The second in a series of essays on the subject of unity. John Woodhouse examines what it means for the church to seek unity here on earth. (Read part one and part three online.)
Author Archives: The Briefing
Fishing with a big net: Using the web effectively for Christ
The naive Bible reader
Faith alone or faith together?
Getting the Gospel Right
R. C. Sproul
Grand Rapids, Baker, 1999.
How can we know if a doctrine or issue is worth splitting a church or denomination over? R.C. Sproul claims to address this very issue, by expounding the essentials of the gospel in which evangelicals are to find unity.
The difficult issue of premarital sex
Premarital sex in the world
There is no longer any stigma attached to premarital sex in our society. Pop stars do it, sports stars do it, politicians do it. Hormone levels are raised by advertising, television, cinema, music and magazines. What is discussed is not so much premarital sex, as non-marital sex, or even non-‘heterosexual monogamous life-long relationship sex’.
The Qur’an and the Bible
A Westerner reading the Qur’an may find many familiar names and events. Most of the prophets from the Bible are mentioned. There is clearly a strong relationship between the two books.
This present age: Our struggle not to covet
Life
Last month, Carmelina Read asked whether Christians were in any way distinct from the great Australian materialistic dream. In this article, Phillip Jensen challenges us to think this through in some particular areas of life: gambling, schooling and paying our clergy.