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The best Christian resource website I’ve seen in a long time
Thanks to Dan Steel for spotting this!
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The world’s oldest New Testament manuscript – what does it reveal about Jesus?
‘Dr Dirk Jongkind, a Research Fellow at Tyndale House, pieces together the earliest manuscript evidence for the New Testament and shows how it tells the story of Jesus’ trial before Pilate. Find out...
View ArticleWhy I’m not keeping Sunday special
I’m preaching a series through the 10 commandments at City Church at the moment. Last Sunday it was on the 4th commandment ‘Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy’. Here are the five reason I gave...
View Article38,000 spoons, 18,000 tiles, 355 coffee pots, and even 100 bibles
Philip Ryken in his excellent commentary on Exodus includes the following list of items stolen from a single hotel in its first year of opening; 38,000 spoons. 18,000 tiles, 355 coffee pots, and even...
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What books are essential to a preacher’s library?
Jake Eggertsen has put together a great post having collected wisdom from a number of ministers on the books they read and believe all preachers should read. Here are my answers to his three questions...
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Did Jesus have a wife? A Cambridge scholar sheds light on new claims
Reading some of the media output of the last 24 hours and you’d be forgiven for thinking a new ‘gospel’ had been discovered shedding light on the life of Jesus and challenging our traditional...
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What’s the difference between the New Testament gospels and all the others?
Simon Gathercole is a New Testament scholar at Cambridge University who is also a leading expert on other so-called gospels. He has written books on the gospel of Judas and the gospel of Thomas. In...
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‘It seems that we simply do not need each other as once we did…’
Every time I’ve heard Peter Jensen he’s been thought-provoking and always insightful. In his closing presidential address to the Anglican Synod in Sydney he spoke on The challenge of the gospel against...
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Is Wright wrong about women bishops?
So NT Wright (formerly Bishop of Durham and now Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary’s College, St Andrews) has declared in the Times newspaper (£) that the argument...
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Whose fault is it anyway? JC Ryle and God’s offer of salvation
JC Ryle asks ‘Who is responsible when people refuse God’s offer in the gospel?’ There is nothing wanting on God’s part for the salvation of sinners’ souls: no one will ever be able to say at last that...
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Gospel-Centred Biblical Preaching
Over this past week I’ve taken part in this year’s City to City Europe conference in Prague. Over 200 church-planters from over 60 cities throughout Europe attended and I was asked to speak at a...
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Making your sermon not just biblical but gospel centered
In the first extract from my seminar notes on ‘Gospel-centred Biblical preaching’ I focused on the need for preaching to be preaching that does not abuse the text of scripture, nor even use the text of...
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Could your sermon have been written by Nike? Gospel-driven preaching
So far in this series we’ve considered how preaching needs to be both biblical and gospel-centred. A sermon is biblical if the big idea of the passage being preached is the main application of the...
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From the producer of ‘The Apprentice’ comes ‘The Bible’ on Channel 5 from...
From tonight (30th November, 9pm) Channel 5 will start to air a 10 part tv series called The Bible. The man behind the project, Mark Burnett, is a Christian and the British-born produced of reality TV...
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How to buy the best commentary for every book of the Bible
Looking for help in buying the best commentary? Here’s an excellent resource to guide you to the best commentaries to buy on each book of the Bible. Whether you’re looking for an introductory or more...
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Spurgeon on overcoming your fears
Each evening before I go to sleep I read one of CH Spurgeon’s evening readings from Morning and Evening: Daily Readings (available on-line here and in audio here). One of my favourites is April 8th,...
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All these commentaries for just £4.99 each
Over 20 NIV Application Commentaries available on Amazon Kindle for just £4.99. No idea how long the deal will list so get them while you can
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11 great commentaries all available for £2 each on kindle
This super series of short, accessible, Christ-centred commentaries are available on Kindle for £2 each. If you’re building a library as a preacher or just looking for something to help you in small...
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