A rant on applying 1 Corinthians 1
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »Over the next few weeks I am preaching through 1 Corinthians 1-4 at Unichurch. In preparation I have listened to about 5 or 6 sermons on 1 Corinthians 1. These have been from leading evangelical preachers in leading churches from across ...
Atheist Delusions: Part 1, Introduction
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »In the introduction, Hart sets up what he is trying to do. It's not to offer a point-by-point refutation of atheist arguments, nor to 'convert' anybody to Christianity as such, nor is it to defend institutional Christianity. On the ...
Atheist Delusions, by David Bentley Hart
Monday, April 12th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Every so often you read a book that demands a second and third reading. David Bentley Hart's Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and It's Fashionable Enemies is one such book. As the title suggests, this is Hart's response to the ...
Exciting Changes at Unichurch
Thursday, April 1st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »I'm very excited to announce that the Shiners are expecting again - God has blessed us with twins! This September Susan, Miles, Theodore, Oscar and I are going to be joined by Rupert and Seamus. If these two are as ...
On going to two or more churches…
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Here's a record of some comments I made to the congregation last Sunday. A whole stack of fruitful conversations came out of it, so thanks! You guys rock. "In the next few weeks I want to talk to you about some ...
A atheist on being evangelized
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I find this very moving. 5 minutes, but worth it. Penn gets a Bible
“A single note hanging there, unwavering…”
Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »In the film Amadeus, Salieri gives a wonderful description of Mozart's music. You can listen to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxgZcMGmkkI It reminds me in many ways of the first two chapters of Luke's gospel. Luke tells a story that will eventually record the ...
On Baptism
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »(The elderly pastor, Rev John Ames, watching his young son and a friend playing in a sprinkler) "The sprinkler is a magnificent invention because it exposes raindrops to the sunshine. That does occur in nature, but it is rare. When I ...
Romans 5:12-26
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »As you would have heard if you were there on Sunday, I tend to go with Henri Blocher's understanding of Romans 5:12-14. The problem is the relationship between the "one man's sin" and the fact that "all sinned." Does this ...
Would anyone miss us?
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »"If Unichurch disappeared tomorrow, would anyone miss us?" This was the very clarifying question I was throwing around with one of the brothers from Claremont Baptist Church last week. If our churches were to pull up stumps, would there be ...
