The all new Blogger for word should revolutionise my blogging experience. No more excuse for those typos. No more posts lost at the last second during the publishing process. No more weird formatting errors. This has got to be a massive advance for everyone who uses the Blogger software! Pop over and download it now! Read more
Mark Dever of 9Marks lists 9 things that make a church healthy. Incidentally, I noticed his name came up in more than one list of people’s favourite preachers.1. Expositional Preaching 2. Biblical Theology 3. Biblical Understanding of the Good News 4. Biblical Understanding of Conversion5. Biblical Understanding of Evangelism 6.. Biblical Understanding of Membership 7.Biblical Church discipline 8. Promotion of Christian Discipleship 9. Biblical Understanding of Leadership Read more
Proverbs 3:5-6Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and do not lean on your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make straight [some translations: make straight] your paths. Thought I would repost an old set of sermon notes here: IntroHow can I know God’s will? What if I make a mistake? if my life is in such a mess at the moment can I really be in God’s will? Shall I give up and go somewhere else... Read more
PyroManiac has been blogging about the theology of the Rubiks cube: “One of the things you quickly learn is that you can’t move one piece without affecting at least one other piece. And most moves displace at least three pieces. It’s a three-dimensional object lesson about the inevitability of causes and effects, as well as an effective illustration of the principle of 1 Corinthians 12:25-25: any body composed of multiple members is still one body, and whatever effects one member... Read more
I thank God often, althought perhaps not often enough, for his amazing grace. A previous scourge of the blogosphere who by his oen admission was brought low by his own foolish words is back. Many of us will have known “The Berean” by another name. I met him in the flesh once and discovered that he was a young man in need of grace and love. Not so very different from the rest of us really. I hope as he... Read more
Joseph Pearce has recently started coming along to our church and has found our preaching to be life-changing for him. He has set up his own blog and shared his story there. I found it very encouraging, do pop along and say hi to him and welcome him to the blogosphere. His blog will appear in a new list in my blogroll of blogs by people I have met. Heres part of his story? “Just 7 weeks ago, I decided... Read more
I am afraid I made a basic but honest mistake in my previous post on the ESV being an easy read, which the ESV folks have graciously and honestly pointed out to me. With the revised figures the ESV tends to come out as perhaps we might have expected somewhere between the NIV and the NASB on most measures of ease of reading. “…the stats you posted are from the Classic Reference edition. The many cross-references dramatically reduce the grade... Read more
Good morning, I know for some of you it’s good afternoon. The blogosphere is a little slow this morning, well, except for politics. One story I want to highlight is at The Christian Mind and is about learning the Will of God for our lives. Jollyblogger also highlights it and has some additional thoughts. Question for discussion: Does anyone ever get concerned with God’s Will when it comes to blogging? I’m studying and writing this morning so I will leave... Read more
Every now and then facts come along and expose a set of myths. The myth of the day is that when choosing a bible translation you have to balance between accuracy and ease of reading. Most people, when the ESV is mentioned wouldn’t immediately think it was an easy read- it is after all marketed as the “accurate” version. I have found figures that may surprise you. Amazon.com have introduced yet more tools to help us search and compare books.... Read more
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