Reason vs. prejudice

Couldn't Help Noticing, Life

Tony Payne | 1 November, 2004

I recently had the pleasure of sitting in on a preaching workshop with David Jackman from the London-based Cornhill Training Course. David made some telling points from a survey of apostolic preaching from Acts 17-20, and one in particular struck me.

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Depression in your church

Review

Keith Condie | 1 November, 2004

We want to provide biblically underpinned support for depressed people in our congregations, but we don’t always know how to do so. Keith Condie discusses some books on the subject that offer help.

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Partner

Life, Word Watch

Kel Richards | 1 November, 2004

In current PPC¹ English, the words ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ have been banned and replaced by the single word ‘partner’. I would like to be able to mock this in loud derisive tones as being part of the modern corruption of language. Sadly, the facts get in the way.

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Straw Dogs

Interchange

Geoff Bagley | 1 November, 2004

The Da Vinci Code

Interchange

Peter Rae | 1 November, 2004

Another lifestyle decision awaits

Interchange

An ex-Sydneysider | 1 November, 2004

Changed by the Cross of Christ

Tim Thorburn | 1 November, 2004

The death of Jesus takes many things out of our hands. Christ died instead of me, to pay the penalty for my sinful rebellion against God my creator. He died, so I don’t die. All that is required of me is to sit back and allow Jesus to do it all for me—purchase my forgiveness and qualify me to share in the inheritance God has reserved for his adopted children. It leaves me a passive (but very grateful) bystander. (more…)