The always-excellent Pyros have some great material this week on a topic that’s been bouncing around a little in my head. First, Dan Philips on understanding discipleship The Greek word translated disciple is perfectly straightforward and uncontroversial. It is μαθητὴς (mathētēs), and it means “student, pupil, learner.” That’s it. What, you’re waiting for some deeply-spiritual, mystical sense? [...]
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The Annual Moore College Lectures are underway Good preaching is more than historical revelation, skilled oration, or the ability to give multimedia presentations. Rather it is the present Word of God to His people. And it is to communicate this that is the preacher’s first calling. Rev Chris Green, Oak Hill Theological College, London will deliver the [...]
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The Unashamed Workman is back! Colin Adams’ blog is for preachers, to encourage and equip them in what they do. The aims of Unashamed Workman are: To promote and defend the vital and central practice of expository preaching for the sake of the church and the unevangelised. To encourage pastors and missionaries who are involved [...]
View PostYou may have (but probably, and thankfully, haven't) seen the recent tizz in the States over another of the shock-flock pastors (see, I just coined a phrase) Perry Noble. Perry, it seems, thought it would be helpful to play ACDC's “Highway to Hell” [wiki] on Easter Sunday in order to confront those stuffy traditionalists who [...]
View PostOxygen Day 2 from Sydneyanglicans.net on Vimeo. One thing is becoming increasingly clear to me as I attend Oxygen - God has been very, very good to us in giving us men like John Piper and John Lennox. Piper's 2 talks today were astoundingly brilliant. Again, there were individual elements that left me unpersuaded but the [...]
View Postwe heard the news about John Stott while in Manhattan and had the enormous privilege of being at All Souls, Langham Place on Sunday morning to share with our fomer church family. Like so many other articles written, I have distinct memories of Uncle John. Three come to mind. First is reading his book “Christ., the [...]
View PostGreat little article [pdf] by Doug Wilson in The North American Anglican: In other words, what the Anglicans did [in the 17th Century] mattered very much to those outside the Church of England. Their differences were great, but for those disposed to look for it, the commonality was greater. And while circumstances alter, and the current landscape looks very different in many [...]
View PostThis week in our “Preaching the Pronouns” series at church we've reached “Them” – the doctrine of the unbeliever. Though I'm not preaching this week, I did have to pick songs for us to sing together. Have you ever tried to pick songs on the theme of God's judgement? Perhaps you'd think that's tricky? Curiously, [...]
View PostIf you are, too, then you'll appreciate this… via Gospel-Centered Musings
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