Clapham Calling

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Glad to be back

We have started to get ourselves organised into teams at Church. The hope is that as many people as possible can do "works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up". I have given that a lot of thought and attention to the detriment of this blog.

I will resume a normal service. My blogs have always been laid back and informal.  If you can’t keep up with the pace, I can recommend some great blogs about Church and Theology. 

The first is from Adrian Reynolds who is the Pastor of Yatley Baptist church. He regularly updates his blog with great insights on life which end with a scriptural application. I think I have met him only once even though we are in the same district of our Church Association.

Second Justin Buzzard author of Buzzard Blog is a Pastor of  Central Peninsula Church, Foster City, California. His blog is also well worth a read as his posts are just the right length to keep your attention while you (well while I) trawl blogs looking for something interesting. I do get envious though of the times he gets out and about in the great outdoors while we are in the concrete jungle. 

http://adrianreynolds.blogspot.com/  

http://buzzardblog.typepad.com/buzzard_blog/

John Piper :: The Gospel in 6 minutes

THEOLOGIAN TRADING CARDS

Have you got yours yet?

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Bible geography helps

Here is a great resource for biblical geography it includes:

1. Interactive maps & GoogleEarth

2.Traditional maps & powerpoint maps

3. Photos of places & archaeology

47 New Testament manuscripts in Original Greek found

“Treasure trove” of “New Testament manuscripts handwritten in the original Greek” found in Albania. Link

Does your Church need a new name?

Mark Driscoll helps you choose a name for your church.

John Piper on the 10 Commandments and parenting

The Ten Commandments are not central in Christian parenting. The gospel is.

The gospel is the rule and power by which we teach our children to live. The gospel is the culminating word of God that can break in on our children, who are born in sin, and by the power of the Holy Spirit bring about the new birth and forgiveness of sins and strength in suffering and biblical maturity.

Successful parenting is more than compliant kids. It is gospel-saturated living and teaching—a gospel is not just something that begins the Christian life but empowers it and shapes and sustains it.

Changed and sustained by the gospel, our children can rebel against the low expectations of adolescence and “do hard things” in a way that magnifies Jesus.