Keswick draws delegates from 90 conventions
Jonathan Lamb
Delegates from 16 countries representing 90 different Bible-teaching events and almost 50,000 believers are attending the 150th celebrations at the Keswick Convention.
They are participating in a special track – the Keswick Fellowship International Consultation.
Evangelical Futures: Seven needful qualities
Jonathan Lamb
An ancient Chinese proverb reminds us that ‘to prophesy is extremely difficult, especially with regard to the future’.
This is certainly the case as we try to anticipate the future of evangelicalism, and is heightened still further by the fact that we live in a context of considerable social and political volatility, confront a rising and more aggressive secularism, and live within communities with growing non-Christian religious affiliation. But most of all, humility is called for because of the most significant reality of all – God’s sovereign engagement in the life of the church and in the realities of our world. In the midst of so many unknowns, we trust His good purposes.
Living with difference
Jonathan Lamb
In his new book, Essentially One, Jonathan Lamb encourages to stop judging fellow Christians
In 2018, the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year was ‘toxic’. The word was used widely in a range of environmental and social contexts and, significantly, it was often linked to poisonous relationships and harsh rhetoric, not least in the world of politics.