Archive for June, 2007

Terry Virgo

Friday, June 29th, 2007

All this week Adrian Warnock has been interviewing Terry Virgo, you can read all four parts of the interview here:
Terry Virgo: Leader of Newfrontiers
Terry Virgo on the Early Days
Terry Virgo on the Distinctives of Newfrontiers
Terry Virgo on the Future (fascinating!)
These make interesting reading if you’re wondering what Newfrontiers is about, why it looks like it […]

Why do Theology?

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Theology in its ‘proper’ sense involves delving into and investigating the character of God. That is pretty much the root of it.
So, why should Christians do that?
Simple. Christian were called out of darkness for a purpose: to be worshippers. Note that that is not ‘to offer worship.’ The distinction is that God is not after […]

The Gospel: 7

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

The Gospel Is:
Sin Dealt With
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:24
I’ve said this before. I’m going to say it again, and again. We have a problem. Why is it so important to […]

Happenings

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

Just a quick overview of the last few weeks and why I haven’t been posting:
Last week I was at Let’s Go! This was a week of intensive street evangelism in an area of Nottingham called St Ann’s. St Ann’s is famous for its violent (especially gun related) crime, but it’s lovely: the people are warm, […]

Imputation Explained

Friday, June 1st, 2007

So, I’ve gone on about ‘the Imputation of Righteousness’ a lot over the last year. I wrote my dissertation on it, I’ve made blog posts about it. What though, in simple terms, is it?
I think this is as simple as I can make it:

We lack the status of sons before God.
This is because of our […]