Category Archives: City of God
Modernism & Postmodernism
A little while ago I highlighted Doug Wilson’s ongoing series of blog posts on Mere Christendom. Here’s a little snippet I like from the latest entry: What we call Enlightenment modernity was just the period when our public authorities fell … Continue reading
Mere Christendom
I’m pro Christendom. So I’m really enjoying Pastor Doug Wilson blogging on ‘Mere Christendom.’ If that’s something that interests you, you can see the whole series here.
Pro Christendom [update]
You may have got the feeling from somewhere that I am in favour of what could be called ‘Christendom.’ I have to admit it, yes, it’s true. Despite the fact that this is, in some people’s eyes, a little bit … Continue reading
The City of God is not an uptown apartment block
I’ve just come across this great piece from someone involved in the Acts 29 Network. It seems as the unique vision that God’s given so many church planters is almost identical. Phrases like “gospel-centered”, “missional”, and “cultural renewal” are littered … Continue reading
free sermons from Tim Keller
Pastor Tim Keller, though I’ve never spoken with him personally, has nevertheless helped me enormously in my discipleship the last few years. In fact, Tim Keller’s ministry was one of my entry-points to the creation-affirming, holistic, civilisation-building theology to which … Continue reading
50th post
This is the fiftieth post since I started this blog (the old blog can be found here, if you’re interested). It is appropriate that this minor milestone should include a quote from Dave Bish, whose bluefish blog is both pioneering … Continue reading
Children’s Church
More on the report I mentioned earlier today. Reading through the report’s recommendations and taking them as a whole, it seems like we need a society that welcomes, protects, serves, nurtures, and disciplines children. Add an ‘in the Lord’ to … Continue reading
Fridays are for Calvinism
2009 marks 500 years since the French reformer John Calvin was born. There are a variety of things going on around the world, and around the internet marking this anniversary, for example see here and here and here. Calvin was … Continue reading
building heaven on earth
There are helpful phrases and there are unhelpful phrases. Most phrases fall somewhere in the middle and their ‘helpfulness’ is all about context. For example, I can’t remember how many times I’ve heard the phrase ‘don’t try to build heaven … Continue reading
family matters
Last sunday I preached the first in a sermon series taking the theme ‘the family of God’ and tracing it through the bible storyline. My passage was Genesis 1:24-2:25, though I really only preached on the end of ch1. As ever, … Continue reading
More on the cattle
More thoughts on the Jonah 4:11 cattle. 1. If part of the significance of the cattle is that they represented Ninevah’s wealth, it strikes me there must be some pretty pertinent application(s) to be made from God’s concern for them … Continue reading
…and much cattle
During an excellent sermon yesterday on ‘God, Sheffield, and the Gospel,’ I was reminded of the remarkable ending to the book of Jonah; Jonah 4:11. And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 … Continue reading
New blog.
This is my new blog. You can find my old blog and all the posts I did while at theological college here. If you want to know a little bit more about me then take a look here. If you … Continue reading
