Book Review
“Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s” was the profound response of Jesus to a political trap set by the Pharisees. What they thought would be their “gotcha” moment only further established His authority.
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Outside, there was a gale blowing; the temperature had dropped several degrees from the recent pleasant warmth, and there was even hail bashing against the window.
Book Review
Sometimes a book for review hits my doorstep at just the right time; Slow Theology is one of them! It arrived a day or so after I had returned from a relaxing fortnight’s holiday, and I was about to go up a gear or two in preparation for a busy period that was just around the corner. This book made me pause and re-evaluate why I felt I needed to be in such a rush.
Music Review
Lament is a healthy part of the Christian life. en reader Andrew Cook raised a crucial point for those of us charged with planning and leading congregational worship.
Website Review
Truth:78, named after Psalm 78, describe their vision as being that “the next generations may know, honour, and treasure God, setting their hope in Christ alone, so that they will live as faithful disciples for the glory of God.”
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“Every man’s conscience is vile and depraved. You cannot depend on it to be your guide.” So says the preacher in Bob Dylan’s Man in the Long Black Coat. Here, by contrast, we encounter “the sanctity of every human conscience”. In doing so, we are introduced to people that we benefit from meeting, even when we may hesitate to give them our vote.
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You may think this is jumping the gun a bit, but Easter isn’t that far away, and Tesco have been selling chocolate eggs for weeks now. So, here are some books about the resurrection.
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"Was it a legitimate exposé of wrong - or simply giving more exposure to it?" ... en's editor, David Baker, reviews Louis Theroux's new Netflix documentary.
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Ethiopian refugee Girma Bishaw has a remarkable story, and a noteworthy response to circumstances that might lead others to grumble and despair – it is gratitude!
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It would be easy, as an evangelical website and newspaper, to write a review praising an evangelical church service on Radio 4 out of some sort of tribal, party loyalty.
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All too often we draw artificial lines around God’s sphere of influence in our lives (going to church, praying, etc.), the “sacred” areas – and the things which are of seemingly no spiritual benefit (work, hobbies, etc.), the “secular” areas. The result is we know God cares about Sunday, but what about the rest of the week? Does it have any purpose in God’s plans?
Book Review
G.K. Beale has been involved in several resources that trace the way that the New Testament makes use of echoes, allusions, quotations and parallels from the Old Testament.
