RSS FeedWHAT IS THE MORAL ORDER OF SELF-FULFILLMENT?
David Kinnaman, president of Barna Group, a leading research and communications company that works with churches, and Gabe Lyons, the founder of Q, a learning community that represents the perspective of a new generation of Christians, have collaborated on a new book,...
WHAT ARE THE FIVE BASIC BELIEFS OF CHRISTIANS?
Fouad Masri is a Lebanese Christian who has a passion for sharing the love of Christ with Muslims. In 1993, he founded the Crescent Project (www.crescentproject.org) to nurture transformational relationships between Christians and Muslims and overcome misconceptions...
WHAT CAN PENTECOST TEACH US ABOUT PREACHING?
A couple of Sundays ago when I was in London I heard two preachers. In the morning I worshipped at the church where I began my ordained ministry nearly fifty years ago. The preacher expounded the story of John 21:1-14 where Jesus appeared to the disciples, helped them...
ARE BORDER CONTROLS INHERENTLY SELFISH AND RACIST?
Sir Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, England, in the Cover Story of the Catholic Herald (April 22, 2016) entitled THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT: Europe’s political and religious leaders must...
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE REFUGEES?
There is much in the news about the plight of refugees trying to enter Europe. The Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch are planning a visit to Lesbos to draw attention to the crisis. Articles in newspapers and on television feature aid workers and the stories of those who...
THE BEST READ OF THE YEAR ON A TOPIC THAT BOTHERS ALL OF US IF WE ARE HONEST
Do you have questions about Hell, Divine Judgment and the Holy Wars in the Old Testament? How do you reconcile the God of love with the God of wrath? What about all the evil in the world and the suffering of the innocent? These and other questions that you may have...
THE MESSAGE OF EASTER FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER
Murray Rae is professor of theology at Otago University in New Zealand. He wrote to James M. Houston this letter on August 14, 2003 which Dr. Houston included in his Letters of Faith through the Seasons for Holy Saturday. Dear Jim, The women who went to the tomb that...
HOW AND WHY DO WE CELEBRATE THE LORD’S SUPPER OR HOLY COMMUNION?
As we celebrate Holy Week we are reminded of the institution of the Lord’s Supper, Holy Communion or the Eucharist by Jesus on Maundy Thursday in the Upper Room. St. Paul addresses its significance in 1 Corinthians 11:23-29. William Barclay writes that “No passage in...
THE VALUE OF FAITH
Alister McGrath began his academic career as an atheist and ended up as a Christian. He earned an Oxford University D. Phil. in molecular biophysics and later was awarded a D.D. for his research in historical and systematic theology. He currently holds the post of...
THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS
Our local newspaper ran an article on its editorial page highlighting a positive view of life in this century. It reported that this has been the most prosperous time in human history. Wars have been on a much smaller scale than last century. More people are richer,...
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