Tolerance under trial

The avalanche of books, videos and seminars on ‘leadership’ continues at a maddening pace. As seems usual, Christian interest in ‘leadership’ is now catching up to where the world was about twenty years ago. (more…)

Jekyll and Hyde?

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Peter Hughes | 1 December, 2003

Church and worship

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David Morrison | 1 December, 2003

Head to head in 1 Corinthians 11

Claire Smith | 1 December, 2003

1 Corinthians 11 is one of those passages that many of us set aside for a rainy day, when we will finally be able to sit down and try nutting it out. In this article, Claire Smith takes us carefully and systematically through the tricky world of 1 Corinthians 11. It’s the perfect companion for that rainy day.

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Cringe time: the things that embarrass Christians

David Andrew | 1 December, 2003

Here is a fine little excerpt from a big selling book in the USA—it’s a quote all about how waitresses in the fast food restaurant business see some of their customers:

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Resisting Control

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Robert Emery | 1 November, 2003

More thinking about Calvinism

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Rory Shiner | 1 November, 2003

More on the meaning of ‘church’

Tony Payne | 1 November, 2003

In my essay in Briefing #302 (‘The gathering: thinking afresh about church’), there were a number of issues that I didn’t have the space to address adequately. To stimulate further thought on these issues, here are some further cogitations about the meaning of ‘church’, and other related questions.

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