Martin Luther’s famous 95 Theses Against Indulgences was originally a written list academic conversation starters. His questions and statements were like a string of tweets ahead of their time. They were dismissed by the authorities as errant, dangerous and divisive.
Let’s resolve, prayerfully and passionately, to always seek to really preach the passage we claim to be preaching.
No matter how well you can communicate or how clever you are, you cannot make the Bible say something better than God made it say.
Understanding new generations is an essential part of a true mission mind in this rapidly changing world. An article by Steve Sang-Cheol Moon.
There may be some elements of a good movie that might teach us a thing or two about good preaching.
Restoring public truth in a media-dominated world.
Tracking down the phenomenon of conspiracy theories.
It is no coincidence that John Le Carré, the master of spy fiction, was himself a spy. He knew what he was talking about. The mistake of conspiracy theories is to believe in perfect plots.
This New Year we need to remember what is unchanging, so it can anchor us for the year ahead.
My life is far too precious to me to settle for anything less than reliable truth.
We have to hold out until the end, when God will publicly reveal the truth.
As preachers, let’s help people to put back together what should never have been separated at all.
Seek to speak from God’s heart to theirs: sensitively, passionately, directly, and clearly.
Rumours are false tales that can damage everything. God has spoken against rumours many times.
Little has changed in 3,000 years: telling people they’re behaving badly and need to change is never popular.
Covid-19 might just be an extraordinary interruption that we can attend to, manifesting, as Jesus did, that the rule of God’s love has come on earth as it is heaven.
The State of Theology survey released by LifeWay Research and Ligonier Ministries “reveals that many evangelicals express erroneous views that mirror the broader U.S. population”.
The time of crisis is inevitably also a time of opportunity for reconciliation, mediation and a new start.
Covid-19 exposes the stark inequalities of our world as it wreaks havoc most on those for whom lockdown means no money and no food and who don’t have access to the basics of clean water and soap let alone a garden or park.
“Collins has demonstrated how religious faith can motivate rigorous scientific research”, the John Templeton Foundation has said. Francis Collins: “The person of Jesus emerged as the most profound truth-teller I had ever encountered”.
As evangelicals in Europe, we need intentionally to integrate media engagement in our discipleship and mission strategies and practices.
Let us listen carefully, think deeply, change appropriately to the messages from the media and speak relevantly through the media into our society.
The Pope is offering an outpouring of indulgences. The message that Roman Catholicism is giving in these weeks of coronavirus crisis is a disarming detachment from the basic principles of the biblical faith.
Prevention is key but panic and fear are irrational feelings that only lead to impulse-driven decisions.
Spanish psychiatrist and author, Pablo Martínez, analyses how individualism, existential emptiness and intolerance to suffering, have become some of the main charasteristics of our society.
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