This morning I preached a sermon entitled “The Passion that will change the world” based on Acts 20 and 1 John 5: 13. It was used of God in helping some who were unsure of their salvation. The audio and notes are available, and at the beginning of the mp3 file is the testimony of a member of our church who recently realised he had never actually made a committment to Jesus. If you are less than 100% sure you... Read more
Other translations gave their reasons on why the chose to translate YHWH as the LORD instead of Yahweh. The introduction of the ESV made no mention on why you choose the LORD instead of Yahweh. Some might argue that this is not a literal translation although it is clearly a traditional one. What are your reasons for continuing this? <!– D(["mb","rnrn WatchrnC. John Collins respond (Windows Media format). “,1] ); //–> Watch C. John Collins respond (Windows Media format). <!–... Read more
The transcript of Billy’s last interview with Larry King makes interesting reading. I HOPE he can come to London in November. Read more
Further to my discussion with pyromaniac about allowing the Bible to speak, I found this great Spurgeon quote (from sermon No 289) I think it is needful that when a minister gets his text, he should say what that text means honestly and uprightly. Too many preachers get a text and kill it. They wring its neck, then stuff it with some empty notions and present it upon the table for an unthinking people to feed upon. That man does... Read more
La Shawn Barber‘s blog is much more popular than my blog, and she says the following which should make you ask if you really want high visibility for your blog. “A combination of limited time and energy, hate mail, a lot of e-mail, active comment threads, trolls, and dealing with people who forget their manners when they visit my house has led me to rethink what I’m doing. I’m suddenly feeling the pressure of so many people who want me... Read more
The Obvious? quotes a fascinating Business Week article: “The nearly 1 billion people online worldwide — along with their shared knowledge, social contacts, online reputations, computing power, and more — are rapidly becoming a collective force of unprecedented power.” The article is well worth a read, and has another great quote- “New Yorker writer James Surowiecki, in his illuminating 2004 book of the same name, calls “the wisdom of crowds.” Crowds can go mad, of course, but by and large,... Read more
There seems to be an outbreak of grace hitting the blogosphere. An example of this that struck me earlier this month came from David Warnock. More recently, I have opened two cans of worms in two days and in neither case has the row that I feared developped. On gender and bible translations I decided not to comment myself in a rare moment of wisdom overcoming valour, and as requested there has been a gracious discussion in my comment box.... Read more
I tremble to contradict the pyromaniac, but I am afraid that I feel that his handling of 1 John 2:2 is almost certainly an example of trying to squeeze the bible into a doctrinal mould. In fact such exegetical gymnastics are only required for a view of the so-called “limited atonement” that I find totally alien even though I would describe myself as a five-point calvinist. It seems to me that it is not what you say you believe that... Read more
It was remiss of me not to raise the issue of gender with the translators in my ten questions. David has a great post written from his perspective. There are many who have a different view. I would love that those who believe that the ESV was right to maintain the masculinity of the bible would go and engage with David- perhaps double posting on this blog and his (so that you get an entry into the free ESV contest).... Read more
normblog has what appear to be first hand reports from Zimbabwe, a land my lovely wife grew up in but is no doubt now unrecognisable. If these reports accurately reflect the situation, it is no wonder that there are calls for other countries to take action. Read more
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