Monthly Archives: March 2002
Equipped to handle Harry
Interchange
Interchange
The Bible alone: what does that mean in practice?
The cross and Islam: an evangelistic starting point
A perfectly reasonable explanation
Review
Stem cells from pigheads
Couldn't Help Noticing
Hinduism and tolerance
Couldn't Help Noticing
Read anything lately?
The secret of contentment
Making Jews jealous: another look at Romans 9-11
Life
In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he says that he is not “ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile” (Rom 1:16). In what sense is the gospel “first for the Jew”? What does this mean for Christians today?
Things you gotta: Gotta serve somebody
Fantasy literature and Christian readers
Chuck Colson’s website, BreakPoint online, ran an interview with the author Connie Neal, who has written a book called What’s A Christian to Do with Harry Potter? (discussed below). Soon afterwards, he published a disclaimer, saying that he did not “encourage Christian parents to encourage their children to see the movie or read the books” because “there is much better literature available for children with less potential to lead people into the occult”. This seemed to run counter to an earlier piece by Colson (se p.14 of Neal’s book) which spoke positively of the books’ value for children.