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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
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
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
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
Tony Payne ponders 21 years of The Briefing, and the next 21. Whenever I look back over the history of The Briefing—all 366 issues, all 21 years—I find it almost impossible to resist thinking about my eldest daughter, who (like The Briefing) was born in April 1988. In fact, I've
Tony Payne: This April marks the 21st birthday of The Briefing. You were instrumental in launching The Briefing back in 1988. Why did you do it? Phillip Jensen: As best as I can remember (and history from an unreliable memory is the best way to do it!), at that
As I enter middle age, I confront one of the dangers of becoming ‘more experienced’: bitterness. I am not an old man, but I have never really been young at heart. This means that I have always had a cynical streak. Now I find that I can be awfully cynical—particularly
I was tempted to call this post ‘J*st do it’, but I’m told that those three words are owned by Nike Corporation, and I am worried that their use one after the other (beginning with ‘just’ and followed immediately by ‘do’ and ‘it’) in any context whatsoever and for any