Archive for 'Jan/Feb 2010'
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 [...]
Footsteps of the past: William Tyndale
This book is a fun way to learn about William Tyndale. Back then people only had the Bible in Latin and so they didn’t know what it taught. William Tyndale translated the Bible into English and [...]
Real Life Jesus: Meeting, Freedom, Purpose
The author Mike Cain is senior minister of Emmanuel Church in Bristol and is clearly a man with a burning desire to let others know about this amazing person, Jesus Christ. In eleven short chapters, Cain [...]
Life’s Big Questions
This is a companion volume to God’s Big Picture by the same author. In both books Vaughan Roberts shows how the unity of the Bible – its one story of God’s redemption plan through Jesus Christ [...]
R. B. Jones: Gospel Ministry in Turbulent Times
One question remained uppermost in my mind as I read this book: to what extent in the Christian ministry can a man determine the shape and nature of that ministry, or does God determine beforehand its [...]
Reflections on the EMW mission in Narberth
You could start with the bones of the mission – the facts and figures: It ran from Tuesday 17 October to Sunday 1 November 2,500 news sheets with local testimonies and invitation cards were distributed There [...]
The challenge of learning disabilities in the church
In our busy lives we strive to attain in our community, in our work and with our family. We help our children to achieve at school, in church and on the sports field, receiving congratulations when [...]
Sharing your faith with Muslims
‘I’m scared-scared of the unknown; scared of being ridiculed; scared I won’t know what to say.’ The number one reason why people don’t evangelise Muslims: fear. But humans do some of their best work when they’re [...]
Turning points in church history – Nonconformists
Christians must often define themselves by what they oppose, for example as Protestants or Nonconformists. What did they not conform to? The short answer is, ‘the Anglican church’, but there is more to it than just [...]
Bloodgate
The rugby union world has been rocked in 2009 by the scandal at Harlequins Rugby Club. The controversy centred around the shedding of blood, or not, as it turned out. In an important Heineken Cup quarter-final [...]
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