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Real Faith

November 7, 2018November 6, 2018 by Tom Habib

This article was originally published in the ACR’s latest journal, which contains lots of helpful reflections on evangelism. You can access the journal in full here. I want people to really believe The simple goal of evangelism is for people…

Teaching and Learning in the Bible: An Interview with Claire Smith

November 4, 2018 by Claire Smith

Claire Smith is a graduate of Moore Theological College and a well-known speaker and writer. In 2012 she recently published a detailed and internationally recognised academic monograph on teaching and learning in New Testament churches—the…

The game-changing question for every evangelistic conversation

October 15, 2018 by Dave Jensen

“Who killed Jesus?” At some point in every single evangelistic conversation I have, I make a point of asking this question. In fact, over the years, I’ve realised that nearly every part of every evangelistic conversation I have is in fact leading…

Coping with the demands of life (Philippians 4:4-20)

October 10, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

In the Revised Version part of verse 12 of Philippians 4 reads: “In everything and in all things have I learned the secret”. The Greek verb here used means “to initiate into the mysteries” and Paul here uses it both in the passive voice and in the…

Destroy and kill: the command for Israel and for us

October 8, 2018 by Andrew Barry

“When the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction… You shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and chop down their Asherim and burn their carved images with…

Marriage: its place and pattern (Ephesians 5:31)

October 3, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh” (Ephesians 5:31, R.V.) (See also Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:45; Mark 10:7-8.) These words refer, of course, to the action of…

The goodness of Christian hope

October 1, 2018 by Kirsten McKinlay

Do your friends know the goodness of the Christian hope? Do you? Recently I was talking to one of my most biblically informed non-Christian friends about life, the world, human nature and God, when she told me “I don’t want eternal life”. I was…