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April 2026

April 05, 2026

The Risen Messiah Invites You to Live and Reign with Him

Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! As I looked around the 5000 people who...

April 03, 2026

The Cross Alone Cannot Save You

Before you write me off as a heretic and take away my membership card for...

March 2014

March 12, 2014

Steve Chalke and Andrew Wilson discuss Penal Substitutionary Atonement

Steve Chalke's rejection of Penal Substitution around 10 years ago was the first major controversy...

March 29, 2013

A Good Friday Sermon

Other useful Easter resources: Did Jesus rise from the dead? I believe in Jesus: a...

May 2011

May 03, 2011

The loving wrath of God

Love is not some insipid woolly emotion offered to everyone in the same way irrespective...

April 2011

April 12, 2011

The Apostle Paul's Blogging Checklist, Hell, and Rob Bell

Now that Rob Bell's controversial book Love Wins is on sale on both sides of...

March 2011

March 01, 2011

Where Bob Roberts' life message and mine intersect

In a sermon from the series The Christian's Duty in a Hostile World, John MacArthur...

May 2010

May 11, 2010

Wayne Grudem on the Atonement, unity, Rick Warren, and John Piper

This second installment of my interview with Wayne was quite far reaching. We spoke about...

April 2010

April 03, 2010

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

"As a born again believer, the Bible teaches that you were there at the Cross...

August 2009

August 28, 2009

Spurgeon Atonement Illustration

This would win the wrath of many neo-liberals but I am sure that Piper would...

April 2009

April 20, 2009

Vaughan Roberts Interview

Interview with Vaughan Roberts from Adrian Warnock on Vimeo. Vaughan has been rector at St....

April 15, 2009

Liam Goligher Video Interview

Interview With Liam Goligher from Adrian Warnock on Vimeo. One of my favorite memories from...

April 11, 2009

Easter Wouldn't Be Easter Without A Row About The Atonement

The battle lines continue to be clearly drawn despite the best efforts to be "charitable"...

April 09, 2009

Good Friday Video – Life to Death

THAT'S EASTER Life to Death from St Helen’s Church on Vimeo. This is a...

February 2009

February 13, 2009

Jonathan Edwards on Limited Atonement

There is none of the five points of calvinism that are associated with more confusion...

November 2008

November 21, 2008

THE ATONEMENT DEBATE – Steve Chalke's Further Arguments Against Penal Substitution

This is the last in my short series on Steve Chalke and The Atonement Debate....

November 20, 2008

THE ATONEMENT DEBATE – Steve Chalke and Neglect of the Resurrection

In his arguments against penal substitutionary atonement (PSA), Chalke parodies what its advocates believe, claiming...

November 19, 2008

THE ATONEMENT DEBATE – Steve Chalke Argues Against Penal Substitutionary Atonement

In his chapter in the recent book The Atonement Debate, Steve Chalke begins to argue...

November 18, 2008

THE ATONEMENT DEBATE – Steve Chalke Confirms He Does Not Believe in Penal Substitution

I do want to thank Steve Chalke for the honesty and openness in his contribution...

November 17, 2008

Update on Steve Chalke and The Atonement Debate

Somehow I missed a book published earlier this year by Zondervan called The Atonement Debate....

October 2008

October 20, 2008

MLJ MONDAY – Lloyd-Jones Summarizes the Gospel

As Christians we must constantly remind ourselves both of the complexities and the glorious depths...

June 2008

June 17, 2008

VIDEO – Ed Stetzer Interview – The Atonement and the Church Today

Today, we move on to speak about the atonement controversy and the state of the...

June 07, 2008

Replacing UK Evangelical Leader Joel Edwards

There is no doubt that it has been a difficult time in the Evangelical movement...

May 2008

May 18, 2008

VIDEO INTERVIEW – John Piper On New Word Alive and Spring Harvest

UPDATE The written transcript of this video is now available and can be accessed here....

April 2008

April 19, 2008

INTERVIEW – Wallace Benn on Penal Substitutionary Atonement

This is the second part of a three-part interview I did with Bishop Wallace Benn...

April 09, 2008

NWA08 – Audio Response to John Piper's Sermon on Suffering

Here are some interviews I recorded with people around the site here in North Wales...

February 2008

February 12, 2008

5th Most Read Post – Steve Chalke and "The Lost Message of Jesus"

No. 5 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on November 21,...

January 2008

January 28, 2008

11th Most Read Post – The Atonement: Wright Attacks Both Sides of the Debate

No. 11 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on April 23,...

January 09, 2008

25th Most Read Post – PSA: Precious Gospel or Divine Child Abuse?

No. 25 on the list of the all-time most popular posts with readers of this...

December 2007

December 20, 2007

Review of the Blog – May to June 2007: More Atonement Wars and Terry Virgo

May was not as controversial a month as I reported yesterday that April had been....