TheVirtualWord Rotating Header Image

Posts under ‘Links’

The rich language legacy of the KJV

We showed this excellent video from Glen Scrivener at church on Sunday morning. Since we got so much positive feedback I thought I’d post it. 100+ well-known phrases from the KJV in a clever poem. Enjoy…

Daily Bible reading resource

One of the things I find most helpful in the Christian life is making regular time to read the Bible and pray. At different times in my life I have found that harder and easier, and I have taken different approaches to help me approach the Scriptures in particular. Sometimes I use a [...]

Operation World – updated

For anyone who has not yet seen this, Operation World is a wonderful resource which enables Christians to pray in a more informed way for many countries around the world. It contains detailed statistical and historical information which really aids prayer.

In addition to publishing a new edition of this great book (end [...]

One King – a message on a T

This is slightly off the usual track here, but I had the great pleasure of catching up with an old friend at the weekend. And amongst other things, I heard that he had designed a rather groovy range of Christian clothing. Check it out here – my order is (almost) in the post…

The Prodigal

“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1)
Here is a beautiful song from Sovereign Grace Music with a very moving animation to illustrate the parable.

Preaching on Hell

I have just read a wonderful sermon by Tim Keller on the subject of Hell. In it he suggests that far from being a problem for those who believe in a loving God, the doctrine of Hell is actually a really helpful one. It helps us to understand our hearts, to live at [...]

Life of Jesus for the iPhone

A friend of mine has recently produced an iPhone app which is a comic strip version of the life of Jesus. With it he aims to improve biblical literacy among visual learners. I don’t have an iPhone so haven’t been able to try it out, but you can find out more at theJesuscomic.com [...]

Content when life is hard

I had the daunting privilege of preaching on this subject last night. I will post an audio link when it is available, but in the meantime, here is a wonderful and very moving set of interviews with a good friend of mine who has a wonderful testimony of God’s comfort through the pain of [...]

Some great video resources

We are very excited by the prospect of the Passion for Life mission next year and hope you and your church are getting ready for it.
They have produced a number of useful ‘apologetic’ videos on different subjects – all of which are available here.
They include topics such as, suffering/evil, science and Christianity, reliability [...]

Calling all preachers

Here’s a great site that I have only just discovered: http://biblicalpreaching.net/
Full of really practical and wise advice for those of us with the privilege of communicating God’s Word to a dying world. Have a good look!