Redundant prayer?

  • 1 March 2009

The Church of England in the UK has released a prayer for those who have been made redundant (along with other prayers for people affected in other ways by the financial crisis).[1. http://www.cofe.anglican.org/prayers]. It has been fascinating to hear various clergy on the radio here in the UK answer the question

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Bible resistance

  • Lionel Windsor
  • 1 March 2009

This is a public health warning for the attention of all those involved in the cure of souls. A particularly insidious threat to spiritual wellbeing has been identified, and we need your help to eradicate it. The phenomenon has been dubbed ‘Bible resistance’. Those most at risk are Christians who

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Do not judge!

  • 1 March 2009

What do you think is the best known verse in the Bible? Without a second thought, most of us would say John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life”. Almost every Christian

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Censorship, art and pornography

  • Phillip Jensen
  • 1 March 2009

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Review: "Evangelical Feminism: A new path to Liberalism?"

  • 1 April 2009

Evangelical Feminism: A new path to Liberalism? Wayne Grudem Crossway, Wheaton, 2006, 272pp. Writing or even reviewing a book about the Bible’s teaching on male and female responsibilities within marriage or the church is a task fraught with difficulty. The issue is more emotionally charged than most doctrinal or

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Review: "Living the Cross Centered Life"

  • 1 April 2009

Living the Cross Centered Life: Keeping the gospel the main thing CJ Mahaney Multnomah, Sisters, 2006. 176pp. Is there anything more important than the cross of Christ? Each of the Gospels centres on Jesus’ journey to the cross. Jesus’ wonderful mission statement in Mark 10:45 describes the goal

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Where to from here?

  • Paul Grimmond
  • 1 April 2009

As part of the 21st anniversary issue, Paul Grimmond shares his vision for the future of The Briefing, and tells us how we can be a part of it. I have a dream. In my dream, I am sitting beside Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear in an Aston Martin DB9

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“What do you say when...?” Bus stop graffiti

  • John Chapman
  • 1 April 2009

As promised in Paul Grimmond's article ‘Where to from here?’ (also in issue #367), we've got one more new feature to unveil. As we've talked about speaking God's life-changing word in any and every situation, we've realized that there are lots of opportunities to speak God's truth in everyday conversation—like

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