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For many years I have wanted to go and get involved in planting churches. It was the main reason I initially moved to Bristol. At that time there was a relatively young church in the centre of Bristol which had a vision for planting further churches within the city. After spending a few years in that church I joined the plant made [...] While worshipping God this last Sunday morning I had something of a revelation. Perhaps to many of you what was (potentially) life changing to me won’t be news at all. But I wanted to write about it anyway! The thought process that led to the revelation began with the question of why God created everything. Someone was bringing a [...] Way back in February 2006 John Piper wrote an article called “Don’t Waste Your Cancer“. In the last year or so I find myself regularly coming back to this article in an attempt to help me understand how to handle suffering. With my own fibromyalgia and, more recently, the discovery that my mother has [...] Over the last few months I have begun to wonder more and more whether or not some of my assumptions about my health are true. For example: it feels like I couldn’t possibly do any of the things that God has called me to do, or gifted me to do in the past. My health simply doesn’t seem [...] This morning, while going through all my Twitter updates, I came across a short article by John Piper on why he doesn’t own a television or go to movies. One of the problems I face with my recent health problems is that I rarely have any energy (and I mean any!) or concentration. This means that I [...] Recently a friend of mine, Al Shaw, asked me, via Twitter: Yeah, so what is it with you and Iceland? Give us the inside story. Huh? A blog post, perhaps…. So here is the inside story… I’m afraid that it’s not a very exciting one. I have a fascination with a unique people and a rich culture. As I [...] One of the subjects that I have given most thought to in my life is the sovereignty of God. In particular, I’ve wrestled with the implications of a sovereign God on human freedom and responsibility. Let me start out by saying that my position is very much a reformed one. I have come to a place (and [...] A little while ago, I was in a car with some very dear male friends and I overheard one of them, in the context of a discussion of men and worship, say that he didn’t think love or intimacy were particularly male attributes. At the time I was shocked and, I must admit, a little angry. [...] Last week I listened to a sermon by John Piper called What Is the Recession For?. I was exceedingly challenged by some of the things he said, not just in terms of the recession and any present financial difficulties, but also from the point of view of general suffering and troubles. Life for me and my [...] |
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