As I cannot listen to Mark this weekend, I am listening right now to his sermon entitled “Faith and the Future” from 1996. I found this sermon by downloading a list of almost 600 sermons in a word document and searching it using my wordprocessor. The passage is James 4:13-5:11 which I intend to cover in my sermon on Sunday. It is a great sermon, and I can see why Mark is friends with CJ. In the sermon he quotes... Read more
I thought I would browse for some news about the death of the actor who plays Leo, when shock of shocks I discovered that my American cousins are axing my favorite series . There will only be one more series for me to sit glued in front of time after time! How can it be! Why do they always get rid of the best TV series? What will I find to watch? I guess theres always Doctor Who….. Read more
DOH! Every now and then a situation comes along which tests you to see if you mean what you say. So, can you imagine my horror when I realised that in all the excitement about being able to drive and hear Mark Dever preach this sunday it dawned on me – I had a prior arrangement. In fact, not just a prior arrangement, but a committment I had made to my wife and family. Now, of course, you could argue... Read more
The Together for the gospel guys are fast becoming heroes of mine both individually and as a group. Regular readers may remember I gave “Deliberate Chruch” a positive review last year. Imagine my joy to realise that Mark Dever is preaching around three quarters of an hoursdrive from my house this Sunday! I intend to go if at all possible, so if you are anywhere near St Albans, I hope to see you there God willing! The meeting is This... Read more
Being a singleton blogger is hard work. The heat can really get to you after a while. So, whilst you could say that the pyromaniac brought som of it on himself, I do feel sorry for him in his blogsaustion. His blog really was too successful in too short a time for anyone to deal with emotionally, mentally and in terms of the time demanded. If blogging stops being fun and becomes a chore, it is wise to consider a... Read more
My sermon on sunday was on prayer (which will be no surprise to my regular readers!) I focussed in on how prayer changes us and the vital importance of believing in and experiencing a present God. The audio is available at http://jubilee-church.org/sermons/2006/01/prayer-works-when-life-is-tough.htm Here are the notes I preached from Four groups of people here this morning, and I have something to say to each of you Those who are not yet Christians You will have an opportunity to become a... Read more
In 21st century Britain, at least one half-filled classroom told a story recently. My friend, who arrived at the end of the day to pick up her son couldnt understand where all the children were. When the teacher explained that it was Eid, my friend realised afresh that the UK is currently well on the way to becomming a muslim nation. Certainly in that classroom, more children were from a Muslim background than a Christian one. It is said that if the demographic trends... Read more
links for 2006-01-18 Gary Peil- Review of Sam Storms’ Convergence Gary reviews this book much more favourably than Tim Challies did. If anyone knows the marketeer, I would love to review a copy myself….. (tags: book review charismatic reformed) Read more
Piper is at it again! I know this is in danger of becomming a Piper fanblog at the moment, but please bear with me whilst I work this latest phase out. The thing is, I found this sermon of Pipers from this month on prayer which is my other major blogging theme at the moment. -I thought I might announce that I was starting a blogging series on the subject 😉 You can listen to his sermon here but a... Read more
links for 2006-01-17 Peace in the midst of Prostrate Cancer Mike Garner links to audio and written versions of Pipers most recent sermon in which he discusses his recent diagnosis of cancer (tags: prayer spirit sermon charismatic) Justin Taylor (tags: adrianw interview) Read more
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