Monthly Archives: February 2009

How living faith lives

Posted on February 26, 2009 by

The Christian life is like a three course meal, but many Christians have only the starter and desert. Beginning with the cross, finding their past sins forgiven, many Christians then look forward to future glory, but miss the main course. … Continue reading →

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7 reasons to grasp justification by faith

Posted on February 23, 2009 by

In his book, The Marrow of True Justification, Benjamin Keach gives 7 reasons why Christians should grasp the doctrine of justification by faith: Because the doctrine of justification is one of the greatest and most weighty subjects I can insist … Continue reading →

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Moving

Posted on February 19, 2009 by

We are moving home, church, kids’ school and town today. I’ve been curate of St Luke’s for 3 years and 8 months. It has been a good season. The cross has regained centre ground in my life and I’ve come … Continue reading →

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How the cross enables ‘liberal’ church

Posted on February 18, 2009 by

Following on from yesterday’s post on Council Estate Christianity, I preached through Romans at the end of last year and have seen the need for justification by faith alone to be re-established in my life and church life as the … Continue reading →

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Another Christian Inner City Blogger

Posted on February 17, 2009 by

I recently discovered Duncan Forbes’ blog, Council Estate Christianity. I’m about to move, next week, from one inner city church to another and have found Duncan’s stuff spot on. Here’s some of his really useful observations from his blog category … Continue reading →

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The vicar’s wife and lads’ mags

Posted on February 16, 2009 by

There’s been little local storm brewing over at the Express and Star after they ran an article about the successful complaint by the vicar’s wife which led to lads’ mags at Asda being moved to the top shelf. I was … Continue reading →

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The Doubts of Liberalism and Darwinism

Posted on February 12, 2009 by

One striking aspect of the popular liberal theology of the last century was a retreat to the subjective in the face of the bullish confidence of the scientific era. Liberal theology had its doubts because scientists had none. There are … Continue reading →

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Down Grading Christ (2)

Posted on February 11, 2009 by

In this extract from The Down Grade Controversy, Charles Spurgeon highlights the danger of both theological and practical Arianism. The former denies the theological principles of Christ as fully God and fully man and the latter denies Christ by an … Continue reading →

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Down Grading Christ (1)

Posted on February 10, 2009 by

I’ve begun reading Charles Spurgeon’s The Down Grade Controversy. The following clips from the first chapter briefly outline all sorts of ways in which ministers can drift away from the central wonders of Christ crucified: By some means or other, … Continue reading →

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Who to spend time with?

Posted on February 9, 2009 by

Every church leader has a limited time to meet with people. Who should this time be spent with and what should be done in this time? The following diagrams come from Chris Green’s lectures at Oak Hill College on ministry … Continue reading →

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