Author Archives: firebrandnotes

God Closed Church: The Impact of the Film

This post tantalizingly teases an unseen film that promises to captivate. It beckons the viewer to immerse themselves further with supplementary information and a book purchase, suggesting a deeper narrative awaits those daring enough to explore.

A Spectacle of Glory (audiobook)

Please sit back and enjoy the audiobook version of the prologue from my 2023 book, The Glorious Few. You can listen to the audiobook in full by searching “audiobook” here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/900157/episodes NEW BOOK: GOD CLOSED CHURCH “ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 4TH, 2020, BEFORE ANY SIGN OF COVID-19 OR ANY REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF A GLOBAL LOCKDOWN, THEContinue reading “A Spectacle of Glory (audiobook)”

Two volumes to radicalise the Church

This two-volume paperback bundle of The Glorious Few (2023) and God Closed Church (2024) provides a ‘manifesto of preparation’ for radical Christian discipleship in light of the specific issue of the church closures of March 2020.

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The Missed Warning of Lockdown

In a world teetering on the brink of chaos, Nick Franks provocatively challenges the complacency of the Church. He unveils biblical justifications for closing churches, urging the faithful to escape unfaithful congregations. “God Closed Church” is a radical manifesto that confronts the slow decay of Christian commitment and calls for a daring reinstatement of true fellowship…

Our trip to Canada ✍️

The forthcoming book, ‘God Closed Church’, chronicles the pivotal moment in modern world and Church history when Yahweh closed His Church. The first five chapters were written in Scotland, UK; the final sixth chapter is written on an Island off the coast of Vancouver, Canada.

Proof: John MacArthur is wrong

As I was beginning to write the penultimate chapter in my new book this week, I felt rather out of my depth. I know that cessationism is not the ‘slight’ that it is often treated as being by those who don’t find solid biblical teaching in charismatic circles, (hence their arriving at the doors of the cessationists out of a sense of necessity), and I desperately wanted to get it right.

Having been reading the first half of Romans 8 in the same moment, I prayed silently in my heart and asked the Spirit of Christ (8:9) to help me, not just merely ‘to be right’ but rather to get this important communication to the beloved bride of Christ right.

Please watch this video, below, and take note of what happened by way of 1 Corinthians 12:8.

Worried about salvation?

Some Christians struggle with a settled sense of assurance more than others, though we all struggle with this in some ways. It is the fruit of a genuinely redeemed person to be in awe not in presumption. I trust that this brief video overview of J. C. Ryle’s superb chapter on the subject will bring you a seep sense of comfort and point you to the unchanging Word of God.