Evangelical group marks 75 years
Anglican evangelical group Church Society is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its formation from the amalgamation of two organisations with their roots in the 19th century: the Church Association and the National Church League.
In June 1950 these two groups came together, recognising their shared aims and the value of a united front. Since then, Church Society has continued to contend for the Church of England to be renewed and reformed in Biblical faith, following in the footsteps of men like J. C. Ryle and William Griffith-Thomas – as well as a number of redoubtable ladies!
Church Society: Record book sales
2024 was the best year for book sales from Church Society in recorded memory.
The organisation’s publications ministry includes books, pamphlets, a theological journal and a magazine, all of which can be found at the Church Society website (churchsociety.org) and many can also be purchased on Amazon, and in digital formats. A bestseller for 2024 was A Month With The Messiah, a new devotional resource with 30 reflections on the libretto of Handel’s musical masterpiece, from a range of theologians, pastors and musicians (see review p.27).
Keswick: ‘My conversations online with AI’
Have you experimented with ChatGPT or Google Bard? These two extraordinary chatbots based on large language models can have ‘conversations’ about anything and everything.
It is like an interactive form of Wikipedia, a helpline, a travel guide, a review site, and much, much more. The conversations can mimic ordinary human chat to an incredible degree. They were very excited to hear all about my new dog and asked sensible questions, though it was a bit like talking to a child who has just read a book and wants to list all the facts they have learned.
