“If our conception, our image of God, our theology does not allow for [the wrath of God] then it is not a theology based on all that God has revealed about himself in Scripture. It is a false image, an idol. God desires praise for all of His attributes.” God desires to demonstrate his wrath . . . (tags: pyromaniacs) “The gravity, honesty, and yet humble attitude that George Whitefield exhibited is exemplory. He spoke the truth boldly and was... Read more
This photo should join the series of “Adrian trying to do physical activities and looking quite silly in the process” shots. Still, at least I tried! Read more
Last week, Piper made clear where he stands on the question of who killed Christ. This week, in an article called The Unparalleled Passion of Jesus Christ, he explains the death of Christ further – do go over there and read the whole thing – this is just an excerpt. UNPARALLELED DESIGN Christ’s passion was unparalleled in human history because it was planned and predestined by God for our salvation. Beneath all the controversy over who actually killed Jesus, the... Read more
“Now, this gets my goat.” So says a Calvinist Mum of one of my commentators, Peter Kirk Watch out, Peter, did you never read about the wrath of women or don’t you believe in it? Conflict of interest declaration: I put pictures of my kids on my blog, too. (tags: adrianw family) Cosmic Child Abuse? “I don’t think I’ve ever heard or seen someone scoff at the idea of penal substitution by calling it this first-hand . . .” “Such... Read more
There has never been such vociferous debate on my blog over anything as there has been over this issue of the death of Christ in our place to satisfy the wrath of God. I have read every comment, and am grateful for each of them. There is, in my view, nothing more important than the doctrine of the Atonement – this argument is about the very Gospel, which is why I could not preach it dispassionately last Sunday. Eternity is... Read more
Dave Routledge posted this picture of me looking remarkably relaxed before the England World Cup game. Whilst some of his comments about the day are ‘filthy lies’ and half-truths (!) he’s right about one thing – my mind was on the sermon, not the game. I thought I would try and understand the attraction of soccer this time round for the sake of my son, Henry, however. Read more
Fide-O on Expository Preaching Dave Carlson is accused of exegetical errors over his posts on the T4G statement. Fide-O seems to be saying that if Dave would allow the text to speak rather than reading into it his own ideas, his opinions might change . . . (tags: preaching T4GB) Read more
Got this on email: Dr. Mohler had to have emergency eye surgery at Duke University two days ago at 2 p.m. You may know that he has been battling a degenerative corneal disease for many years now, and with another injury to his eye on his way to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in North Carolina, his doctors decided to do what’s called a phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK). Please do keep Dr. Mohler in prayer. As I’m sure you can imagine,... Read more
Following on from the controversy over “Who Killed Jesus?” which I also addressed in a sermon on Romans 8, Phil over at Pyromaniacs has posted a passage that shows John MacArthur can be added to the growing list of those who would declare that I am NOT alone in my views! Do pop over there and read the article in full! The murder of Jesus was a vast conspiracy involving Rome, Herod, the Gentiles, the Jewish Sanhedrin, and the people... Read more
Debate continues to rage over at my post entitled, Did God Kill Jesus? Am I Alone? (Actually the answer is definitely NO as MacArthur, Piper, Lloyd-Jones and CJ can all be counted among those who are with me on this!). Anyway, undeterred by all the controversy, I preached yesterday morning out of the concern of my heart on Romans 8. The talk, “Free Because of Jesus,” is available already as an mp3 download. Although I will end this post by... Read more
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