Adrian Warnock

Hear Tope Koleoso in Toronto next Saturday on Growing a Church in both Word and Power of the Spirit

adrian.warnock@gmail.com (Adrian Warnock) — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:45:13 +0000

If you can get to Toronto on 1st June, I urge you to book into this day conference with Tope Koleoso. You won’t be disappointed! For a taster of what is in store watch this clip from Tope’s recent talk at the Desiring God Pastors conference: BOOK IN HERE.

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How can faith communities and society better respond to mental illness?

adrian.warnock@gmail.com (Adrian Warnock) — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:19:35 +0000

Today I post the last question in our conversation on mental health. You will be able to read the answers to the first two questions in the following posts (I have not yet had a chance to collate the replies to the second one). You can also watch the recording of our video conversation with [...]

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“Unbelievable?” The UKs leading Apologetics conference

adrian.warnock@gmail.com (Adrian Warnock) — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:19:11 +0000

My friend Justin Brierley is serving the global church well with debate podcasts. I have had the priviledge of being on his show several times, debating Rob Bell, Rachel Held Evans, and and a pastor who didn’t believe in the resurrection. So, this apologetics conference he is hosting promises to be very interesting as well. [...]

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Join us at our International Day

adrian.warnock@gmail.com (Adrian Warnock) — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:42:57 +0000

If you are near London this weekend, you are warmly invited to Jubilee Church’s International Day which will be a celebration of our diversity. This will take place at 11am in Lee Valley Athletics Statium (Postcode N9 0AS) For more information see the church website’s page on our International Day.

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Live video conversation on mental illness

adrian.warnock@gmail.com (Adrian Warnock) — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:31:49 +0000

As part of our ongoing conversation about Mental Illness, I hosted a video discussion right here on the blog. You can watch it above or on the YouTube page. Participating in the conversation was myself, Amy Simpson who is the author of Troubled Minds, and Patheos editors Timothy Dalrymple & Deborah Arca. One subject that [...]

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Suicide and Religious Faith

adrian.warnock@gmail.com (Adrian Warnock) — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:10:09 +0000

Today I share the second question in our broad conversation about faith and mental illness. Last weeks question is still open for you to post your replies. Today’s question is very sensitive and requires great tact. But it is not possible to speak about mental illness without speaking about this. Please see my previous post [...]

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How has faith shaped our view of mental illness?

adrian.warnock@gmail.com (Adrian Warnock) — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:39:27 +0000

The folks here at Patheos asked me to host a broad conversation about mental illness which is inspired by the release of Amy Simpson’s book Troubled Minds. You can also read and reply to the second question which addresses suicide. In this post I will share some quotes and excerpts from the first week’s question [...]

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Introducing a new comment system and getting to know you better

adrian.warnock@gmail.com (Adrian Warnock) — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:33:47 +0000

I realized recently that I totally missed the ten year anniversary of this blog! I would love to take the opportunity that such an anniversary provides to get to know some of your better. I have a new discussion system in place to help facilitate that. I am pleased to announce that Disqus has been [...]

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A conversation about faith and mental illness

adrian.warnock@gmail.com (Adrian Warnock) — Sun, 05 May 2013 23:01:54 +0000

Several things seem to have come together to make the subject of mental illness and people of faith very topical. One month ago tragedy struck the family of Rick Warren, one of America’s best known pastors. Since then many have been writing about mental health with a new conviction. Also, Amy Simpson has released her [...]

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What is Schizophrenia and how is it treated?

adrian.warnock@gmail.com (Adrian Warnock) — Sun, 05 May 2013 14:53:32 +0000

Schizophrenia is a serious, often highly disabling mental illness. Many get confused and think schizophrenia is a split personality disorder. This is not the case at all. Instead it is characterized by the presence of psychotic symptoms, and the absence of significant mood symptoms. People can get some psychotic symptoms with the Mood Disorders (Depression [...]

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