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The Gift of Suffering

  • Dave Andrew
  • 15 March 2000

All we card-carrying evangelicals know the doctrine—suffering is good for us! We don't go looking for it, but we know it will happen, and we know that when it does happen God gives us peace and perseverance in the midst of it. We hang in there, read Job a few

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On the trail of the Spirits in prison

  • Tony Payne
  • 15 March 2000

No part of the New Testament is more puzzling to modern readers than Peter's enigmatic reference to the ‘spirits in prison’. Tony Payne is the latest in a long line of interpreters claiming to have the answer. Read on and see if you agree ...Reading the Bible can be an

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Couldn’t help noticing

  • Tony Payne
  • 15 March 2000

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Strengthening the Christian Worldview

  • Simon Manchester
  • 15 March 2000

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Not keeping up with the Joneses: The Christian practice of becoming poorer

  • 1 March 2000

Few people enjoy being poor. Even fewer people choose it. Many people in the world are born to it. And while we Christians may not seek poverty, in a material sense, following Jesus is costly and may require us to become poorer.Consider a French friend of mine, Marc, who was

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The Christian and money

  • 1 March 2000

Money figures largely in our thoughts. We occupy a lot of time thinking about it, about how much we have got, how much we need, how much we earn, how much we spend. The New Testament also has a lot to say about money, and what it says is quite

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Especially for stubborn people

  • Tim Thorburn
  • 1 March 2000

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More to say to postmodern students

  • 1 March 2000

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Unmasking greed

  • Brian Rosner
  • 10 February 2000

With many Western economies showing strong and continued signs of growth, the outlook has never been better for our standard of living. Christmas retail sales are at record highs, the property market is strong, Wall Street marches on in triumph. What do we have to worry about? Plenty, says Brian

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Here’s to Eternity

  • Dominic Steele
  • 10 February 2000

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