The Broken Messenger and Gadabout have both posted supporting the notion that preaching should be to both believer and unbeliver. The more I think about this subject that more I realise it is crucial to the church’s health. Spurgeon has been cited in the conversation, and as well as making clear that he beleived every sermon should take the shortest route to the cross he also believed that expectation for salvations is linked to the presense or absense of souls... Read more
JOLLYBLOGGER: has a great post on whether we should preach to believers or unbelievers on sundays which quite simply says it all in my view! Read more
I am delighted to announce that I have been honored with an exclusive “interview” with the Translation Oversight Committee of the English Standard Version of the Bible. I will be asking them ten questions, which they promise to answer! My respect for this version of the bible continues to increase, and despite my best goading I have found surprisingly few bloggers who will publicly detract from it. Maybe my first question should be “Why, out of all the bloggers who... Read more
Sadly I have been largely away from blogging this week (excluding today’s mini storm of pre-blog material that I wanted to publish- some stuff there for those of you who might miss me in my absenses!) As a result I have been unable to defend my firmly held belief that preaching on sundays should be for both believers AND unbelievers and hold largely the same message for both groups, Blogotional has done a great job of at least rounding up... Read more
Many Christians struggle with finding God’s will for their lives. I though I would share with you an old sermon I preached on this matter…… Proverbs 3:5-6 by Adrian Warnock Introduction A changing, uncertain world. Cast off tradition and Christian ways of doing things now what do we base decisions on? Illustrate from politics. Tony champions even a britain where the elite is finnished. Family values, but a foreign minister can be trusted to keep his promises to his country... Read more
The Toronto Blessing was rejected by some as crazy charismatics acting in bizarre ways. Some saw it as a revival or at least an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. This article was written in the months following the start of this outbreak and was one of the first significant articles I wrote long before the advant of "blogging" Read more
“Growth is never the goal, it is the natural by-product of doing something right” Ralph Neighbour Read more
For those who have read the post from earlier about the biblical “one-anothers”, I hope it has inspired you to consider the need for community life and teamwork. I thought I would share a great quote about this with you “Community is the commitment to care for each other and act together- it is not friendship” John Hosier 1991 John then went onto list some hinderances to community which I have adapted slightly: * 1.Some don’t want it * 2.... Read more
A while back I used these notes in a training session on reaching out to those from different cultures to us thought I would share them with you here…. The Promises that encourage us Gen. 22:18 And in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed Ps 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. Ps 96:5 For all the... Read more
Motyer said ‘Holiness is God’s hidden glory, glory is God’s all-present holiness’. and I believe he said ‘Shaking is the customery reaction of the Earth to the divine presense’ What happens when you meet a God that is more like the God of the bible than the cuddly one we create for ourselves? Your sinfulness and need of God gets exposed and resolved Read more
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