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Trouble with Tim

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 August 2001

Some Briefing readers may have seen some of the Rev. Tim Costello’s recent public criti- cisms of The Briefing and of our publisher Phillip Jensen. I won’t go into the details of Tim’s gripes here, but one aspect might be worth clarifying for our readers. One of Tim’s

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The Travel Bug

  • 1 August 2001

Look for fellowshipI must say I found Emma Thornett's article (‘The trouble with travel’, June 2001) very revealing. The highlight of her trip was meeting up with link missionaries and being encouraged to be more faithful in her Bible reading and praying. Maybe that was what God led her halfway

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The Travel Bug

  • Emma Thornett
  • 1 August 2001

Emma Thornett's short piece on the pleasures and pitfalls of travel generated much discussion about how, whether and why Christians travel. Read responses fromStuart AdamsonSuzanne WeinbergerPolly SeidlerEmma Thornett responds:I realize (after receiving several comments along these lines) that my article may have given the impression that I now think all

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Ten tips for frustrated servants

  • Peter (Pedro) Blowes
  • 1 August 2001

One of the most common experiences in the life of Christian service is not love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, or any other fruit of the Spirit; it's frustration. Sometimes this arises from ungodliness in the servant; sometimes it is a genuine response to a situation that makes you feel like

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More than animals: what kind of creature are we?

  • Peter Jensen
  • 1 August 2001

What is man? Throughout history great minds have tried to define us as a species, but the essence of humanity has proved hard to pin down. “Man is a featherless biped”, Plato concluded, although he was somewhat dissatisfied with this as a definition. “Man is a reasoning animal”, wrote Seneca,

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Dear Briefing: Christians and the Old Testament Law

  • Gordon Cheng
  • 1 August 2001

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Our great master

  • Andrew Reid
  • 1 August 2001

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When the system is god

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 August 2001

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Home alone

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 August 2001

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Diary of a coastal parson

  • Andrew Heard
  • 1 August 2001

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