Three Streams

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Entries for December, 2008

John Piper on church planting

Church planting is definitely ‘in’. It seems to be the ‘now thing’.  All you need to do is check out the websites of some of the most popular Christian denominations and movements and you will see just how ‘in’ church planting is. The websites of Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill, New Frontiers, Tim Chester’s Crowded House, [...]

What does the New Testament actually teach about the gift of tongues and prophesy? Part One

One of the greatest areas of division among Christians has been, and continues to be, the issue of spiritual gifts. In particular the gifts of speaking in tongues and prophesy. I plan to explore these areas over several blog posts. This post is going to look at the biblical attitude towards speaking in tongues and prophesying.
Attitude [...]

The Calvin Blog 2009

Reformation 21 are blogging through Calvin’s institutes begining in January 2009. You can contact them for a reading schedule inorder to read with them as they study it and blog about it. I guess its a bit like an online book club.
I plan to take advantage of the opportunity as I bought a copy of [...]

Why were not emergent (by two guys who should be) Book Review

Well, I’ve just returned from the Scottish Highlands and for three days I’ve been mobile-less, blog-less but not book-less! My holiday companion was this book by Kevin Deyoung and Ted Kluck Why were not emmergent (by two guys who should be).
Whats it all about?
As you can tell the book is about the emergent church [...]

Terry Virgo Biography: No well worn paths and Smith Wigglesworth prophesy

Well, I have finally managed to finish Terry Virgo’s no well worn paths. I don’t normally take so long to read a book but life has been and continues to be very busy!
What can I say about the book?
Its great! A fantastic outline of the history of the UK charismatic movement. As I read it [...]


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