesley, when he was a young man. The conversation is instructive about how we should deal with people we disagree with and about how sometimes moderates from both sides of a theological debate are closer than we realise. “Sir, I understand that you are called an... Read more
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