Archive for 'September,2011'
Loving the church which Jesus loves: Reflections on church unity
Why should we be concerned about Christian unity? Christian unity is very important because it expresses visibly what we are ‘in Christ’ and also our relationship with all other Christians. It is essentially spiritual not organisational, [...]
Our love for one another
‘This is My commandment, that you love another as I have loved you’ (John 15:12). I wonder whether you’ve ever asked yourselves, ‘Why did our Lord call this commandment His commandment?’ This was His commandment in [...]
Turning points in church history: 13. Pre ’59 revival – Part 2: Scotland
Henry Cooke (see pages 14-15 in the May/June issue) had strong links with the evangelical church in Scotland, which had to go through similar travails to Ireland’s and to these we now turn. Moderatism in Scotland [...]
God’s forgiveness and ours
One of our children once said of me to her brother, ‘He’s getting just like granddad!’ She had noticed that I was showing the marks of getting older – so I was not altogether pleased. Generally [...]
One mission
When we at Bethel Church, Clydach were considering how better to reach our community with the gospel, one idea was to run a week-long mission. It had been a very long time since we’d done anything [...]
Gospel churches working together
In Bridgend there are several evangelical churches that for the last few years have been forging a strong partnership. This does not sound unusual until you understand this is neither a lowest-common-denominator ecumenical movement, nor a [...]
A disunited church
Learning lessons from the church at Corinth The Bible has a lot to say about unity amongst God’s people. We can read stories of united churches (Acts 2 and 6), hear Jesus pray for unity amongst [...]
The story of community
I wonder how you would summarise the gospel message. There is a version which runs something like this: ‘God made you to know Him, but you have rejected God. Your sin cuts you off from God [...]
United we stand
Unity! That is the theme in this issue. But read on. For the subject is more important than you may realise. And there are so many facets to it which impinge on individual Christian living, church [...]
The Trinity and worship
I would personally rather sing of a 'latent' Christ in the Psalms God
The Trinity and worship
A very helpful article. I've been thinking much more about the Trinity
United we stand
It all depends on what you mean by 'biblical separation' ? !
Amazing and essential
Thank you. There are several good books currently on the Holy Trinity.
Robert Jermain Thomas: an inextinguishable light
Yes, there is much that we do not know, but if you read my book, I do