This short book is part of Matthias Media's 'Brief Books' series. It delves into the fundamental area of the Word, the Spirit and God.
Who would you regard as the more significant influence upon your Christian life and thinking: John Stott or Mark Driscoll? In Sydney, where I live, nearly everyone over the age of 40 has only one answer to that question: through his books and articles, and his occasional visits over
Christians claim to believe that Jesus is Lord, and that his love is for all people. But if that is so, asks John Woodhouse, shouldn't we be ambitious for our children to become philoxenes when they grow up?IntroductionIt seems to me that there are two major problems we face today
This is the third and final essay in a series by John Woodhouse on the nature of Christian unity. The first two articles are also available in our online archives: ‘When to unite and when to divide’ and ‘The unity of the church’.Discussions of Christian unity usually focus on the
The second in a series of essays on the subject of unity. John Woodhouse examines what it means for the church to seek unity here on earth. (Read part one and part three online.)The ecumenical dreamThe ecumenical movement is defined by The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church as “The
Have you noticed the way in which ‘divisiveness’ has become a completely negative word? If an idea, a statement, a strategy, a proposal is judged to be ‘divisive’ then it is unwelcome. For example in my part of the world, in the Anglican denomination, there is a proposal to authorise
What is the role of the Holy Spirit when the Scriptures are being read or heard?We sometimes speak of the Spirit ‘illuminating’ the word of God. What does this mean, and how does it happen? Sometimes Christians testify to a verse or a passage of Scripture ‘standing out’ and affecting