Archive for 'June,2010'
July/August 2010
Same great content … fresh new design. In this theme issue on evangelism and church planting: A blind spot A strategy for church evangelism What is gospel preaching? Reaching the poor Acts 29 For such a [...]
The Unquenchable Flame
The Unquenchable Flame is a clear, easy read; lively and humorous in places, it’s ideal for kindling an interest in the Reformation and the events that have shaped Christianity in Europe. However, don’t be fooled into [...]
Counterfeit Gods
We don’t tend to think of ourselves as idolaters, we associate idols with shrines and statues, but in Ezekiel 14 God’s complaint against the elders in Israel is that they had ‘set up idols in their [...]
Word Wise, Volume 1 – God’s Amazing Book
Word Wise is a puzzle book about God and His book the Bible. Each page has a puzzle on it. I liked the word searches, number codes and crosswords best. There are also Bible verses to [...]
Empty arms: a mother’s journey through grief to hope
This small hardback book is the author’s reflections on the death of one of her two-year-old twins, Natalie, from a rare bacterial disease. With painful honesty the author describes how she coped in the early days, [...]
Matters of Life and Death
Human dilemmas in the light of the Christian faith. 302 pages by a Professor of Ethics and Perinatology, who is currently teaching and researching on ethical and philosophical issues raised by modern medical practice. If all [...]
A painful decision
My dear wife suffered from bouts of severe depression that sometimes required treatment in hospital. Her last clinical depression happened sixteen years ago. I visited her on the Saturday afternoon before having to leave to fulfil [...]
A special man
David is a special man to those who know him and it is not because he is a member of the SAGA generation; he is fifty-three-years-old which for David is quite remarkable. David lives at home [...]
Living with Jack
On the 5 January 2002 we had twin boys, Jack and Sam. Twelve hours following the birth our joy was replaced with shock and sadness as Jack was diagnosed with Down’s syndrome. During this emotional roller [...]
ARCA project: Belém, Brazil
I flew from London Heathrow on 18 September and arrived safely the following day in Belém in the north of Brazil. After twenty-four hours of travelling, I was met at the airport by Mo and Shirley [...]
A little known quarryman in Wales
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So you have no children?
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The great harvest
I live and worship in Yeadon, in a church born out of the revival. It
Feminine Threads
I was interested in the above review of Diana Severance's book. Althou
Being counted for Christ
I would pray that god give me courage to do more thanks for this artic