The Gospel Coalition have announced that they are setting up the Carson Center for Theological Renewal. The aim of the centre is described as follows: “As we see in Scripture and church history, spiritual renewal follows theological renewal when the ancient gospel of Jesus Christ recaptures our hearts and minds.” [1] With that in mind,… Continue reading Can we stop naming things after other Christians -even Tim Keller and Don Carson
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Having an advocate who believes in you matters
David Haigh writes in the Daily Mail that he believes that 80% of those who have come to him as a Human Rights lawyer and asked for help with asylum cases are not genuine. Now, I am not sure neither whether or not his claim is right or even how you would go about proving… Continue reading Having an advocate who believes in you matters
Why study the life of Abraham?
In the Spring, our church did a series on Galatians. Later in the Autumn, we will be working through the book of James. It’s important to read something like James alongside Galatians to help us deepen our understanding of what true faith looks like. Galatians shows us that we are not saved by works, it’s… Continue reading Why study the life of Abraham?
An amnesty for “should”
I’m declaring an amnesty. I’d encourage Christians everywhere who have been overusing and misusing the word “should” to the dictionary. This is a word that we probably only want to use sparingly and under close supervision! I’ve just been reading a blog article that sets out the author’s views on what he perceives to be… Continue reading An amnesty for “should”
How to benefit from other people’s sermons
The other day, I wrote about the challenges of reviewing a book of sermons. There are more general challenges with hearing/reading sermons from other contexts. I don’t generally encourage people to get their spiritual food from searching the web to find sermons from famous preachers and that’s not to do with theological soundness. I’d be… Continue reading How to benefit from other people’s sermons
Silence will Fall: An orderly Church 1 Corinthians 14:26-40
We used to run an After School Club. -excitable kids want to play with the toys, run off steam, tell us all about their days and what was going on in their lives. Sometimes this was very chaotic and we had to work hard to get some peace and quiet in which they could listen.… Continue reading Silence will Fall: An orderly Church 1 Corinthians 14:26-40
Reviewing Sermons
I was asked to write a book review recently for volume of sermons from a specific context. I have agreed to do the review and it should be available soon but at first I was uncertain and to be honest remain a little nervous about undertaking this type of review. I’m nervous for two reasons. … Continue reading Reviewing Sermons
Biblical Critical Theory
Every so often, a book comes along that is greatly lauded and heavily promoted. Biblical Critical Theory is one such book. With a forward by the late Timothy Keller and four pages of endorsements from the great and good of evangelical apologetics such as Kevin Vanhoozer, Daniel Strange and Glen Scrivener, Christopher Watkin’s book was… Continue reading Biblical Critical Theory
Return of the King – podcast and e-book
You will have seen yesterday that the latest Faithroots Podcast series is on the book of Revelation. Accompanying the series is this e-book on how to read and teach Revelation.
A prophetic church (1 Corinthians 14)
Paul has argued that the proud, divided church in Corinth needs some crucial things to correct those problems. They need love in all that they do and they need the gifts of the Spirit to be exercised by the whole body. Here he focuses in on one specific gift, prophecy. Especially Prophecy (v1-5) Paul says… Continue reading A prophetic church (1 Corinthians 14)
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