MLJ Monday – Sealed with the Spirit – Eph 1

Last updated on: February 22, 2023 at 6:23 am By Adrian Warnock

Today I begin a new tradition inspired by the Pyro’s Spurgeon on Monday series. I loved what they said about this week’s Spurgeon quote towards the end of their post:Study any era of revival or the style of any great preacher and you will discover that boldness and clarity were their hallmarks — never qualities like vagueness, ambivalence, hesitation, wavering, apprehension, a cloudy message, fickle opinions, obsessive self-criticism, or any of the other qualities postmodernism falsely equates with “humility.”You may... Read more

How to win converts and influence people

Last updated on: March 20, 2006 at 1:12 am By Adrian Warnock

10 years Running Blind has this from Mark Driscoll: “Sadly, many people despise Christianity because all they have known are arrogant, self-righteous, and judgemental people claiming to be Christians, who avoid them as if they were infected and do little more than yell at them to be moral when they should be explaining how to be redeemed. Flipping through a phone book once, I saw one such church advertising itself as ‘Separated’ and ‘Reaching Out to Seattle,’ presumably much like... Read more

Last updated on: March 19, 2006 at 11:21 pm By Adrian Warnock

links for 2006-03-19 Preaching to the unconverted? (tags: alpha preaching adrianw article gospel evangelism) Read more

Together on a conference

Last updated on: March 18, 2006 at 12:53 am By Adrian Warnock

This is the time of year when I cast a slightly envious eye over to the vast array of conferences you have over in the States. There are so many that I would be tempted to go to that it is just as well I am this side of the pond! However, I can say that I am planning on attending Together on a Mission (the newfrontiers international leaders conference) in July. It’s not too late to book to join us for what... Read more

Piper Friday – Suffering: Gods will and our response

Last updated on: January 15, 2018 at 2:24 pm By Adrian Warnock

As well as dedicating Mondays to Lloyd-Jones, I am going to start dedicating Fridays to Piper. Todays extract is a great rejoiner to those who think belief in Gods sovereignty necessarily makes for passive Christians who just sit back and wait for Gods will to unfold “If God Wills Disease Why Should We Try to Eradicate It?: This is a crucial question for me because I have heard Christians say recently that believing in the sovereignty of God hinders Christians... Read more

Last updated on: March 16, 2006 at 11:24 pm By Adrian Warnock

links for 2006-03-16 Now David Powlison has prostrate cancer too He has annotated Pipers article “Dont waste your cancer” with thoughts of his own. Pray for him! (tags: suffering) Read more

Blogging the Gifts – The Word of Knowledge

Last updated on: July 6, 2018 at 10:56 am By Adrian Warnock

I have spent more than thirty years of my life in charismatic churches, and these reflections try to summarize that experience. This particular series is not an attempt to justify the continuation of the gifts theologically as I have done that elsewhere and in my debate with Dan Phillips. Nor is this post intended to persuade you – I want you to be persuaded by the Bible, not mere experience! Instead, here I want to simply answer the question, “What... Read more

The best kind of committe

Last updated on: June 27, 2018 at 11:05 pm By Adrian Warnock

HT Random Responses: Anyone know whether this is a genuine CHS quote? I am not sure it rings true to the prince of preachers but I could well be wrong: “‘The best committee is a committee of three, of whom one is away and another is home sick.’Charles H. Spurgeon: His Faith and Works, by H.L. Wayland, 1892″ Read more

Last updated on: March 15, 2006 at 11:22 pm By Adrian Warnock

links for 2006-03-15 Phil Johnson Sermons and seminars by the Pyromaniac make great listening. The sharpness of this mans intellect is matched by the compassion and grace with which he speaks. (tags: sermon mp3 web) Mark Dever “good ecclesiology helps good evangelism” Mark summarises a Lloyd-Jones position and reveals he will be in the UK at a conference all about the Doctor- does anybody know more about this conference and plan to attend? (tags: lloyd-jones church gospel article) Article on... Read more

And Can It Be That We Should Lose?

Last updated on: March 15, 2006 at 10:47 pm By Adrian Warnock

I have been reminded recently of the hymn And Can It Be That I Should Gain? This is one of Wesley’s finest, but imagine my surprise to discover another verse which has clearly been deleted by some cessationist conspiracy to silence the doctrine of the sealing with the Spirit. (The previous sentance is intended to be read with a tongue in cheek tone!) I have long argued for the experiential reality of true Christian faith and stated that it was... Read more