OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S GALATIAN LETTER: PAUL’S GOSPEL AND LIFE, PART I
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at why Paul puts such an emphasis on his own call when writing to the church in Galatia…
OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S GALATIAN LETTER: A RIGHT “HOW DO YOU DO”!
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at how Paul, following his brief introduction in his letter to the Galatians, erupts into an outburst of concern…
ESSAY: WHEN AUSTRALIA GOES TO THE POLLS, VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE
Ahead of the yet-to-be-announced federal election in Australia, NILS VON KALM urges Christians to use their vote to impact the lives of others…
SIGHT-SEEING: ADVICE TO CHRISTIANS ON DEALING WITH FAMILY AT THANKSGIVING
In an article adapted for Religion News Service from his recent book ‘The Storm-Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home’, RUSSELL MOORE, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, looks at how to show Christ in what can be tense family situations…
ESSAY: BATTLE LINES FORM OVER SOCIAL JUSTICE – IS IT GOSPEL OR HERESY?
In an article first published by Religion News Service, JEMAR TISBY, president of the black Christian collective The Witness, takes issue with The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel, recently published by a group of US Christians…
THIS LIFE: KEEP SHARING YOUR STORY
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, writes about the importance of sharing your story…
BOOKS: A DETAILED AND TIMELY LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN CHINA
DAVID ADAMS reads the first two books in ‘The China Chronicles’, Paul Hattaway’s history of the church in China…
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – DILIGENT DOING
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at how James spells out the difference between those who merely hear and those who hear and then become ‘doers’…
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – POOR AND RICH; HIGHS AND LOWS
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his examination of James…
OPEN BOOK SPECIAL: “HE HAS RISEN, JUST AS HE SAID”
In an Easter special, BRUCE C WEARNE looks at what Matthew records in chapter 28 – in the final passage of his Gospel – about the resurrection and its implications for then and now…