Billy Graham – living proclamation
Richard Bewes
Date posted: 1 Apr 2018
Richard Bewes, former rector of All Souls, Langham Place, recalls his meetings with the great evangelist
The first time I ever heard him, it was like a drumbeat in my head: You are going to be doing this for the rest of your life.
Youth work – now and then
Roger Carswell
Date posted: 1 Jan 2018
Roger Carswell calls for urgent action
I wonder how different from ours will be the Lord’s record of church history in the 20th century?
Word on the world
Chris Wright
Date posted: 1 Jan 2018
Langham Partnership’s International Ministries Director Chris Wright seeks a biblical response to the current world
Right now, we are living in a terminal phase of Western civilization.
Planting: principles v pragmatism
Michael Farrier
Date posted: 1 Mar 2018
Michael Farrier tells us about his research into starting new churches
‘Here is the church, Here is the steeple, Open the door, And here are the people!’
defending our faith
Excavating the truth
Chris Sinkinson
Date posted: 1 Mar 2018
Late last year Donald Trump declared that the US would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel.
For many tourists to the Holy Land this seemed fairly uncontroversial. Given that this is the location of the Israeli Parliament, many visitors always assumed Jerusalem was its capital. However, in practice Tel Aviv has been the internationally recognized capital with diplomatic missions located there. Trump’s plan to move the American embassy has created real friction on the ground.
Next year’s history
Joy Horn
Date posted: 1 Jan 2018
Joy Horn helps us to remember our Christian heritage
JANUARY
24. John Mason Neale, who is chiefly remembered for his hymns, was born in 1818 in Bloomsbury, London. A linguist, familiar with some 20 languages, and a poet, of High Anglican convictions, he revived many old carols and translated others from Greek and Latin. O come, o come, Emmanuel and Christ is made the sure foundation are two of the best known – and, of course, Good King Wenceslas.
Count it all joy
Helen Roseveare
Date posted: 1 Jan 2018
Helen Roseveare tells her story of grappling to find happiness when the will of God is difficult.
I had arrived at Ibambi, in the Belgian Congo, one Tuesday in March 1953.
Making ‘gospel sandwiches’
Alex Hays
Date posted: 1 Dec 2017
Alex Hays shares news of some encouraging gospel work in Asia
It was Charles Spurgeon who said: ‘If you give a man the gospel, wrap it in a sandwich. And if you give a man a sandwich, wrap it in the gospel.’
Closure on a closure?
When a church shuts, what are we to think?
Some months ago, the church I served as pastor for over 15 years worshipped together for the last time.
The missing Sola?
Clive Every-Clayton
Date posted: 1 Feb 2018
Clive Every-Clayton on universal Truth for a post-modern age
We still bask in the memory of the great work of God 500 years ago.
Just a boy amidst the Revival
Richard Bewes
Date posted: 1 Nov 2017
Richard Bewes recounts his childhood with missionary parents in East Africa
My parents were missionaries in Kenya.
Good news in F.E. Colleges
Claire Povey
Date posted: 1 Nov 2017
It all started for Festive ten years ago.
An eclectic mix of people with a heart for Further Education Colleges and Sixth Forms sat around a table and prayed for God to take what they had and multiply it.
Letter from America
Wars and rumours of wars
Josh Moody
Date posted: 1 Dec 2017
Many of us would suppose that we live in unusually disturbed times.
A leading relief organisation in America estimates that they are dealing with, on average, far more serious crises in the early part of this century than in previous decades. There appears to be a growing flame of upsets, civil wars, brutality – and downright barbarism. Not to mention North Korea: what on earth is the world going to do about that most unstable situation?
Churches in jeopardy
Eric Barger
Date posted: 1 Dec 2017
Eric Barger on the liberal roots of the Emergent Church
Over a century ago, spiritual liberalism swept through the once-sound mainline denominations, wreaking theological havoc on anyone in its path.
The Third Degree
The last best opportunity
Kate Duncan
Date posted: 1 Oct 2017
University is a key moment.
From day one, university promises a chance to reinvent yourself, to make lifelong friends and to load your CV with qualifications that will guarantee you your dream job upon graduating.
standing together
The yawning gap
Graham Nicholls
Date posted: 1 Aug 2017
‘Sending missionaries abroad is boring.
‘It belongs to a bygone pioneering age. It’s part of cultural imperialism. It’s no longer necessary. It’s not a priority.’
Jesus’ prayer for unity in his church
Alan Purser
Date posted: 1 Jun 2017
Alan Purser has a careful look at what Jesus was actually saying
John 17 is holy ground: Jesus prays for unity, that his church may be one. For this is the key to effective mission.
The Third Degree
Examgelism!!
Kate Duncan
Date posted: 1 Jul 2017
Spring months are busy.
It’s the time of mission weeks. By contrast the pace of the university summer term can seem slower as students knuckle down for end-of-year deadlines and exams. Yet with these stresses and challenges also comes a stream of evangelistic opportunities – in Christ and in Christ alone can we find rest for our weary souls and purpose for our lives. So, despite the increase in deadlines and work pressures, Christian Unions (CUs) continue in their gospel mission.
Hearing God in the Old Testament
Keswick Ministries
Date posted: 1 Aug 2017
I asked my wife, Bridget, for her thoughts on where to go with this article. She laughed and said: ‘Why do you ask me? You’re the one who’s taught the Old Testament!’ Then she added: ‘But I do keep hearing people saying, “I find the Old Testament really hard.”’
I’ve heard that many times, too. So I want to do three things here: acknowledge some of the challenges; ground our view of the Old Testament as God’s Word; give one pointer as to how to hear God’s Word in the Old Testament (OT).
The gospel in African soil
Jim Sayers
Date posted: 1 Jun 2017
Why is Africa so prone to falling foul of pernicious prosperity teaching?
Ian Flanders produces radio Bible-teaching programmes for Francophone Africa with Grace Baptist Mission Radio.
Living a life of reckless abandon
Gary Clayton
Date posted: 1 Jun 2017
Gary Clayton remembers five missionary martyrs and tells us of a new play about their story
Missionary Ed McCully wrote this to his friend Jim Elliot on 22 September 1950:
Get up and give it a go!
Mike Mellor
Date posted: 1 Jul 2017
Mike Mellor with some motivation for evangelism
It was pioneer missionary C.T. Studd who asked in exasperated disbelief: ‘How can a man believe in Hell unless he throws away his life to rescue others from its torment?’
Smuggling Bibles into China?
Steve Laverty
Date posted: 1 Jul 2017
Steve Laverty with a salutary tale of his experience
26 October 2016 was the day the Chinese authorities arrested four Northern Irish lads for moving Bibles from Hong Kong (HK) into China. I was one of them.
The Shack: re-inventing God
JEB
Date posted: 1 Jul 2017
Revisiting William Paul Young’s book as the story comes to the cinema
Back in 2007 when the book by William Paul Young came out I can remember reading in the end-notes a rather impassioned plea from the author that his readers should pray that one day his story would be made into a movie.