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October 2013

October 23, 2013

Strange Fire: Every biblical argument refuted

Today I realised I was at a crossroads. I could either decide I have said...

October 19, 2013

Strange Fire – A Charismatic Response to John MacArthur

Christians have a long history of disagreeing with each other over doctrine. There is nothing...

October 16, 2013

Strange Fire: John MacArthur claims no good has come out of the Charismatic Movement

I've just listened to most of the first session of the Strange Fire Conference. My...

September 2013

September 12, 2013

John MacArthur accuses 0.5 Billion Christians of blasphemy

Charismatics condemned by leading Christian Preacher. Today one in...

September 11, 2013

Does unbelief in a pastor’s children disqualify him?

I was reading 1 Samuel 8:1-3 this morning where it speaks of Samuel's children not...

July 2013

July 04, 2013

John MacArthur and John Piper on experiencing depression

In the video below there is a very helpful segment beginning at 39:45 (click here...

April 2013

April 17, 2013

How God can use 120 people to change the World

Somehow the personal tragedy Rick and Kay Warren face, compounded with the atrocity committed in...

April 03, 2013

John Piper’s Final Pastoral Sermon – God Raised Your Great Shepherd from the Dead

John Piper preached his last sermon as the Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist church this Easter....

March 2013

March 26, 2013

An old man and his faith in a big God

With John Piper retiring as a pastor, it is a reminder that many of our...

February 2013

February 05, 2013

John Piper on George Herbert

Surgeons can do their works without words. Pastors can't. But the great aims of our...

February 05, 2013

Tope Koleoso on Sovereign grace, spiritual gifts and the pastor

The shepherd has to know who to handle the sovereign grace of God and spiritual...

February 05, 2013

Jason Meyer on succeeding John Piper as pastor

Here are my notes on Jason Meyer's talk entitled "Pastoral Transition after a 32 year...

February 04, 2013

Help us make a documentary on the life of Spurgeon

A few weeks ago, Steve McCaskell approached me with an interesting idea to crowd source...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

John Piper on healing

John Piper has been getting us all in the mood for his pastor's conference next...

January 29, 2013

John Piper on prophecy

John Piper has been sharing a series of short videos on him speaking about the...

January 29, 2013

John Piper on speaking in tongues

In a few days I will be braving the freezing cold of Minneapollis (or more...

January 21, 2013

Best of the blog – 2007

As regular readers will know I have been digging further and further back into the...

January 09, 2013

Best of the Blog – 2009

As my tenth blogging anniversary approaches I thought I would share the history of this...

January 07, 2013

Best of the blog – 2010

To help new readers get the background to this blog, and as a filler while...

January 04, 2013

Read my Mohler Interview

This is a transcript of the interview I did with Al Mohler before Christmas on...

November 2012

November 13, 2012

Disagreeing with Frank Viola on Baptism with the Holy Spirit

I love Frank Viola and really rate his writings, but it surprises me how often...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Evangelicals – Heirs of the Reformation

I wish you all a Happy Reformation day. This video below from John Piper explains...

October 19, 2012

Still Not Professionals: hear Tope Koleoso at Desiring God

I am thrilled that John Piper has announced the line up for his 2013 conference...

October 04, 2012

‘Lord Teach Me to Pray’

This post represents the confessions of someone who struggles to know how to pray but...

September 2012

September 12, 2012

Joy in fleeing idols rather than being as miserable as sin

Today I continue this series on joy. Psalm 16 continues, ‘The sorrows of those who run...

August 2012

August 13, 2012

Why one of the best things you can do on Twitter is point to other people

Today I discovered a tool that confirmed something I have long suspected. The virtual crowds...

June 2012

June 15, 2012

I don't just believe in God, I met with him this morning

We Christians today don't often talk about our spiritual experiences. There are all kinds of...

December 2011

December 16, 2011

Christmas Giveaway

Check out the great things you can win with the newsletter! Sign up at the...

December 15, 2011

John Piper on the passing of another year and our glorious future

This is a great video of the Piper family, it was created by Carolyn McCulley...

December 01, 2011

How Charismatic are YOU? A Spectrum of belief and practice

Today, in the tradition of my previous Arminocalvinist Spectrum, Evolution vs Creationism Spectrum and Spectrum of belief on hell...