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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 [...]
Books on ‘Why is God so angry?’
Show them no mercy (Zondervan, 2003) edited by Stanley N. Gundry is a collection of four essays dealing with the problem of God’s violence in the Old Testament. The first is thoroughly unbiblical, but the other [...]
Why is God so angry?
Dear Ryan, Thank you so much for your recent letter. I’m glad you’ve started going to the church I suggested. I do pray that things will start to become clearer for you, and you’ll begin to [...]
Our great hope
It wasn’t all that long ago that I was sitting in a room with the other members of the editorial board discussing what we should have as the theme for this issue of the Evangelical Magazine. [...]
No need for God?
Stephen Hawking’s new book The Grand Design, made front-page news — not because of a scientific breakthrough, but because Hawking used the book to claim that the universe could have created itself. I’m both encouraged and [...]
For such a time as this…
There are few men who have a better grasp of the gospel situation in Wales than David Ollerton (chairman of Waleswide), and Stuart Olyott (Pastoral Director of the EMW). Both men have spent years visiting, encouraging [...]
Neither Poverty nor Riches: A biblical theology of possessions
Neither Poverty nor Riches is the best book about wealth I have ever read. It is practical, comprehensive, scholarly, balanced and thoroughly biblical. Blomberg’s central point is a simple one: that extreme poverty and extreme wealth [...]
How should Christians give?
I was once quizzed by a man whose adult daughter had become a Christian and applied for church membership. He himself was not a church-goer and had many questions. One was, ‘What will she have to [...]
Darwin, Creation and the Fall: Theological challenges
If science contradicts the Bible, then science is wrong. But if science contradicts my interpretation of the Bible, then perhaps my interpretation is wrong, and science is right. Our interpretation of Scripture must therefore be constantly [...]
Empty of power: the return of the social gospel
Our society is full of problems. We have the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe, alcoholism and binge drinking is spiralling out of control, knife crime is on the rise, unemployment is increasing, debt is unmanageable, [...]
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