Carson, Keller & Piper in conversation
I’m very slow on the uptake – but if you’ve not seen this series of videos made last October, then check them out. Full of insight and interesting perspectives. Here is the first one. For better quality viewing, and for the rest, go here
Ministry maxims – advice along the way.
Further to my suggestion a few weeks back that people should get hold of Carson & Woodbridge’s Letters along the way, I started thinking about the pieces of advice that various bods have given us down the years. So here is a little anthology. On your first assistant ministry post: Choose the boss, not the job! […]
New Word Alive talks now online
The chaps at New Word Alive Media have been slaving away to get all the talks and seminars from both New Word Alive weeks available online. At only £1 per mp3 download they are certainly more reasonable than some pay per download sites. They even have 2 downloads for free, which are not to be […]
Billy Graham at TED on the limits of Technology
I love TED – it’s a mine of great stuff. I downloaded this ages ago – but have only now got round to watching it. Brilliant. 10 years ago, Billy Graham spoke at TED – not exactly the natural environment for preachers. But despite even then being a bit doddery and not in the best […]
Musical Goose Bumps: top classical shiver moments
Ok – this won’t include U2. In fact it won’t include anything remotely connected to the rock world. Just the product of insomnia: for when i can’t sleep it seems that the urge to list is uncontrollable. So here it is. Sometimes it’s particularly hard to pick out bits, so i’ve just listed the whole […]
Keller on why Love is ALWAYS substititionary (LMC09)
Was at the London Men’s Convention today – held in the ‘baroque splendour’ of the ExCeL centre (i’m sure there’s a reason why it has to be capitalised like that, but i couldn’t be bothered to discover it). 3000 men, merrily singing along to Stuart Townend and Phatfish, and listening to some great teaching, as well […]
A N Wilson changes his Easter tune!
I was a green and callow undergraduate in 1992 – present at a debate between A N Wilson (who’d recently produced his iconoclastic hatchet job, Jesus) and Anthony Harvey, who’d given the Bampton Lectures and subsequently written Jesus & The Constraints of History. It’s etched on my memory, not least because it was so frustrating […]
Why Easter is Jesus not Lazarus
It came up in a question at NWA last week after one of my talks. And it’s important. Because it marks the fundamental difference between what happened to Lazarus and what happened to Jesus. Lazarus was rescusitated, only to die again; Jesus was raised, never to die again. To illustrate, here is the relevant bit from […]
Resurrection Bullets – a few thoughts for Easter 09
To coincide with EA’s Slipstream co-ordinated blogathon for Easter, here are a few random bullets on Jesus’ Resurrection. And because i feel in the mood for some alliteration, here is some alliteration… The attractions of accepting it One could mention a zillion things – but here a few of the big ones: JESUS: Jesus is […]
Carson & Woodbridge: Letters Along The Way
Following on from the post about Carson’s Q&A, as i reflected on what he was saying about ministry and calling etc, I remembered reading Carson & Woodbridge’s ‘Christian novel’ Letters Along The Way. It came out in 1993, and i remember reading it with huge benefit. I’ve a horrible feeling it is out of print […]
NWA2 2009 – Carson off the cuff
Am here at Haven Pwllheli (oh joys) for New Word Alive week 2. First time our kids have come to one of these sorts of things – and thankfully, despite their initial fears, they are having a ball. So that’s a relief. Here doing the Rough Guide to the Bible in the mornings – but […]
When a trillion really is worthless (or will be, sooner than you think)
1 trillion is a big number. And it’s making big news in G20 circles. Of course, we’re all very pleased and happy as it’s going to save the world, thanks to Messrs Brown and Obama. Hurrah for them. Trillions really are the new billions, it seems. But spare a thought for ordinary Zimbabweans. Wherea trillion […]
