Adrian Warnock has been writing online on this site since 2003. Like many Patheos bloggers he first had his own site which later migrated here. Here we share his most visited posts since records began. Google Analytics is changing and the old data can’t be transported from the old system to the new one.  So ..read more

The resurrection of Jesus is not just about changing individual lives. The whole universe is going to experience a resurrection. It will be made new. There will be no more pain, no more sickness, no more death. We will live together in a glorious renewed creation with our Creator ..read more

Jesus commands us to go into all the world and create new followers of him.  You clearly can’t follow a dead person, so the Great Commission comes to us from our risen saviour! As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you. JOHN 20:21 Jesus was sent into this world to bring ..read more

Can a Christian experience God's love in such a way that they feel sure they are going to heaven? Receiving the Holy Spirit is Luke's preferred term for baptism in the Holy Spirit in Acts.  This is mostly about us being assured that we are Christians by the love of God being poured out into our hearts.  I realise it is a controversial subject, but I hope I have handled it in a balanced way.   ..read more

The greatest goal of Paul’s life was a relationship with the resurrected Jesus. He considered everything else as worthless rubbish compared to this one thing. Paul claimed that knowing Jesus is the most critical thing, without which we will not be able to be changed by the power of Jesus’ resurrection ..read more

Same-sex partnership prayer services have led to Rico Tice leaving the Church of England and joining the Presbyterians. Evangelicals have been leaving the Church of England for centuries while some have felt that they should stay as a faithful remnant ..read more

God’s Word brings his resurrecting power. We live in a society where the value of words has been greatly diminished. We often talk about “mere words.” Actually, words can bring life and death. Words are powerful. They can steal hope away, and they can give it back again ..read more

Down through the centuries countless Christians who have been used by God in remarkable ways have been particularly devoted to prayer. Yet ordinary Christians like you and me often feel guilty at the mere mention of the word ..read more

Jesus was our obedience substitute during his life, our punishment substitute in his death, and our rebirth substitute in his resurrection. When we become united with Jesus, his life of obedience, his painful death, and his resurrection into glorious power are all credited to us. When someone becomes a Christian, a spiritually dead person is united with a life-giving one. His resurrection produces a resurrection in us. We are connected to the same power that raised Christ from the dead ..read more

Jesus contradicts and rebukes modern Western Culture.  Are his followers today counter cultural enough? 1. Follow your heart → Jesus said, “Follow me”(John 8:12). When Jesus tells us to follow him he doesn’t mean to subscribe to his updates on social media.  He commands us to follow only him. MORE 2. Look after your self ..read more