Creating the right question
- 1 May 2009
I’ve heard it said that, in terms of relating the gospel to culture, the mistake that traditionalists make is that they give the right answers to the wrong questions; they’re answering questions that no-one is asking anymore. They’re tackling issues and fighting fights that belong to a previous generation.
WordWatch: Jeremiah
- Kel Richards •
- 1 May 2009
If someone accuses you of being ‘a real Jeremiah’, what are they saying about you? Is it a compliment or an insult? Last year, Anu Garg had a go at offering a definition. For the uninitiated (i.e. the non-word-obsessives), Anu is the Indian-born, American computer and word geek who runs ‘A
Making singleness better
- 1 May 2009
Is singleness better? I know what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7, and I know Jesus, the ultimate human, was single, but I can't help noticing that, however much this ought to be the case, it just isn't the experience of many long-term single people. Singleness was thrust upon them
The naked truth about porn
- 1 May 2009
Pornography is an extremely important and complex issue, but it isn’t easy to talk about, even though it’s now a part of mainstream culture. In this insightful article, James Warren opens up the topic and asks “What is porn?”, “Why is it a problem?” and “What can we do about
Is it easy to love our neighbours?
- 1 May 2009
We’ve been reading the Sermon on the Mount around the dinner table, and it’s made for great discussion and interesting questions. (“Dad, why would someone want my tooth?”) Recently, we were talking about the issues Jesus raises concerning loving your neighbours and praying for those who persecute you. The discussion
Review: "Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament"
- Nigel Fortescue •
- 1 June 2009
Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament Edited by GK Beale and DA Carson Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, 2007, 1,280pp. It always bothers me when the author or editor of a book starts by telling me what their book is not. So it was with
If Galatians was published in Christianity Today
- 1 June 2009
Letters to the editor Dear Christianity Today, In response to Paul D Apostle’s article about the Galatian church in your January issue, I have to say how appalled I am by the unchristian tone of this hit piece. Why the negativity? Has he been to the Galatian church recently? I
Evangellyfish by Douglas Wilson
- Paul Grimmond •
- 1 June 2009
Evangellyfish Douglas Wilson http://evangellyfish.com/2008. What do you get when you mix up a megachurch sex scandal, a Reformed pastor in a fistfight, an ambitious blonde TV reporter, a zealous but slightly misguided youth worker who likes Brandy (a girl, not a drink), an officiously small-minded middle-ranking
Borers in the pulpit?
- Rob Smith •
- 1 June 2009
Boring sermons are often the bane of church life. However, it need not be so. Rob Smith offers some reflections on how preachers can minister the word of God more faithfully and more effectively.There's an old joke about churches being afflicted either by borers in the pulpit or white-ants in
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