Author: Andy Evans

Making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland

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Sermon Notes: Songs of Ascent – The Lord my Restorer

These are the notes of a sermon preached at Firwood Church by Andy Evans on the morning of the 15 March 2009; these notes are, therefore, intended to be read in conjunction with the sermon. To download or stream the sermon, click here. To download the notes of the sermon in PDF format, click here.…
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ASK: Coming Soon

In his most recent blog (read here), Phill challenges believers to welcome, relish and ask those tough questions of Scripture and of God, confident that those who seek truth will find it in Him. This is the heart which underpins ASK, a weekly vodcast/podcast which will be launched at firwood.church from the 1 April 2009.…
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Wifehood, Motherhood and the Gospel

This is not primarily a discussion of womanhood or of what it means to be a wife or a mother. It is important that you know this from the outset, because what I intend to write is both controversial and viewed with some disdain within some quarters of evangelicalism. If you misunderstand the intentions of…
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The Word of God: How to Read the Bible, part 2 (3/5)

This is the third post in a five part series considering what the Bible teaches about itself. The previous posts in this series are 1. How Not to Read the Bible, 2. How to Read the Bible, part 1. The final two posts in this series are 4. How the Bible Reads Us and 5. Reading the Bible, a…
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Recommended Online Resources

I recently heard Dr John Piper posed with the question, ‘Would Jesus have used the internet?’, reply, ‘Probably, but sparingly and very carefully’ (to watch, click here). For the Christian, it is true that the internet can be a dangerous place full of temptation and opportunities to sin. To illustrate this, as I upload this…
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Sermon Notes: Songs of Ascent – The Lord my Dwelling Place

These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans at Firwood Church on the morning of the 8 February 2009; these notes are intended to be read in conjunction with the sermon. To download or stream the sermon, click here. To download the notes for this sermon as a PDF document, click here. SONGS OF…
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Husbandhood, Fatherhood and the Gospel

  As I watched this interview with Dr D.A. Carson in which he speaks about his family, his upbringing and his early days in ministry, there is an observation that he makes that struck me to the very core, The worst kind of Christian family to be raised in is one with high spiritual pretensions,…
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Sermon Notes: Songs of Ascent – The Lord my Keeper

These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans at Firwood Church on the morning of the 8 February 2009; these notes are intended to be read in conjunction with the sermon. To download or stream the sermon, click here. To download the notes for this sermon as a PDF document, click here.…
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Sermon Notes: Songs of Ascent – The Lord My Deliverer

These are the notes of a sermon preached by Andy Evans at Firwood Church on the morning of the 1 February 2009; these notes are intended to be read in conjunction with the sermon. To download or stream the sermon, click here. To download the notes for this sermon as a PDF document, click here.…
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