Other useful Easter resources: Did Jesus rise from the dead? I believe in Jesus: a sermon on the Trinity and the Resurrection A Good Friday Sermon A sermon on Jesus’ Resurrection and its implications for us (Romans 4:25) Those of you who have been reading Christian blogs for almost ten years will no doubt remember one of my early inspirations, an insanely popular blogger called Josh Claybourn. Well, eventually Josh hung up his blogging hat and I have been... Read more
Wait, so I have finally become a heretic right with a headline like that, right? It is perhaps a slight overstatement of my point but if I added the word “only” then I hope you would see my point entirely. A couple of days ago an article was going around the internet proposing that the Southern “Y’all” could help us move away from the independent “personal” approach to our faith that is so rampant throughout the English speaking world. In... Read more
This is the second of my video interviews at the UK Premiere of God’s Not Dead. It was with the lovely Cory Oliver. Read more
Please enjoy the interview below and book your tickets for UK cinemas! One quote from the interview was: “A lot of people were saying, the English are a little bit more reserved so don’t expect too much response. But the audience was amazing, they were clapping and cheering, and laughing, and crying. It touched their heart in the way that we hoped.” Read more
UPDATE: In a follow up to the speech outlined below Cameron issued an Easter message that covered some of the same points and included a mention of the Alpha Course! You can watch the video before the original post: In a remarkable speech at a Number 10 gathering of Christian leaders PM David Cameron made a few bold statements in his speech. Cameron began by admitting it was a hard day for him and asking for a few volunteers to... Read more
This morning my friend Rice Broocks was on BBC London being interviewed about his book God’s Not Dead and the movie it inspired. The movie opens in the UK on 18th April and is currently storming the US Box office charts. To close its second week at the Number 3. position is quite something. One of the factors that make this movie so powerful is the ideas which were drawn from Rice’s book. Rice was asked about a wealth of... Read more
Great news for all my British readers: God’s Not Dead opens in the UK on Friday 18th April! The movie has has seen incredible success in America, where at the end of it’s second week it sat at Number 3 in the secular box office charts, and by the end of this weekend will have probably have taken $30M. More importantly the movie has been having a strong impact on those who watch it. Tears, laughter, and applause can regularly... Read more
The following sermon was preached on Sunday 30 March in Northwood Church in Keller, Texas. Encouragingly there was a number of gospel responses afterwards. You can watch the video here, or download the audio and a powerpoint file from the church’s website. Some brief notes follow the video here. More detail on the Trinity Sermon Notes I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord. Who was conceived... Read more
The TBN special Praise the Lord program on God’s Not Dead which I appeared on is available below. The first hour includes the movie trailer and three of the cast members: Hadeel Sittu, Paul Kwo, and Ben Ochieng. The second hour discussed the movie further, and focussed on the evidence for God’s existence. Dr. Ming Wang from Wang Vision Institute, who’s story was the inspiration for Paul Kwo’s character, Dr. Brian Miller from Every Nation Ministries, and myself. Music was... Read more
Ed Stetzer was out of the country, so my old friend Micah Fries was the interviewer when I appeared on The Exchange. We spoke about blogging, the prime importance of the church, the priesthood of all believers, and the centrality of the resurrection. I really enjoyed the interview. My friend Rice Broocks also appeared on the show, and we discussed God’s Not Dead. If you want to just watch the segment about God’s Not Dead see the video embedded on my review... Read more
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