Election fever is beginning to break out in America. With a presidential election just under a year away, political hopefuls, especially of Republican stripe, are jockeying to get the party’s nomination.  Nothing unusual in that.  What is new this time round is the remarkable prominence a group of hyper-charismatic leaders have assumed in the whole contest.  Called “the most important Christian movement in America you have never heard of”, the ‘New Apostolic Reformation’ (NAR) has assumed a role in politics that would have been unheard of even 10 years ago. Rick Perry, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachman, all household names in America and heavy-weights on the political right, have connections with this movement. So what is the NAR? Who are its leaders? What are they trying to . . . → Read More: HUNGRY FOR POWER : THE NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION AND ITS LINKS TO AMERICA’S POLITICAL RIGHT]]> http://crichbaptist.org/blog/hungry-for-power-the-new-apostolic-reformation/feed/ 2 http://crichbaptist.org/blog/sermon/ http://crichbaptist.org/blog/sermon/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:23:32 +0000 admin http://crichbaptist.org/blog/?p=363 The sad consequences of the ‘Fall’ are all too evident as we consider verse 22 of Leviticus 18. We cannot however ignore the Word of God, and here we are reminded that God describes homosexuality as an abomination.

What then is our response as evangelical Christians to those whom we may know within the so-called ‘Gay’ community? Is it judgemental, or one of seeking to help, with sympathy, kindness and compassion?

What does the homosexual community think when they hear the name ‘evangelical Christian’? The average ‘Gay’ will likely say, “they hate us don’t they.” Sadly some behaviour re-inforces that view. As an example, the behaviour of one particular Baptist family in the USA is no help to the cause of . . . → Read More: Sermon – Unnatural Affections]]> http://crichbaptist.org/blog/sermon/feed/ 0 http://crichbaptist.org/blog/john-bradford1510-1555/ http://crichbaptist.org/blog/john-bradford1510-1555/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:31:33 +0000 admin http://crichbaptist.org/blog/?p=124 Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it.

On the morning of July 15th 1555 at 9am, two men were led to their execution at London’s Smithfield in the reign of “bloody Queen Mary”. They were condemned to be burnt alive as heretics. One was a young man of 19 called John Leaf, the other was about 45 years old and his name was John Bradford.

Among Bradford’s final words at the stake were these “O England, England, repent!” Turning to the young man who was to suffer with him he said, “Be of good comfort, brother, for we shall have a happy supper with the Lord tonight”. Then, embracing the wood of his execution, he repeated our Saviour’s words, “Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leads to life and few there be that find . . . → Read More: John Bradford(1510 – 1555)]]> http://crichbaptist.org/blog/john-bradford1510-1555/feed/ 0 http://crichbaptist.org/blog/augustus-toplady-and-his-ministry/ http://crichbaptist.org/blog/augustus-toplady-and-his-ministry/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:56:56 +0000 admin http://crichbaptist.org/blog/?p=81 Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it.

Toplady and His Ministry

Taken from Christian Leaders of the 18th Century

By Bishop J. C. Ryle (First published in 1885)

A perfect orchestra contains many various instruments of music. Each of these instruments has its own merit and value; but some of them are curiously unlike others. Some of them are dependent on a player’s breath, and some on his skill of hand. Some of them are large, and some of them are small. Some of them produce very gentle sounds, and some of them very loud. But all of them are useful in their place and way. Composers like Handel, and Mozart, and Mendelssohn, find work for all. There is work for the flageolet as well as for the trumpet, and work for . . . → Read More: Augustus Toplady and His Ministry]]> http://crichbaptist.org/blog/augustus-toplady-and-his-ministry/feed/ 0 http://crichbaptist.org/blog/a-matter-of-life-or-death/ http://crichbaptist.org/blog/a-matter-of-life-or-death/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:58:57 +0000 admin http://crichbaptist.org/blog/?p=16 Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it.

What is the most important thing in life?  Is it happiness, your family, your career, your health?  All these have a place in answering this question.  The true answer may surprise us.  It is to prepare well for your death.

Nobody can guarantee how your health will turn out.  Nobody can give 100% assurance that you and your family will be happy or that you will have a fulfilling career.  You can be sure that all of us will die – which is why getting ready for the next life is the most important thing we can do in this life.

That there is an after-life is clear from the experience of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s own Son, who came into the world as a human.  He died . . . → Read More: A Matter of Life or Death]]> http://crichbaptist.org/blog/a-matter-of-life-or-death/feed/ 0