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S.M. (Bod Alwyn) God set before me love To draw my soul to him, But I was bound in Satan's chains And revelled in my sin. I saw the mercy seat, Was taught the way to go; I saw that Christ had died for sin, But did not want to know. I would not follow him, I fought against his call, But God would...

Several weeks ago a dear friend sent a lecture to me, titled, " Theology of Presence in Missions ." While I do not recall all of the details of the lecture, I was especially struck by the way in which the lecturer is going about planting a church. He is using all of the standard tactics (e.g.,...

A few weeks ago I drew attention to some community pricing offers at Logos that might be of interest to Baptists. Of those, the Baptist Covenant Theology Collection has now crept over the edge and is now available (as a pre-order until Friday) at around $20, dropping lower if there are more orders...

When we are tempted to sin, to what or to whom do we look? The standard answer, which is appropriate, is Christ. We look to him, the great healer and physician, the alpha and omega of our faith, by faith . That lens through which we look to Jesus (i.e., faith) is that intangible reality whereby we...

It is good of Todd to come back to me about fruitfulness (there's not been enough back and forth on Ref 21 for a while) and I appreciate that if you start caring about fruitfulness too much you might end up like Steve Furtick. I'm not sure the slippery slope, thin end of the wedge logic is...

I managed to sneak in a few hours at the Banner of Truth Ministers Conference in Leicester last week. I was unable to stay for more than a day, but heard a sweet sermon from Andrew Davies, what was for me a somewhat ungrounded disquisition on sin by the very engaging David Meredith, and a thought-...

Much is being said about Donald Sterling's alleged racist remarks . From the landslide of articles written, Facebook and Twitter posts, the verdict seems clear. He made racist comments. While I would love to weigh in on the controversy, I cannot. I did not listen fully to his remarks, whether the...

To say I have no interest in Old Calvinism/ New Calvinism, New School/ Old School is a colossal understatement. It's not my fight; not once has it even crossed my radar in ministry, though I realise it's been a big issue for Walker down in Crawley!! I read Rick Phillips piece with interest...

I earlier wrote a couple of posts on the attitude that Old Calvinist types like me should take towards the New Calvinism movement. The first post argued that Old Calvinists should be generally grateful for the New Calvinism, while the second post argued that Old Calvinists should resist jumping on...

John Chapman , known as 'Chappo', is something of a legendary figure in conservative evangelicalism in the UK. If you've moved in the Proc Trust orbit no discussion of ministry can take place without a Chappo anecdote. For those of you who don't know of him, he was a remarkably gifted Australian...