All over the English speaking world today, as a result of the tragic death of Rick and Kay Warren’s son, many will be having conversations about mental illness. I thought I would write a short series of posts reflecting as a Christian psychiatrist on some of the questions people will inevitably ask. Proverbs 15:13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. The first question, today, is incredibly easy to answer. Can... Read more
The Christian and secular media are reporting the tragic news that Rick Warren’s son has taken his own life after a lifelong battle with mental illness. The Warrens will be grieving and in terrible distress right now. Every Christian reading this should please offer a prayer of support on their behalf. At times like these the love of friends and family will be a great support to them, but will not take away the pain. Rick and Kay need the... Read more
Here is a transcript of me speaking about Resurrection on BBC Radio London. The audio is also available. Presenter: So, today is Easter Sunday. Some consider it to be the most important date in the Christian calendar. Adrian Warnock is the author of Raised with Christ. He is one of the leaders at Jubilee Church in Enfield, and joins me to remind us of the significance of Easter. Good morning. Adrian: Good morning. Presenter: Great to have you. Jubilee Church,... Read more
I recommend those of you who live over here in the UK to consider attending Unbelievable? The Conference 2013. It looks like being a really good event, there is a trailer you can watch here: Read more
We Christians need to be better at promoting one another’s books. Especially the ones we LIKE! Unfortunately, too often it seems like the best way to get a book sold to conservative Christians is to write something they hate. We then fall in like and say how terrible a book is, and we all like lemmings go out and buy it so we can “defend the gospel” and in so doing propel the latest heretical book to stratospheric levels of... Read more
John Piper preached his last sermon as the Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist church this Easter. And he very appropriately pointed to the Great Shepherd, who is the true pastor of us all. Surely this was a fitting end to a pastoral ministry with massive impact all over the world but its depth was felt most at Bethlehem: It’s Easter. And it’s the last day of my office as shepherd in this flock. We could not have chosen a better day... Read more
Yesterday as part of our Easter celebration at Jubilee, we also had the following dramatic reading: Read more
The above drama was performed at Jubilee Church London yesterday. Read more
This morning it was a real delight to appear on BBC London, a popular radio station serving the whole city. Jumoke Fashola was the host and with their kind permission I am able to share the audio of our interview below. The rest of the program can be streamed on the BBC site (I am on around 1 hour 48 minutes), or you can follow Jumoke on Twitter. Read more
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) At Jubilee Church I preached yesterday’s sermon. Here are some notes from the sermon with some extra material woven in. Earlier today on Twitter somebody asked why people would wish each other a “happy” Good Friday. It begs the question why we... Read more
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