Powerful! This is what Easter means. Nobody took His life, but He lay it down for you and me.
Author: Anthony Delaney
I speak, I write, I lead.
#GoodFriday Alan Taylor – how do we measure God’s love for us?
Ever fallen to your knees in prayer? What does it take to bring you to your knees? To pray on your knees. It has to be pretty serious to bring us to our knees. Eph 3:14-18 says that’s what Paul does when he prays that people would understand the love of God in Christ He prays that they’d get it. A lot of people don’t get Good Friday Why is it Good? Why does Jesus dying bring us peace? We need to learn – at the cross – that the love of God isn’t something you earn or deserve, just receive. Jn 17:26 Jesus measures out the love for us At the cross. At how high and wide and deep and long it is. We measure out our accomplishments & achievements to get our value The world says I will love you IF it’s always conditional We try and fail to get our love that way. God measures out his love for us and fits it to us Who would die for you Put themselves under a bus for you […]
That Jew Died For You (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXmr_weg2ao The link to this site was sent to me by a friend who’s involved with Jews For Jesus. Having been to Auschwitz twice, I found it compelling. Tomorrow is Good Friday. In the face of tragedy or pain people often ask the question or level the charge ‘Where was God when…’ When I speak at our service on ‘Measuring the love of God – how long and wide and high and deep,’ my focus throughout this Easter weekend is to remember, whatever we go through – our God is right there, the suffering servant and the risen Lord.
Before you complain about the hand you were dealt…
I’ve seen one or two videos of Nick teaching before, but what he does AND what he says about why he has this incredible attitude is totally inspiring.
Matty Hawthorne at Ivy Sharston.
Dropping the F-Bomb Judgment is God’s jobBut sometimes we think he’s too soft maybe? And 17 years later his brothers still mistrust his love Joseph said ‘Who made me God?! I’m not God!’ You meant to hurt me but God turned your evil for good Holding onto resentment closes down your wide angle lens It could be enormous or trivial The fire of anger is burning – do I get over it, or get over it Drop the f-bomb Forgiveness Because without that- bitterness is your only option From now on I route all my thoughts about that person from God. What weighs me down? What am I carrying around? Guilt – IOU Anger – U owe me Greed – I owe me (I deserve to indulge this) Jealousy – God owes me Forgiveness is setting yourself free- Don’t live with a clenched fist Or a clenched heart Show an open palm, this Palm Sunday: When Jesus came to show us forgiveness, how much it costs – And how that beats Everything with love. We can give grace if we […]
The Beautiful Gospel – Brad Jersak at Ivy – #Bgbg2 for @wtctheology
Brad hails from Canada and teaches Gospel Studies on the faculty of Westminster Theological Centre (which I am delighted to be a trustee of and teach on). My notes from his talk last week. He talks fast so I got as much as I could!! The beautiful gospel is of a God of unfailing love. It’s not a sales pitch I have to convince people of. A presentation that prisoners and the poor say ‘YES!’ to because it’s good news to them. The gospel in itself does not need upgrading. It’s a faith once delivered to the apostles from the Lord Jesus. But we need to be careful how we tweak our presentation of it, for every generation – so they hear it. We can have approaches, but it’s not steps. He then showed us the gospel in chairs: with two chairs (one black and one white chair). How I heard the gospel first off: the version I came to Christ through – was the legal gospel. Composed by Calvin. Courtroom image. Sin is lawbreaking that must be punished. God can […]
Ready – Aim – Preach!
Imagine walking through the woods and suddenly you hear the crack of a rifle, you hit the deck as branches snap around you. What the heck?!
Mike Starkey at Ivy – Fashion, Introspection and Providence. #Bgbg2
The journey of faith is not me inviting God into my story. It’s me looking outward beyond myself. And saying ‘I want to play in your story.’
Blah Blah Blah Preaching
You get no credit for looking in the mirror and knowing you’re a mess. What will you DO? You can memorise 12 great principles of successful marriage and still be instant messaging behind her back to that young girl in the office. It’s the same with money, parenting, or business. The blessing doesn’t come because I know. Or don’t.
Atomic Preaching #Bgbg2
I came to faith partly as a result of hearing one great evangelistic sermon, but later when I first started regularly attending church I figured sermons were just something you just had to get through 95% of the time, perhaps because purgatory had been abolished.