At the Last Supper, Jesus warns his disciples that there will be constant conflict between those who are his and those who are of “the world”. He reminds them through his prayer that “the world has hated them because they are not of the world any more than I am of the world” (John 17:15).
Monthly Archives: July 1990
Heroes
Everyday Ministry, Sola Panel
There are some questions that make us think about our priorities and values. You know, the “What three things would you take with you into the bomb shelter?” sort of question.
An apologetic armoury
Everyday Ministry, Sola Panel
In our last issue, we looked at two approaches to apologetics—the Presuppositional and Evidential methods—typified by Francis Schaeffer and Josh McDowell. We saw that both approaches have their problems, while being useful in different contexts. (more…)
Starving our Children
Interchange
Tolerant Catholics?
Tolerant Protestants?
How Certain Can You Be?
Everyday Ministry
When your friend asks you to prove the existence of God, ask him to prove that his wife loves him.
Proving the existence of God is a strange task, along the lines of proving that my wife loves me. However, we are called upon to do it from time to time by our non-Christian friends. “How can you be so certain?” they ask. “What if you’re just imagining it all? How can you prove to me that this God of yours exists?”
Barbara Thiering
Interchange
Designer Fashions for Modern Clergy
Missing Links or Missing Logic?
Interchange
Are there no working class Christians?
Interchange
The Tyranny of Tolerance
Two Ways to Apologize
Everyday Ministry, Sola Panel
Defining terms
Evangelism—telling people the good news of what God has done in Christ and calling on them to repent and put their trust in him. Evangelism involves both giving information and making invitation. (more…)