Monthly Archives: July 2009

Ministry Trainee Apprentice @ Holy Trinity

Posted on July 23, 2009 by

The advert for our ministry trainee post at Holy Trinity is now on the 9:38 website. If you love the Lord Jesus, want to test and develop your gifts for bible teaching and ministry in a multi-cultural urban area, we’d … Continue reading →

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The Top 10 on Transforming Grace (2008-09)

Posted on July 16, 2009 by

This time last year I posted the top 10 posts of the year.  Like this time last year I’ll take a break from blogging. I’m going back to the CPAS youth summer camp at Edgehill school in Devon then having … Continue reading →

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Robert Haldane on objective faith

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

I love this quote from Robert Haldane (1764-1842) as it turns believers inside out. As I said yesterday, the neonomian has one eye on the cross and the other eye on self as he mixes faith and works as the … Continue reading →

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When faith is weakened by the law

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

There is a constant battle in the soul of every Christian believer between the lure of neonomian faith (the mixture of law and gospel) and pure faith in Christ for salvation, justification, acceptance and the love of God. Here Ebenezer … Continue reading →

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Gone has come back

Posted on July 9, 2009 by

On Wednesday morning I woke early after dreaming that Gone was back at the door. At 10:00am heavy footsteps outside my study made my heart leap and then the bell rang. It was my church warden. This morning, as I … Continue reading →

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Gone has gone

Posted on July 8, 2009 by

The vicar’s wife is on blog leave this week. If you’ve been following the story of Gone, please pray for him. He is in Betel where we pray God will transform him from one degree of glory into another.

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Does faith save us?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by

In what way does faith save us? Here Ebenezer Erskine gives the best summary I have found of saving faith in the object and person of Christ. Faith as obedience to the law but not work. Faith as living in … Continue reading →

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The BBC: too narrow and negative

Posted on July 6, 2009 by

I blogged last week on the danger of a gospel denying fault line in the Anglican Communion and am sad to see that the BBC is exacerbating the fault line by its narrow and negative reporting of the matter. Headlines … Continue reading →

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From the vicarage July 2009

Posted on July 2, 2009 by

From the vicarage published in the church magazine in July 2009 (this month as I write). It’s hard to escape the news this week that Jordon and Pete Andre have split up. Apparently Pete has had enough of the way … Continue reading →

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From the vicarage June 2009

Posted on July 1, 2009 by

Here’s the third of four, “From the vicarage” first published in the church magazine in June 2009. We each have a story and I have been reminded of mine as I read Psalm 107 this week. After leaving home aged … Continue reading →

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