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BlogsReport of M03: Terry Virgo - God is Turning a New Page for His PeopleJoshua 1:1-9
2. It requires fresh faith
Live Blogging at Newfrontiers Brighton Leadership Conference 2007I am at the Brighton Leadership Conference right now and will try and post a report of each session as soon as it has happened. So far we have had sessions from Stephen van Rhyn, Rob Rufus and Terry Virgo. All three of them were excellent and as soon as I can get time on an internet connection I will upload the reports. >> See this link for a listing of TOAM conference blogs
Why Psalm 90 is not in the least bit depressingToday I preached on Psalm 90
Not very encouraging. Let's see how it continues...
...But it gets worse:
Are the commands of Jesus just legalism in another form?I believe in grace, not legalism. Today I preached on the sermon on the mount in Luke. I came face to face with the problem that Jesus preached a lot of commands, and ended the sermon saying that those who kept the commands would be preserved and those who didn't would be destroyed (the house on the sand).
The Kingdom and HealingThis evening I preached on The Kingdom and Healing. This wasn't a polemic against cessationists, but an attempt to get a better understanding of how healing worked in the ministry of Jesus and his disciples. It came out of my own desperate study to improve in this area. As I grappled with chapters 9-11 of Luke I found a flow of ideas which was helpful to me. In the (rather short) sermon I simply went through these chapters and pulled out this theme. My rathier brief notes on the Kingdom and healing as well as the audio are uploaded here.
Review of TT5-1 Sam Poe - Engaging with Oral CultureNewfrontiers Leadership Conference 2006 - Training Track 5-1I found this a fascinating session, but I had one important reservation which I will explain in a moment. Sam argues that the way we communicate with those who have an oral culture is fundamentally different with those from a literate culture. He gives many examples taken from life and makes his points clearly. What gives this subject added relevancy is his statement that [read more...]
The Atonement debateI have just been reading the article by Adrian Warnock on "Word Alive and Spring Harvest to Separate After 15 Years Because of the Atonement". I think that even 10 years ago no-one would have dreamed that this could happen. The situation reminds me of a Ph.D. thesis written by Paul Wilson and summarized in this paper: Central Canadian Baptists and the role of cultural factors in the fundamentalist-modernist Schism of 1927: "Culture wars" are not a new phenomenon. [read more...]
Review of TT6-3 Colin Baron & David Stroud - Church planting and the gift of leadership: how to make a church plant thriveNewfrontiers Leadership Conference 2006 - Training Track 6-3This session was so useful (especially for me in my current situation) that I decided to make much more detailed notes. I think that most of his points are of value to any church leadership, not just those who are church planting. [read more...]
Let Conscience Speak by David FountainMy father wrote this booklet as a series of articles in 1973, but it remains one of the best studies available of the Biblical teaching on the conscience. I have just had it typed and uploaded it to http://loveintruth.com/dgf/conscience [read more...]
The ResurrectionOn Sunday I preached on the resurrection*. As I was preparing for it I was very stirred by some things that Richard Gaffin wrote in his "Redemption and Resurrection: An exercise in biblical-systematic theology". I am captivated by the idea that the resurrection is a fragment of the future that has invaded the present reality. It is our very first sight of that awsome new creation that one day will rise from the ashes of the present heavens and earth. Here are some quotes (and please don't be put off by the academic language: [read more...]
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