In Luke 4:16, Jesus comes to Nazareth, to the synagogue in the town where he’d been brought up. He stands up to read, someone gives him a scroll, he unrolls it and finds a particular verse, gives the scroll back to the attendant, and sits back down.
Dr Patricia Weerakoon, Sexologist, provides a frank (and explicit) guide to a happy and fulfilled sex life and to understanding God's purpose for sexuality within marriage.
Here’s what caught my eye on the screen over the last week. Issue of the week Concern over the very real threats to religious freedom through accelerating discrimination, litigation and their threat continued to be discussed widely. But amidst all that, this needed saying. And bluntly. (And yes, I
We often think that we humans have the power to destroy the earth or save the earth from certain doom. But as Adrian Russell points out, that’s because we’re forgetting two of God’s key promises.
A friend of mine is visiting nursing homes and telling the gospel. It made me think of the variety of ways people tell God's good news to humanity: Scripture in schools, English classes at churches, and visiting nursing homes! God loves variety - he didn't just create
This perceptive book looks at how the 'sexual revolution' came about, why it failed us, and the consequences it brought to our society. The authors then propose another way to think about our sexuality.
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18) If you’ve preached more than, say, a dozen sermons you’ve almost certainly had the experience. Saturday evening you sit back in your desk chair, look at the sermon you intend to deliver the next morning, and marvel,
Often when we share the gospel, we speak as though we are 'broken' people, whom Christ has rescued from our 'brokenness'. Claire Smith discusses why such terminology may not be that helpful.
On the 25th October the general assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Rome concluded what was popularly known as the Synod on the Family. The two big issues were, crudely, “Can divorced couples be allowed to receive Holy Communion?”, and “How should the Catholic Church deal with homosexual couples?” The second issue was not really addressed.
Simply Christianity is a simple, jargon-free way of sharing the gospel in a friendly, small group environment. It is a five-week evangelistic course for enquirers—in the mould of Christianity Explored and The Alpha Course—which takes participants through the Gospel of Luke and presents them with the challenging teaching, life, death and resurrection of Jesus. (Guest's Manual)