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I have just finished reading 1916 A GLOBAL HISTORY by Keith Jeffery, professor of British History at Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland. He tells the story of the First World War through the global events of 1916 that dramatically altered the fate of many nations. A...
WHAT IS YOUR WORLDVIEW?
Richard Bewes, former Rector of the church where I began my ministry, All Souls Church in London, writes in the February issue of Decision magazine, about an incident that happened to him. He was interviewing three applicants for the post of head teacher of their...
WHY MAX LUCADO BROKE HIS POLITICAL SILENCE FOR TRUMP
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/february-web-only/why-max-lucado-broke-his-political-silence-for-trump.html
HOW DO YOU CHANGE CHURCH MEMBERS TO BE OUTWARDLY FOCUSED?
I am an avid reader of Thom Rainer’s blog and many of his books. He is a perceptive analyst of church life: its challenges, culture, growth and decline. His latest little book (112 6x4 pages) addresses the problem of inwardly focused church members whose priority for...
HOW A DEVOUT AMERICAN MUSLIM BECAME A CHRISTIAN
At the Cross and Crescent Conference in Charleston, SC, I had the opportunity of hearing the testimony of Nabeel Qureshi who converted to Christianity from Islam. He was a dynamic speaker. I bought his book, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, and have just finished reading...
A PRAYER FOR LENT
LORD, bless to me this Lent. Lord, let me fast most truly and profitably, by feeding in prayer on your Spirit: reveal me to myself in the light of your holiness. Suffer me never to think that I have: Knowledge enough to need no teaching, Wisdom enough to need no...
AN ASH WEDNESDAY SELF-EXAMINATION
It is customary in Lent to examine ourselves, confess our sins and seek renewal in our lives. I have taken the ten commandments of Exodus 20 as a way of self-examination. I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD WHO BROUGHT YOU OUT OF BONDAGE. YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BUT ME. Love...
WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF GOD IN ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY?
At the Cross and Crescent Conference in Charleston last week, William Lane Craig, Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and Houston Baptist University spoke on the concept of God in Islam and Christianity. He dealt with the major objection of Islam to...
THE MYTH OF SECULARISM
Tomorrow I am driving to Charleston, South Carolina to attend a conference on Christianity and Islam. Since 9/11/2001 the world has been challenged by the resurgence of a militant form of Islam which seeks to advance its cause by terrorist activities. We have all had...
WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE OF EVANGELISM?
The Gospel and Pluralism Today, edited by Scott W. Sunquist and Amos Yong is worth reading for the chapter by Carrie Boren Headington entitled Evangelism in a Pluralistic Society. She describes sharing her faith in the dining hall of an Oxford college during a...
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