Yes. That’s right. I made it to the final cut of the Cornhill promo video.
2:35 – slouched on chair, with cup of tea, riveted by afternoon conversation.
But seriously, if you’re considering Christian ministry, or just want to get some training to help you understand and teach the Bible more effectively then you should check out Cornhill.
Recently at Cornhill we had Mark Meynell from All Souls lead some sessions on Postmodernism. Here’s a few little quotes or references which I liked…
“My secret is that I need God–that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love.”
Douglas Coupland – Life After God
Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives.
Lyotard – The Postmodern Condition
A heart that’s full up like a landfill,
a job that slowly kills you,
bruises that won’t heal.
You look so tired-unhappy,
bring down the government,
they don’t, they don’t speak for us.
I’ll take a quiet life,
a handshake of carbon monoxide…Radiohead – No Surprises
Last term we had a reading week at Cornhill… we were given the choice to read The Unquenchable Flame by Mike Reeves, or You Can Change by Tim Chester… I had wanted to read both, but chose the former.
As it happens, I didn’t read it then anyone… I filled my week up with other things… but I did finish it soon after! It’s a whilstle stop tour of the Reformation in Europe from the pre-reformation indulgences to the post-reformation Puritans and everything else in between.
Reeves keeps his good humour and slightly zany approach to historical theology. The main players and events are introduced in a novelistic kind of way, you feel a certain attachment and fondness for Luther as he drinks beer and Calvin as he’s hounded across Europe.
For me the best bit is the chapter on the English Reformation and the focus on William Tyndale. It’s the best because I live in England, it feels that much closer to home… this man died for the sake of the gospel and that I might be able to read the Bible in English!
“If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scripture than thou doest.”
“Lord, open the King of England’s eyes”
You can buy the book on Amazon, currently for just £5.64 – Bargain!!
Ok, one more week of the first Cornhill term… and 3 more sights I’ve been to, there can’t be that many left within a 20 minute walk… They’re not really sights, but I also found a Frenchman selling giant meringues and an outdoor BBQ that made really good hot dogs by Southwark Cathedral.
Sir Francis Drake's, Golden Hind
St. Helen's Bishopgate, and the Gherkin
Monument to Great Fire of London
Bit of a longer walk this week, made it down towards the South Bank where I found a few little tourist sites… can you believe they charge £11 to get in St. Paul’s Cathedral!!
St Paul's Cathedral
Tate Modern
Globe Theatre
While at Cornhill (a Bible college that I go to, just near London Bridge Station on Borough High Street) I like to chill out in my lunch break and often go for a walk… here’s 3 interesting places that I’ve been so far this term, all a short walk away:
Southwark Cathedral
Imperial War Museum
HMS Belfast
At Cornhill we’re doing some stuff about the theory of preaching. Much of the latter stuff on application comes from Tim Keller’s stuff on ‘Preaching to the heart‘ from his lectures at Oak Hill last year.
The good news is that this teaching is also going to be made available in book form as the guys at Cornhill get going on some editing for it. I’ll let you know if and when this book comes to be published, should be a good resource.
Also, there’s another Tim Keller book coming out now called ‘Counterfeit Gods’ all about the false promises of idols. It’s available from Amazon, hardback for less than £9 – pretty good deal me thinks.
Went to Cornhill today, first day of term, pretty excited. Sat next to a guy who’s just done 8 years of prison ministry at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, as seen on Ross Kemp on gangs… pretty cool! The guy on the other side was from Bedford where I grew up… small world!
Anyway… I got home early, so popped to a barbers near Brighton station – hair was a serious mess! Having hair cut, by a girl, mid-twenties probably… and we got talking about the gospel… people always ask about work, so working for a church is a great conversation starter (also a conversation killer!). We only had about 5 mins to talk… but three big blockers (as Tim Keller calls them) came up…
It was clear that there was unfounded prejudice about Christian beliefs, a narrow-mindedness to look into the evidence, but I think deep down a desire to know the truth. Good chat. Same issues always come up don’t they, nothing new under the sun…
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