Author Archives: The Briefing
Religious sincerity comes to a head
Sacramental in Practice
Where have all the Christians gone?
Interchange
Confessions of an ex-dispensationalist
The biggest word in history
The best way
Women on the team
Interchange
Published Abroad: Why I left
Published Abroad: Boomer boom and bust
Published Abroad: What’s so good about the goddess?
The church of the Holy Trinity
Thought
Sometimes we can live so close to a doctrine that we overlook the immense power of its truth. The cross can become an empty slogan; the resurrection a mere proof-text for Jesus’ divinity; the incarnation something we only think about at Christmas. In this light, an increasing number of theologians are ‘rediscovering’ the trinity as a foundational Christian doctrine
Should we pump it up?
Everyday Ministry
What is the optimum size for a congregation? From one point of view, the answer seems obvious: you want more and more people in your church because that means more and more people in the kingdom. But it just might be that those two things don’t necessarily go together.