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| Pathway to Jesus: A postmodern path to faith 18 Feb 2010 I can remember that afternoon as if it was yesterday. I (Doug) was standing out in the middle of the green grass of the park, singing as loudly as I could. Twenty of my Christian friends and I were holding guitars and singing to ‘witness’ to the people who lounged nearby on the sunny patches of grass. We wanted to show our neighbours our authentic joy and love for Jesus. What better way to witness than with bold worship? |
Three reasons why you don't read your Bible 18 Feb 2010 From the earliest years of your Christian life– whether as a child raised in a Christian home, or as somebody brought to faith and discipled in a church group– you will have been told how important it is to read your Bible regularly. |
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| Ideas for leaders to engage with the Bible 20 Jan 2010 Ideas for leaders to engage with the Bible as part of Biblefresh. |
Intro to Biblefresh 20 Jan 2010 Biblefresh is a joint initiative which aims to encourage and inspire churches across the UK to make the most of the year 2011, empowering Christians to a deeper level of engagement with the Bible. |
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| Inkblots and Puzzles 7 Jan 2010 From the first chapter of the book by Scot McKnight, Blue Parakeet. |
A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism 2 Sep 2009 Part of the first chapter of A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism by Peter Williams |
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| How can I believe in God when there's so much suffering? 4 Jun 2009 Michael Ramsden, European Director of the Zacharias Trust, addresses the question of the co-existence of a good God and suffering. |
What is the meaning of Jesus' death? 4 Jun 2009 Graham McFarlane of LST explores the various meanings and applications of Jesus' death on the cross. |
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| Paul's Christmas Carol 4 Dec 2008 Justin Thacker, Head of Theology at the Evangelical Alliance,writes his thoughts on materialism during the Christmas season. Taken from a December 2007 edition of Friday Night Theology. |
An Ethic of Secession 13 Nov 2008 Chapter 9 of Colossians Remixed, the latest book by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat. |
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| Bible Engagement in Postmodern Culture 6 Nov 2008 Rob Hare of Bible Society writes about a new resource called "lyfe", Lectio Divina, and how to engage with the Bible in the postmodern era. |
What do we Know 6 Nov 2008 Andy Peck discusses Bible knowledge among Christian leaders in the UK. Taken from the February 2006 edition of Christianity magazine. |
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| The Authority of Scripture 18 Jul 2008 An article by Krish Kandiah on 'The Authority of Scripture'. This article was first published in the Jan/Feb 2008 edition of idea magazine |
Interview with Walter Kaiser 3 Jul 2008 An interview with Walter Kaiser, one of the leading Evangelical experts in the field of Hermeneutics, the area of Biblical Studies in which the Midlands Bible College and Divinity School specialises. |
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| The Gospel is bigger than you think 2 Jul 2008 Krish Kandiah explains the motivation behind his rethinking of how to present the gospel that led to his new evangelistic book DESTINY. DESTINY explores a four-dimensional gospel for our times. |
The Theology of Everything 2 Jul 2008 The chances are that when you hear the phrase 'theology of everything' you have one of two reactions. Either you are cynical or you feel excitement. |
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Links: Theology |
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| Visualizing the Bible 21 Jan 2010 An image that visualizes all the cross-references in the Bible. From Chris Harrison of Carnegie Mellon University. |
Distance Learning and Part-Time Theological Courses Available 2 Jul 2008 A selection Distance Learning and Part-Time Theological Courses Available. |
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Statistics: Theology |
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| Bible distribution and impact in the UK 18 Feb 2010 Statistics on Bible distribution and impact in the UK |
Taking the Pulse: Is the Bible Active and well in church today 7 Jan 2010 Research by ComRes for the Bible Society, published in 2008, on the Bible's influence in today's church |
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| What People Think About Death 4 Jul 2008 Take a look at research in Theos News which reveals what people think about the crucifixion and life after death. |
Theological Education Statistics 2 Jul 2008 Various statistics on Theological Education |
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Podcasts: Theology |
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| The Unpredictable Text 18 Mar 2010 Alister McGrath's talk, The Unpredictable Text, at the Evangelical Alliance council meeting in March 2010. |
Krish Kandiah: What every church leader needs to know about Biblefresh 18 Feb 2010 Talk by Krish Kandiah at the Biblefresh launch event in Durham, January 2010, entitled "What every church leader needs to know about Biblefresh". |
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| Tom Wright: World-changing Bible readers 18 Feb 2010 Talk by Tom Wright at the Biblefresh launch event in Durham, January 2010, entitled "World-changing Bible readers" |
Vaughan Roberts - Slipstream January 2010 21 Jan 2010 Vaughan Roberts is Rector of St Ebbe's Church in Oxford. Here he answers questions about preaching, Proclamation Trust, 9.38 and getting the church to engage with the Bible. |
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| Vaughan Roberts 21 Jan 2010 Vaughan Roberts talks about preaching and how to get the church engaged with the Bible. |
Denis Alexander and Ranald Macaulay 5 Nov 2009 November 2009 interview with Denis Alexander and Ranald Macaulay. Dr Denis Alexander is the Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St Edmund's College, Cambridge, where he is a Fellow. Dr Alexander writes, lectures and broadcasts widely in the field of science and religion. Since 1992 he has been Editor of the journal Science & Christian Belief, and currently serves on the National Committee of Christians in Science and as a member of the International Society for Science and Religion. Ranald Macaulay is principal of the Cambridge Centre for Apologetics, an educational program of Christian Heritage. Formerly he worked with L'Abri Fellowship in England. He is married to Susan Schaeffer Macaulay and they have six children, four now married and with eight grandchildren. They live in Cambridge and Ranald is the coordinator for the work of Christian Heritage based at The Round Church. |
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| Slipstream Extra: Ruth Bancewicz 5 Nov 2009 Slipstream November 2009 extra podcast with Ruth Bancewicz. Dr Ruth Bancewicz is from the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St Edmunds College, Cambridge. Ruth has worked on the Test of Faith resources designed specifically for churches to engage with, and take a balanced approach towards, issues surrounding the interaction of faith and science. |
Peter Williams 2 Sep 2009 September 2009 Slipstream interview with Peter Williams. Peter S. Williams (MA, MPhil) is a philosopher and apologist with several books to his name and is an author and speaker with Damaris Trust. |
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| Chris Wright 4 Jun 2009 June 2009 Slipstream interview with Chris Wright. Dr Chris Wright is International Director of the Langham Partnership and chair of the Lausanne Committee’s Theology Working Group. He has written several books including The Mission of God and the recent The God I Don't Understand. Chris and his wife, Liz, have four adult children and three grandchildren. |
Gary Habermas and Tim Keller 1 Apr 2009 April 2009 Slipstream double issue with Gary Habermas and Tim Keller. Gary Habermas is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Theology at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in the USA, and a known expert on Christ's resurrection. He is married to Eileen and they have seven children and nine grandchildren. Tim Keller is founder and senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City which has spawned an international church planting movement. He is also the author of the bestselling apologetics book The Reason for God as well as the recent The Prodigal God. He is married to Kathy and they have three sons. |
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| Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat 6 Nov 2008 November 2008 Slipstream interview with Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat. The husband-wife duo Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat have co-authored Colossians Re:mixed: Subverting the Empire and (forthcoming) Romans Disarmed. Sylvia is adjunct professor of Biblical Studies and Hermeneutics at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto. Brian is the co-author of Transforming Vision and Truth is stranger than it used to be (with Richard Middleton). |
Bishop Tom Wright 2 Jul 2008 July 2008 Slipstream interview with Bishop Tom Wright. Bishop Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham, is a prolific author and, for some, one of the most influential theologians of our time. His books include The Resurrection of the Son of God, the Everyone Bible series and most recently Surprised by Hope. In this month’s podcast we ask Bishop Tom to share lessons he has learnt since being in Christian leadership as well as his advice to the next generation of leaders and his thoughts on Heaven. |
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Reviews: Theology |
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| Is There A Meaning In This Text? 6 Nov 2008 A review by Antony Billington of Kevin J. Vanhoozer's book looking at The Bible, the Reader and the Morality of Literary Knowledge |
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Essential Reading: Theology |
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| Essential reading on Engaging with the Bible 6 Nov 2008 Krish Kandiah suggests five essential books on engaging with the Bible. |
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Mission
Articles: Mission |
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| Three reasons why you don't read your Bible 18 Feb 2010 From the earliest years of your Christian life– whether as a child raised in a Christian home, or as somebody brought to faith and discipled in a church group– you will have been told how important it is to read your Bible regularly. |
Transform Your Church 22 Oct 2009 Three Chapters from Transform Your Church by Paul Beasley-Murray |
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| Dawkins's Delusion 2 Sep 2009 A chapter by philosopher William Lane Craig, taken from the recent book Contending with Christianity's Critics. |
God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God 2 Sep 2009 From the first chapter of John Lennox's book on the relationship between God and science, God's Undertaker |
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| A Pioneering Woman 6 Aug 2009 A chapter from Wendy Virgo's book Influential Women, on the story of Priscilla from the Bible. |
Globalisation, women and mission 6 Aug 2009 Part of a chapter by Rose Dowsett, taken from the book One World or Many? The impact of globalisation on mission |
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| Growing Women Leaders 6 Aug 2009 An excerpt on Rosie Ward's book on nurturing women's leadership in the Church. |
Life on a Sailboat: An Interview with Sheila Baildon 6 Aug 2009 Sheila Baildon, one of our regular listeners, has spent the last three years living on a sailboat and sailing from the Mediterranean to the South Pacific. We were curious and asked her a few questions about her experiences and what other podcasts she likes to listen to. |
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| Misunderstanding the Missional Church 7 May 2009 I know for some, the missional church seems like the trend du-jour. As I read through articles, blogs, and books, I’m noticing that there are strong opinions about the missional church from many church leaders. And while I don’t pretend to speak for every missional leader, I would like to address a handful of these common misperceptions. |
ReJesus 7 May 2009 The introduction to the recent book by Alan Hirsch and Mike frost, ReJesus: a wild Messiah for a missional church |
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| What is an intentionally missional church? 7 May 2009 Most evangelical churches in the UK do mission. They believe that doing mission is part of their evangelical responsibility as gospel people. They send money for mission, mission personnel are mentioned in their prayers and they sometimes arrange an event to hear about what is happening in another part of the UK or the wider world. But doing mission is not the same as being missional. |
Holding Nothing Back 5 Mar 2009 Chapter 8 of Tim Hughes' book Holding Nothing Back, entitled 'Christ in me the hope of glory' |
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| Mercy 5 Mar 2009 Justin Thacker and Susannah Clark write about a biblical view of mercy as part of the Square Mile Initiative |
How do you know if you are a church planter? 8 Jan 2009 David Stroud, leader of the Newfrontiers UK team and Christchurch London looks at what are some of the essential qualities specifically required to be an effective church planter |
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| Learning to plant churches for the 21st century 8 Jan 2009 Michael Jensen talks to Steve Timmis, Director of the Porterbrook Network, about mission and church planting |
The Church on the heath: two baptists help plant a miracle 8 Jan 2009 In 2000, two Baptists helped plant a mustard seed on a little known new housing estate near Fleet. Six years on and that same seed has grown into a tree of faith shared by 1,000 believers. by Chris Hall, Baptist Union of Great Britain |
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| A Different Path 12 Dec 2008 A Different Path: Infecting youth with a mission virus! Phil Clark's article from the July/ August 07 edition of Idea magazine. |
Mike Frost on Missional Churches 23 Oct 2008 Notes from Mike Frost's consultation at LICC on 10 October, next.generation.church, taken by Michael Sharkey. |
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| A Generous Orthodoxy 2 Oct 2008 A sample chapter from Brian McLaren's book "A Generous Orthodoxy". |
Defining the Emerging Church 2 Oct 2008 Andrew Perriman gives some thoughts on the definition of the emerging church. |
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| We're not singing anymore... or are we? 2 Oct 2008 We're not singing anymore... or are we? Paul Mayers explores worship and the emerging church |
Exiles: Third Places 4 Aug 2008 An extract from Michael Frost's book Exiles - living missionally in a post-modern culture. In this book, Michael presents a biblical, Christian worldview for the emergent Church - people who are not at home in the traditional church or the secular world. |
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| Total Church - an extract from the book by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis 4 Aug 2008 There are two key principles that should shape the way we 'do church': gospel and community. What we do is always defined by the gospel and the context is always our belonging in the church. Our identity as Christians is defined by the gospel and the community. |
Introducing Integral Mission - Tim Chester 3 Jun 2008 Tim Chester explains why evangelicals need to engage in integral mission. |
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| Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne 3 Jun 2008 In this book, Shane Claiborne describes an authentic faith rooted in belief, action, and love, inviting us into a movement of the Spirit that begins inside each of us and extends into a broken world. |
Integral Mission, Jesus Style - Justin Thacker 2 Jun 2008 The vast majority of evangelicals now find themselves embracing both evangelism and social action. |
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| The Challenge of Integral Mission 2 Jun 2008 Integral mission is fundamentally about how faith in Jesus Christ is embodied in all aspects of life - and how it makes a difference to way we act in the real world. |
Emerging church: paradigm shift or passing fad? 2 May 2008 Jason gives an overview and history of the emerging church and assesses it against the labels it has been given. A useful introduction to those uncertain about what the emerging church is all about and whether it is here to stay. |
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| What would Gideon say about church planting? 2 May 2008 The story of Gideon from the book of Judges and the principles that are very relevant to church planting. |
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Links: Mission |
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| Square Mile links 5 Mar 2009 Links to various organisations and resources that will give you ideas for how you can make a difference in your community. |
compassionart 25 Feb 2009 Compassionart is a charity whose aim is to create works of art that will generate income for the poor. |
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| Don't be a Stranger 5 Dec 2008 The Alliance will be exploring issues of community cohesion and immigration over the coming months as part of its ‘Don’t be a Stranger’ campaign launched at Temple Address. |
Websites related to the emerging church 2 Oct 2008 A selection of links for those who want a closer look at the emerging church |
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| Links on Fresh Expressions of church 4 Aug 2008 Links on Fresh Expressions of Church. A fresh expression is a form of church for our changing culture established primarily for the benefit of people who are not yet members of any church. |
Integral Mission resources 3 Jun 2008 A selection of integral mission related resources have been compiled to help you and your churches find out more about this area. |
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Statistics: Mission |
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| Digital Britain 3 Dec 2009 Statistics on Britain's use of the digital world |
Religion Around the World 2 Sep 2009 Recent statistics on churchgoing and religious belief in the UK and beyond |
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| Women's leadership in church 6 Aug 2009 Statistics on female leadership in the UK church |
Hope 08 7 May 2009 Key statistics from the evaluation report commission by Hope08 from Theos thinktank |
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| Church planting statistics 6 Jan 2009 A snapshot of the number of churches planted since 2000 |
Statistics on Fresh Expressions of church 4 Aug 2008 Some statistics on fresh expressions of church. A fresh expression is a form of church for our changing culture established primarily for the benefit of people who are not yet members of any church. |
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Podcasts: Mission |
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| Slipstream Extra: DigiMission 3 Dec 2009 Talks from the Evangelical Alliance's DigiMission day |
Getting involved in digital mission 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Maggi Dawn, Jonny Baker, Krish Kandiah and Mark Meynell advice on how to get involved in digital mission. |
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| Digital technology - a distraction from face-to-face mission? 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Mark Meynell, Maggi Dawn, Jonny Baker, and Krish Kandiah - isn't digital technology just a distraction from real face to face mission? |
Digital technology and the mission of the church 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Mark Meynell, Maggi Dawn, Jonny Baker and Krish Kandiah - does digital technology change the mission of the church? |
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| The purpose of blogging 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Mark Meynell, Maggi Dawn and Jonny Baker - why do you blog? |
Intro to DigiMission 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Krish Kandiah why he organised the DigiMission event. |
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| Steve Timmis 8 Oct 2009 January 2009 Slipstream interview with Steve Timmis. Steve Timmis is the founder of The Crowded House network of churches in Sheffield, and of The Porterbrook Network training. He was the founding Director of Radstock Ministries and the founder of Northern Training, a Bible training course aimed at equipping Christians for Bible teaching. With Tim Chester, Steve is the author of 'Total Church: a radical reshaping around Gospel and Community.' |
Peter Williams 2 Sep 2009 September 2009 Slipstream interview with Peter Williams. Peter S. Williams (MA, MPhil) is a philosopher and apologist with several books to his name and is an author and speaker with Damaris Trust. |
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| Rose Dowsett and Dewi Hughes 6 Aug 2009 August 2009 Slipstream interview with Rose Dowsett and Dewi Hughes. Rose Dowsett is a former missionary with OMF international, author, speaker, teacher at International Christian College, and Vice-Chairman of the WEA's Mission Commission. Dewi Hughes is Theological Adviser to Tearfund. |
Alan Hirsch 7 May 2009 May 2009 Slipstream interview with Alan Hirsch. Alan Hirsch is an author, trainer, strategist and missional church leader from Australia. He is the author of The Forgotten Ways as well as the The Shaping of Things to Come and the recent ReJesus, both of which he co-wrote with Michael Frost. |
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| Tim Hughes 5 Mar 2009 March 2009 Slipstream interview with Tim Hughes. Tim Hughes is Director of Worship at Holy Trinity Brompton Church in London. He is also a songwriter with Survivor Records and heads up Worship Central, a worship training resource. He is married to Rachel and they have two children (including a newborn!). |
Mark Driscoll 4 Dec 2008 December 2008 Slipstream interviw with Mark Driscoll. Mark Driscoll has been nominated as one of the 50 most influential pastors in America, and is the founder of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, the Paradox Theater, and the Acts 29 Network which has planted scores of churches. Mark is the author of The Radical Reformission and Confessions of a Reformission Rev. He speaks extensively around the country, has lectured at a number of seminaries, and has had wide media exposure. He’s a staff religion writer for the Seattle Times. Along with his wife and children, Mark lives in Seattle. |
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| Slipstream Extra: Future Church 6 Nov 2008 Listen to Mike Frost's talks on Future Church, recorded on 3 October in Southampton. |
Brian McLaren 2 Oct 2008 October 2008 Slipstream interview with Brian McLaren. Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, pastor, and networker among Christian leaders. From 1978 to 1986, McLaren taught college English, and in 1982, he helped form Cedar Ridge Community Church, a nondenominational church in the Baltimore-Washington region. He served as its pastor until 2006 and is now a popular conference speaker and a frequent guest lecturer at seminaries and denominational gatherings, nationally and internationally. He is the author of several books including A New Kind of Christian (2001), A Generous Orthodoxy (2004), and The Secret Message of Jesus (2006). |
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| Slipstream Extra: A Conversation with Brian McLaren 2 Oct 2008 A conversation with Brian McLaren recorded on 19th June 2008 in association with Reaching the Unchurched Network (RUN) national conference at Peterborough, chaired by Krish Kandiah. |
Michael Frost 4 Aug 2008 August 2008 Slipstream interview with Michael Frost. Michael Frost is a missional church leader from Australia, well known around the world as an inspiring and provocative speaker on how to face the challenge of our times, the future of the church and what direction it should be taking. |
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| Shane Claiborne 2 Jun 2008 June 2008 Slipstream interview with Shane Claiborne. Shane Claiborne is the leader of The Simple Way, a radical faith community that lives among and serves the homeless in North Philadelphia. Shane spent 3 weeks in Baghdad during the recent Iraq war and describes himself as an "extremist for love." Shane has worked with Mother Teresa in India and Bill Hybels in United States. His best selling book "Irresistible Revolution" is published by Zondervan and a sample chapter is available for download. Shane recently spoke at the Salvation Army's Roots conference. |
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Reviews: Mission |
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| Exiles: living missionally in a post Christian culture 2 May 2008 'Reading this book could seriously change the way you think about church - and life' |
Total Church - A radical reshaping around gospel and community 1 May 2008 A radical reshaping around gospel and community. Emerging church movements can be strong on community but weak on truth; conservative evangelicals can be strong on truth but weak on community. Chester and Timmis call for a new approach which has the best of both worlds. |
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Essential Reading: Mission |
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| Essential Resources on Missional Church 7 May 2009 Krish Kandiah gives his top books on the topic of missional church |
Essential reading on church planting 8 Jan 2009 Krish Kandiah gives his essential reading on church planting |
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| Essential Reading on the emerging church 2 Oct 2008 Find essential reading here to keep you informed on the emerging church. |
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Pastoral Care
Articles: Pastoral Care |
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| Ideas for leaders to engage with the Bible 20 Jan 2010 Ideas for leaders to engage with the Bible as part of Biblefresh. |
Intro to Biblefresh 20 Jan 2010 Biblefresh is a joint initiative which aims to encourage and inspire churches across the UK to make the most of the year 2011, empowering Christians to a deeper level of engagement with the Bible. |
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| David Jackman Videos 7 Jan 2010 David Jackman on preaching |
Tim Keller is not your pastor 9 Dec 2009 Collide Magazine blog post on the issue of using qualifiers when distributing church content through digital media. |
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| Transform Your Church 22 Oct 2009 Three Chapters from Transform Your Church by Paul Beasley-Murray |
Diversity, Liturgy and Mr Potatohead 1 Oct 2009 An article by Anna Robbins of LST on the unity and diversity in public worship |
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| Growing Women Leaders 6 Aug 2009 An excerpt on Rosie Ward's book on nurturing women's leadership in the Church. |
Storylines 2 Jul 2009 An extract from the first chapter of the book Storylines by Mike Pilavachi and Andy Croft |
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| Making Sense of Generation Y 2 Jul 2009 Sara Savage, Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Bob and Graham Cray collaborated on this book and conducted original research to explore how young people aged 15-25 draw on popular culture to shape their worldview and spirituality. |
The Church on the heath: two baptists help plant a miracle 8 Jan 2009 In 2000, two Baptists helped plant a mustard seed on a little known new housing estate near Fleet. Six years on and that same seed has grown into a tree of faith shared by 1,000 believers. by Chris Hall, Baptist Union of Great Britain |
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| Best Christmas presents for pastors 4 Dec 2008 Christmas is such a busy time for church leaders, they work hard all year and while everyone else is having a winter break it's often a pastor's busiest time of the year. |
Mark Driscoll on Preaching Christ 5 Sep 2008 Notes from Adrian Warnock on Mark Driscolls seminar on Preaching Christ. "A lot of things can be done wrong. But you have to do this one thing right. If you do it, it will make up for a lot of things that aren't done so well. If your family and your church family will love Jesus, everything else will follow." |
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| Preach The Word: A sample chapter 5 Sep 2008 J John's 'Evangelistic Preaching' from the book Preach the Word by Greg Haslam. |
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Links: Pastoral Care |
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| Samaritan's Purse Church Partnership Programme 24 Sep 2009 We live in unprecedented times for the Global Church. What was once thought impossible or impractical – for a church in the UK to have a meaningful relationship with a church in the Two Thirds World – is now more than possible. |
Don't be a Stranger 5 Dec 2008 The Alliance will be exploring issues of community cohesion and immigration over the coming months as part of its ‘Don’t be a Stranger’ campaign launched at Temple Address. |
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| Christmas resources for churches 4 Dec 2008 Find links to help your church make the most of Christmas this year. |
Links for Church Leaders 25 Sep 2008 A list of useful websites for church leaders |
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Statistics: Pastoral Care |
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| Taking the Pulse: Is the Bible Active and well in church today 7 Jan 2010 Research by ComRes for the Bible Society, published in 2008, on the Bible's influence in today's church |
Women's leadership in church 6 Aug 2009 Statistics on female leadership in the UK church |
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| Younger Generations and Church 2 Jul 2009 Some recent statistics on younger generations' involvement with the Church in the UK. |
Church planting statistics 6 Jan 2009 A snapshot of the number of churches planted since 2000 |
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| Age of Ministers 12 Dec 2008 What is the current age profile of church leaders in the UK? Take a look at statistics from the most recent church census. You may be surprised what you find... |
Christmas Statistics 4 Dec 2008 Statistics on Christmas in the UK |
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| Statistics on Preaching 5 Sep 2008 A variety of statistics on preaching in churches today. |
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Podcasts: Pastoral Care |
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| Vaughan Roberts - Slipstream January 2010 21 Jan 2010 Vaughan Roberts is Rector of St Ebbe's Church in Oxford. Here he answers questions about preaching, Proclamation Trust, 9.38 and getting the church to engage with the Bible. |
Vaughan Roberts 21 Jan 2010 Vaughan Roberts talks about preaching and how to get the church engaged with the Bible. |
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| Steve Timmis 8 Oct 2009 January 2009 Slipstream interview with Steve Timmis. Steve Timmis is the founder of The Crowded House network of churches in Sheffield, and of The Porterbrook Network training. He was the founding Director of Radstock Ministries and the founder of Northern Training, a Bible training course aimed at equipping Christians for Bible teaching. With Tim Chester, Steve is the author of 'Total Church: a radical reshaping around Gospel and Community.' |
Stuart Townend 1 Oct 2009 October 2009 Slipstream interview with Stuart Townend. Stuart Townend is a well-known Christian songwriter, worship leader, musician and seminar speaker. He also spends time training emerging worship leaders and songwriters. His latest album Creation Sings was released in May 2009. |
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| Mike Pilavachi 2 Jul 2009 July 2009 Slipstream interview with Mike Pilavachi. Mike Pilavachi is the co-founder and leader of Soul Survivor based in Watford. He is also the Pastor of the Soul Survivor Watford church, led Soul in the City London 2004 and helped found the nationwide Hope 08 project. He is the author of many books including the recent Storylines with Andy Croft. |
Mark Driscoll 4 Dec 2008 December 2008 Slipstream interviw with Mark Driscoll. Mark Driscoll has been nominated as one of the 50 most influential pastors in America, and is the founder of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, the Paradox Theater, and the Acts 29 Network which has planted scores of churches. Mark is the author of The Radical Reformission and Confessions of a Reformission Rev. He speaks extensively around the country, has lectured at a number of seminaries, and has had wide media exposure. He’s a staff religion writer for the Seattle Times. Along with his wife and children, Mark lives in Seattle. |
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| David Jackman 5 Sep 2008 September 2008 Slipstream interview with David Jackman. David Jackman is an internationally renowned speaker, President of the Proclamation Trust, and founder of the Cornhill Training Course. He was previously minister of Above Bar Church in Southampton and also served with the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF). In 1974 he wrote his first short book, Starting as a Student: A Christian Approach, an 88 page pocketbook designed to prepare students for University or College life. David has written many books, most recently Opening up the Bible and Spirit of Truth. |
Slipstream Extra: What Every Christian Leader Needs to Know About Our Changing Culture 14 Jul 2008 A presentation by Graham Cray titled 'What Every Christian Leader Needs to Know About Our Changing Culture' |
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Reviews: Pastoral Care |
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| Francis Schaeffer in a word - authentic 10 Sep 2009 Colin Duriez writes about his recent biography of Francis Schaeffer |
Dysciples 9 Jul 2009 David Wright of Global Connections reviews Krish Kandiah's recent book, Dysciples. |
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| The Disciple-making Pastor by Bill Hull 8 May 2008 This book by Bill Hull caught my eye at a recent conference. Discipleship not conversion is the biggest challenge of our day, how to produce a church of people that don't merely give assent to Christ as their Saviour but follow Him as Lord. |
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Essential Reading: Pastoral Care |
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| Young People and the Bible 2 Jul 2009 Krish Kandiah gives his top resources for teaching young people about the Bible. |
Essential Reading for Preachers 11 Sep 2008 Krish Kandiah gives his top 5 books for preachers |
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Cultural Engagement
Articles: Cultural Engagement |
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| Nims Obunge: Be sure you can vote in the General Election 18 Mar 2010 Revd. Nims Obunge, CEO of The Peace Alliance, urges us all to register to vote ahead of the upcoming General Election. |
A Cross in the Box 11 Mar 2010 Krish Kandiah writes about his journey towards engaging in politics. |
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| My Father, Maker of the Trees 10 Mar 2010 Extract from My Father, Maker of the Trees: How I survived the Rwandan Genocide. By Eric Irivuzumugabe with Tracey D. Lawrence. |
Twitter as a Leadership Tool 15 Jan 2010 Michael Hyatt persuades a friend of the potential of Twitter for developing leadership skills. |
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| Should Christians Embrace Evolution? 9 Dec 2009 Review of Should Christians Embrace Evolution? Biblical and scientific responses. This book is a response to Denis Alexander’s ‘Creation or Evolution: do we have to choose?’ |
Tim Keller is not your pastor 9 Dec 2009 Collide Magazine blog post on the issue of using qualifiers when distributing church content through digital media. |
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| Hidden Pixels 3 Dec 2009 The introduction to Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps. Taken with permission from Zondervan. |
Twitter as a Spiritual Discipline 3 Dec 2009 Gerard Kelly writes about his "twitturgies" experiment on Twitter. |
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| A new view of Genesis? 5 Nov 2009 David Wilkinson writes about Darwin's impact on Christians' views of Genesis |
Learning the Language of God 5 Nov 2009 Part of a chapter by Francis Collins from Test of Faith. |
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| Talking About...Darwin 5 Nov 2009 Tony Watkins talks about the influence of Darwin in light of the new film creation |
An Interview with Sarah Fordham 1 Oct 2009 An interview with Sarah Fordham, poet, creative writer and contributor to Sublime Magazine. |
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| Art for the Glory of God 1 Oct 2009 As an artist and creative arts coordinator for the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship I am often asked how art gives glory to Jesus Christ. |
Diversity, Liturgy and Mr Potatohead 1 Oct 2009 An article by Anna Robbins of LST on the unity and diversity in public worship |
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| A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism 2 Sep 2009 Part of the first chapter of A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism by Peter Williams |
Dawkins's Delusion 2 Sep 2009 A chapter by philosopher William Lane Craig, taken from the recent book Contending with Christianity's Critics. |
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| God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God 2 Sep 2009 From the first chapter of John Lennox's book on the relationship between God and science, God's Undertaker |
evangelical environment 5 Feb 2009 John-Paul Lotz writes about a biblical view of the environment |
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| Q is for Questions 5 Feb 2009 An extract from Ruth Valerio's book L is for Lifestyle |
Waking up from the consumer dream 5 Feb 2009 Waking up from the consumer dream by jeremy williams |
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| Paul's Christmas Carol 4 Dec 2008 Justin Thacker, Head of Theology at the Evangelical Alliance,writes his thoughts on materialism during the Christmas season. Taken from a December 2007 edition of Friday Night Theology. |
An Ethic of Secession 13 Nov 2008 Chapter 9 of Colossians Remixed, the latest book by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat. |
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| Bible Engagement in Postmodern Culture 6 Nov 2008 Rob Hare of Bible Society writes about a new resource called "lyfe", Lectio Divina, and how to engage with the Bible in the postmodern era. |
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Links: Cultural Engagement |
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| Visualizing the Bible 21 Jan 2010 An image that visualizes all the cross-references in the Bible. From Chris Harrison of Carnegie Mellon University. |
DigiMission Video Clips 3 Dec 2009 Watch some clips from DigiMission on the ustream channel. |
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| Bloggers List 22 Apr 2009 A list of bloggers who participated in the Maundy Thursday resurrection synchronised blogging day |
Eco-congregation 5 Feb 2009 A Rocha eco-congregation |
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| Don't be a Stranger 5 Dec 2008 The Alliance will be exploring issues of community cohesion and immigration over the coming months as part of its ‘Don’t be a Stranger’ campaign launched at Temple Address. |
Culture Footprint 3 Dec 2008 Forum for Change has launched a regular email. The Culture Footprint features disciples in Arts, Media, Business, Education, Politics and other professions who bring the presence of Jesus in the culture. |
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| Digital Britain 3 Dec 2009 Statistics on Britain's use of the digital world |
Statistics on views of Science, religion, creation and evolution 5 Nov 2009 Statistics on views of science, religion, creation and evolution in the UK, from a 2008 Theos survey |
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| State of the Nation statistics 1 Oct 2009 Recent "state of the nation" statistics in the UK covering family, young people and poverty/debt. |
Religion Around the World 2 Sep 2009 Recent statistics on churchgoing and religious belief in the UK and beyond |
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| Environmental Statistics 5 Feb 2009 statistics on recycling in the UK and evangelicals' views of the environment |
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| Refreshing Politics Talks 18 Mar 2010 Danny Webster, Elizabeth Berridge, Zoe Dixon, and Andy Flannagan speak on refreshing politics at the Evangelical Alliance Council meeting in March 2010. |
Slipstream Extra: DigiMission 3 Dec 2009 Talks from the Evangelical Alliance's DigiMission day |
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| Getting involved in digital mission 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Maggi Dawn, Jonny Baker, Krish Kandiah and Mark Meynell advice on how to get involved in digital mission. |
Digital technology - a distraction from face-to-face mission? 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Mark Meynell, Maggi Dawn, Jonny Baker, and Krish Kandiah - isn't digital technology just a distraction from real face to face mission? |
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| Digital technology and the mission of the church 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Mark Meynell, Maggi Dawn, Jonny Baker and Krish Kandiah - does digital technology change the mission of the church? |
The purpose of blogging 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Mark Meynell, Maggi Dawn and Jonny Baker - why do you blog? |
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| Intro to DigiMission 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Krish Kandiah why he organised the DigiMission event. |
Denis Alexander and Ranald Macaulay 5 Nov 2009 November 2009 interview with Denis Alexander and Ranald Macaulay. Dr Denis Alexander is the Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St Edmund's College, Cambridge, where he is a Fellow. Dr Alexander writes, lectures and broadcasts widely in the field of science and religion. Since 1992 he has been Editor of the journal Science & Christian Belief, and currently serves on the National Committee of Christians in Science and as a member of the International Society for Science and Religion. Ranald Macaulay is principal of the Cambridge Centre for Apologetics, an educational program of Christian Heritage. Formerly he worked with L'Abri Fellowship in England. He is married to Susan Schaeffer Macaulay and they have six children, four now married and with eight grandchildren. They live in Cambridge and Ranald is the coordinator for the work of Christian Heritage based at The Round Church. |
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| Slipstream Extra: Ruth Bancewicz 5 Nov 2009 Slipstream November 2009 extra podcast with Ruth Bancewicz. Dr Ruth Bancewicz is from the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St Edmunds College, Cambridge. Ruth has worked on the Test of Faith resources designed specifically for churches to engage with, and take a balanced approach towards, issues surrounding the interaction of faith and science. |
Stuart Townend 1 Oct 2009 October 2009 Slipstream interview with Stuart Townend. Stuart Townend is a well-known Christian songwriter, worship leader, musician and seminar speaker. He also spends time training emerging worship leaders and songwriters. His latest album Creation Sings was released in May 2009. |
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| Peter Williams 2 Sep 2009 September 2009 Slipstream interview with Peter Williams. Peter S. Williams (MA, MPhil) is a philosopher and apologist with several books to his name and is an author and speaker with Damaris Trust. |
Gary Habermas and Tim Keller 1 Apr 2009 April 2009 Slipstream double issue with Gary Habermas and Tim Keller. Gary Habermas is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Theology at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in the USA, and a known expert on Christ's resurrection. He is married to Eileen and they have seven children and nine grandchildren. Tim Keller is founder and senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City which has spawned an international church planting movement. He is also the author of the bestselling apologetics book The Reason for God as well as the recent The Prodigal God. He is married to Kathy and they have three sons. |
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| Tim Hughes 5 Mar 2009 March 2009 Slipstream interview with Tim Hughes. Tim Hughes is Director of Worship at Holy Trinity Brompton Church in London. He is also a songwriter with Survivor Records and heads up Worship Central, a worship training resource. He is married to Rachel and they have two children (including a newborn!). |
Ruth Valerio 5 Feb 2009 February 2009 Slipstream interview with Ruth Valerio. Ruth Valerio runs A Rocha's Living Lightly 24:1 initiative. She lives with her husband and two young daughters in Chichester, England. When she's not speaking on the Bible and ethical issues, Ruth enjoys working on her allotment, and minding chickens and pigs. |
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| Slipstream Extra: Godblogs 12 Dec 2008 Listen to audio podcasts of the 3 presentations given at the Godblogs event held at the Evangelical Alliance |
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Reviews: Cultural Engagement |
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| Different Eyes - the art of living beautifully 10 Mar 2010 Steve Morris reviews Different Eyes by Steve Chalke. |
Review of Darwin, Creation and the Fall: Theological Challenges 5 Nov 2009 David Couchman reviews Darwin, Creation and the Fall, a collection of papers given at meetings of the Christian Doctrine Study Group of the Tyndale Fellowship in July 2008. |
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| Francis Schaeffer in a word - authentic 10 Sep 2009 Colin Duriez writes about his recent biography of Francis Schaeffer |
God's Politics by Jim Wallis 11 Aug 2008 A review of Jim Wallis' God's Politics, the book that "changed the conversation" on faith and politics. |
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| 24 by Krish Kandiah 8 Aug 2008 A review of Krish Kandiah's "24 - Integrating Faith and Real Life" |
Jesus For President by Shane Claiborne. 2 Jul 2008 Jesus for President is Shane Claiborne's second book after The Irresistible Revolution. This first book has given Shane a fast track to prominence and he's found a considerable following here in the UK with his regular trips to Greenbelt amongst others. |
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| Holy Discontent by Bill Hybels 7 May 2008 Holy Discontent is not a complicated book, it's not a deep book. I'm not 100% convinced there's enough here for a book but you can't fault Hybels for passion. |
The Play Ethic by Pat Kane 2 May 2008 I learnt about play from Pat Kane’s book The Play Ethic - A Manifesto for a Different Way of Living. This sprawling website of a book is perhaps a little less fun to read than it ought to be and could be half as long. It swings between groovy journalist chat and would-be academic prose. However, it contains a real and profound challenge to the way we live life in the west. |
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Essential Reading: Cultural Engagement |
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| Essential resources for green Christians 5 Feb 2009 Krish Kandiah suggests essential resources for green Christians |
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Apologetics and Evangelism
Articles: Apologetics and Evangelism |
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| A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism 2 Sep 2009 Part of the first chapter of A Sceptic's Guide to Atheism by Peter Williams |
Dawkins's Delusion 2 Sep 2009 A chapter by philosopher William Lane Craig, taken from the recent book Contending with Christianity's Critics. |
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| God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God 2 Sep 2009 From the first chapter of John Lennox's book on the relationship between God and science, God's Undertaker |
How can I believe in God when there's so much suffering? 4 Jun 2009 Michael Ramsden, European Director of the Zacharias Trust, addresses the question of the co-existence of a good God and suffering. |
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| What is the meaning of Jesus' death? 4 Jun 2009 Graham McFarlane of LST explores the various meanings and applications of Jesus' death on the cross. |
How to Save a Life 1 Apr 2009 How to Save a Life is Krish Kandiah's new evangelistic book aiming to help seekers to understand exactly what is involved in becoming a Christian. |
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| The Reason for God 1 Apr 2009 An extract from the final chapter of Timothy Keller's book, entitled "The Dance of God". |
Mark Driscoll on Preaching Christ 5 Sep 2008 Notes from Adrian Warnock on Mark Driscolls seminar on Preaching Christ. "A lot of things can be done wrong. But you have to do this one thing right. If you do it, it will make up for a lot of things that aren't done so well. If your family and your church family will love Jesus, everything else will follow." |
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| Preach The Word: A sample chapter 5 Sep 2008 J John's 'Evangelistic Preaching' from the book Preach the Word by Greg Haslam. |
Street Apologetics - answering people's big questions. 4 Aug 2008 Apologetics is an ugly word - and one most people will need to look up in the dictionary. Dare I say, that apologetics has been something of an ugly business in modern times - peopled by male intellectual heavyweights slugging it out over philosophical points. Apologetics - the gentle defence of the faith - seems to have been squeezed way away from our ordinary lives. But does it need to be? |
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| The Authority of Scripture 18 Jul 2008 An article by Krish Kandiah on 'The Authority of Scripture'. This article was first published in the Jan/Feb 2008 edition of idea magazine |
The Gospel is bigger than you think 2 Jul 2008 Krish Kandiah explains the motivation behind his rethinking of how to present the gospel that led to his new evangelistic book DESTINY. DESTINY explores a four-dimensional gospel for our times. |
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| Bloggers List 22 Apr 2009 A list of bloggers who participated in the Maundy Thursday resurrection synchronised blogging day |
Don't be a Stranger 5 Dec 2008 The Alliance will be exploring issues of community cohesion and immigration over the coming months as part of its ‘Don’t be a Stranger’ campaign launched at Temple Address. |
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Statistics: Apologetics and Evangelism |
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| Religion Around the World 2 Sep 2009 Recent statistics on churchgoing and religious belief in the UK and beyond |
Why People Don't Go to Church 4 Jun 2009 Statistics from Australia and America on barriers to faith and churchgoing |
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| Easter Statistics 1 Apr 2009 Statistics from various recent surveys reflecting perspectives on Easter and the resurrection in the UK. |
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| The purpose of blogging 3 Dec 2009 David Couchman asks Mark Meynell, Maggi Dawn and Jonny Baker - why do you blog? |
Gary Habermas and Tim Keller 1 Apr 2009 April 2009 Slipstream double issue with Gary Habermas and Tim Keller. Gary Habermas is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Theology at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in the USA, and a known expert on Christ's resurrection. He is married to Eileen and they have seven children and nine grandchildren. Tim Keller is founder and senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City which has spawned an international church planting movement. He is also the author of the bestselling apologetics book The Reason for God as well as the recent The Prodigal God. He is married to Kathy and they have three sons. |
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| Slipstream Extra: Gary Habermas 1 Apr 2009 Gary Habermas is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Theology at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in the USA, and a known expert on Christ's resurrection. In these talks given at Above Bar Church in Southampton in March 2008, Dr Habermas talks about evidence for the resurrection. |
David Jackman 5 Sep 2008 September 2008 Slipstream interview with David Jackman. David Jackman is an internationally renowned speaker, President of the Proclamation Trust, and founder of the Cornhill Training Course. He was previously minister of Above Bar Church in Southampton and also served with the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF). In 1974 he wrote his first short book, Starting as a Student: A Christian Approach, an 88 page pocketbook designed to prepare students for University or College life. David has written many books, most recently Opening up the Bible and Spirit of Truth. |
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Reviews: Apologetics and Evangelism |
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| Francis Schaeffer in a word - authentic 10 Sep 2009 Colin Duriez writes about his recent biography of Francis Schaeffer |
Book Review: The God I Don't Understand 27 May 2009 Evangelical Alliance public theology researcher Susannah Clark reviews Chris Wright's book The God I Don't Understand |
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| The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World by John Piper and Justin Taylor 8 May 2008 They say the church has jumped on the postmodern bandwagon just as the world has begun to jump off it. I'm not sure, it seems to me that postmodern thinking is alive and well in much of our culture, in our attitudes to tolerance, truth and the consequent apathy to all things significant. |
The reason for God by Tim Keller 1 May 2008 Why does God allow suffering in the world? How could a loving God send people to Hell? Why isn't Christianity more inclusive? How can one religion be "right" and the others "wrong"? Why have so many wars been fought in the name of God? These are just a few of the questions and doubts even ardent believers wrestle with today. |
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Students
Articles: Students |
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| Storylines 2 Jul 2009 An extract from the first chapter of the book Storylines by Mike Pilavachi and Andy Croft |
Making Sense of Generation Y 2 Jul 2009 Sara Savage, Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Bob and Graham Cray collaborated on this book and conducted original research to explore how young people aged 15-25 draw on popular culture to shape their worldview and spirituality. |
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| A Different Path 12 Dec 2008 A Different Path: Infecting youth with a mission virus! Phil Clark's article from the July/ August 07 edition of Idea magazine. |
Fresh Students 5 Sep 2008 Krish Kandiah's article from September / October 2008 idea magazine - Fresh Students |
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| Mend the Gap - Jason Gardner 4 Aug 2008 In this article Jason Gardner explores what the Church needs to do to engage with young people in a culture with an ever widening generation gap. |
The Youth Of Today 4 Aug 2008 In the Youth Of Today Hazel Southam looks at creative ways of meeting teenagers needs. |
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| Leadership Transition 2 Jul 2008 It is a risky business to allow the next generation of leaders to take over, but if it does not happen the consequences are terminal. |
Leadership Succession 2 May 2008 Evangelical churches are not identifying, training, resourcing and releasing new leaders at anywhere near the numbers that are necessary to stay level in the next generation. Let alone to see fresh waves of church planting. Its not that there aren't bright spots. There are - but nowhere near enough |
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Links: Students |
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| Three Faiths Forum Undergraduate Parliamentors 16 Apr 2009 The Three Faiths Forum is offering the opportunity for second year undergraduates of Muslim, Christian & Jewish backgrounds to be mentored by prominent MPs and Peers. |
Culture Footprint 3 Dec 2008 Forum for Change has launched a regular email. The Culture Footprint features disciples in Arts, Media, Business, Education, Politics and other professions who bring the presence of Jesus in the culture. |
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| Distance Learning and Part-Time Theological Courses Available 2 Jul 2008 A selection Distance Learning and Part-Time Theological Courses Available. |
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| State of the Nation statistics 1 Oct 2009 Recent "state of the nation" statistics in the UK covering family, young people and poverty/debt. |
Younger Generations and Church 2 Jul 2009 Some recent statistics on younger generations' involvement with the Church in the UK. |
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| Theological Education Statistics 2 Jul 2008 Various statistics on Theological Education |
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Podcasts: Students |
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| Mike Pilavachi 2 Jul 2009 July 2009 Slipstream interview with Mike Pilavachi. Mike Pilavachi is the co-founder and leader of Soul Survivor based in Watford. He is also the Pastor of the Soul Survivor Watford church, led Soul in the City London 2004 and helped found the nationwide Hope 08 project. He is the author of many books including the recent Storylines with Andy Croft. |
Biblical Leadership 1 Oct 2008 Talks from Tom Sine, Pete Greig and Ruth Valerio on the Bible and leadership |
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| Urban Tribes by Ethan Watters 2 May 2008 In his intriguing new book Urban Tribes, Californian journalist Ethan Watters argues that young adults are forming their own significant communities in place of traditional family units; and finding in these groups some of the benefits that family life offers. |
The Younger Evangelicals by Robert E Webber 2 May 2008 This is a key book that seeks to answer the question: What shape is leadership taking in the Evangelical church in a Postmodern world? |
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| Young People and the Bible 2 Jul 2009 Krish Kandiah gives his top resources for teaching young people about the Bible. |
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Leadership
Articles: Leadership |
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| Pathway to Jesus: A postmodern path to faith 18 Feb 2010 I can remember that afternoon as if it was yesterday. I (Doug) was standing out in the middle of the green grass of the park, singing as loudly as I could. Twenty of my Christian friends and I were holding guitars and singing to ‘witness’ to the people who lounged nearby on the sunny patches of grass. We wanted to show our neighbours our authentic joy and love for Jesus. What better way to witness than with bold worship? |
Ideas for leaders to engage with the Bible 20 Jan 2010 Ideas for leaders to engage with the Bible as part of Biblefresh. |
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| Intro to Biblefresh 20 Jan 2010 Biblefresh is a joint initiative which aims to encourage and inspire churches across the UK to make the most of the year 2011, empowering Christians to a deeper level of engagement with the Bible. |
Twitter as a Leadership Tool 15 Jan 2010 Michael Hyatt persuades a friend of the potential of Twitter for developing leadership skills. |
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| David Jackman Videos 7 Jan 2010 David Jackman on preaching |
A Pioneering Woman 6 Aug 2009 A chapter from Wendy Virgo's book Influential Women, on the story of Priscilla from the Bible. |
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| Globalisation, women and mission 6 Aug 2009 Part of a chapter by Rose Dowsett, taken from the book One World or Many? The impact of globalisation on mission |
Growing Women Leaders 6 Aug 2009 An excerpt on Rosie Ward's book on nurturing women's leadership in the Church. |
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| Making Sense of Generation Y 2 Jul 2009 Sara Savage, Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Bob and Graham Cray collaborated on this book and conducted original research to explore how young people aged 15-25 draw on popular culture to shape their worldview and spirituality. |
How do you know if you are a church planter? 8 Jan 2009 David Stroud, leader of the Newfrontiers UK team and Christchurch London looks at what are some of the essential qualities specifically required to be an effective church planter |
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| Learning to plant churches for the 21st century 8 Jan 2009 Michael Jensen talks to Steve Timmis, Director of the Porterbrook Network, about mission and church planting |
The Church on the heath: two baptists help plant a miracle 8 Jan 2009 In 2000, two Baptists helped plant a mustard seed on a little known new housing estate near Fleet. Six years on and that same seed has grown into a tree of faith shared by 1,000 believers. by Chris Hall, Baptist Union of Great Britain |
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| Leadership Transition 2 Jul 2008 It is a risky business to allow the next generation of leaders to take over, but if it does not happen the consequences are terminal. |
Emerging church: paradigm shift or passing fad? 2 May 2008 Jason gives an overview and history of the emerging church and assesses it against the labels it has been given. A useful introduction to those uncertain about what the emerging church is all about and whether it is here to stay. |
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| Leadership is the key 2 May 2008 The church in the United Kingdom has now been in decline for nearly 100 years. Almost certainly for at least half that time the problem was not taken seriously by most church leaders. |
Leadership Succession 2 May 2008 Evangelical churches are not identifying, training, resourcing and releasing new leaders at anywhere near the numbers that are necessary to stay level in the next generation. Let alone to see fresh waves of church planting. Its not that there aren't bright spots. There are - but nowhere near enough |
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| Samaritan's Purse Church Partnership Programme 24 Sep 2009 We live in unprecedented times for the Global Church. What was once thought impossible or impractical – for a church in the UK to have a meaningful relationship with a church in the Two Thirds World – is now more than possible. |
Don't be a Stranger 5 Dec 2008 The Alliance will be exploring issues of community cohesion and immigration over the coming months as part of its ‘Don’t be a Stranger’ campaign launched at Temple Address. |
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| Culture Footprint 3 Dec 2008 Forum for Change has launched a regular email. The Culture Footprint features disciples in Arts, Media, Business, Education, Politics and other professions who bring the presence of Jesus in the culture. |
Links for Church Leaders 25 Sep 2008 A list of useful websites for church leaders |
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Statistics: Leadership |
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| Women's leadership in church 6 Aug 2009 Statistics on female leadership in the UK church |
Younger Generations and Church 2 Jul 2009 Some recent statistics on younger generations' involvement with the Church in the UK. |
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| Church planting statistics 6 Jan 2009 A snapshot of the number of churches planted since 2000 |
Leadership attrition: Statistics 4 Aug 2008 Statistics taken from a selection of sources giving a snapshot of the pressure church leaders are under today |
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Podcasts: Leadership |
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| Refreshing Politics Talks 18 Mar 2010 Danny Webster, Elizabeth Berridge, Zoe Dixon, and Andy Flannagan speak on refreshing politics at the Evangelical Alliance Council meeting in March 2010. |
Krish Kandiah: What every church leader needs to know about Biblefresh 18 Feb 2010 Talk by Krish Kandiah at the Biblefresh launch event in Durham, January 2010, entitled "What every church leader needs to know about Biblefresh". |
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| Tom Wright: World-changing Bible readers 18 Feb 2010 Talk by Tom Wright at the Biblefresh launch event in Durham, January 2010, entitled "World-changing Bible readers" |
Vaughan Roberts - Slipstream January 2010 21 Jan 2010 Vaughan Roberts is Rector of St Ebbe's Church in Oxford. Here he answers questions about preaching, Proclamation Trust, 9.38 and getting the church to engage with the Bible. |
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| Vaughan Roberts 21 Jan 2010 Vaughan Roberts talks about preaching and how to get the church engaged with the Bible. |
Tom Wright on spiritual life of leaders 7 Jan 2010 Tom Wright videos of spiritual life of leaders |
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| Rose Dowsett and Dewi Hughes 6 Aug 2009 August 2009 Slipstream interview with Rose Dowsett and Dewi Hughes. Rose Dowsett is a former missionary with OMF international, author, speaker, teacher at International Christian College, and Vice-Chairman of the WEA's Mission Commission. Dewi Hughes is Theological Adviser to Tearfund. |
Mike Pilavachi 2 Jul 2009 July 2009 Slipstream interview with Mike Pilavachi. Mike Pilavachi is the co-founder and leader of Soul Survivor based in Watford. He is also the Pastor of the Soul Survivor Watford church, led Soul in the City London 2004 and helped found the nationwide Hope 08 project. He is the author of many books including the recent Storylines with Andy Croft. |
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| Biblical Leadership 1 Oct 2008 Talks from Tom Sine, Pete Greig and Ruth Valerio on the Bible and leadership |
Slipstream Extra: What Every Christian Leader Needs to Know About Our Changing Culture 14 Jul 2008 A presentation by Graham Cray titled 'What Every Christian Leader Needs to Know About Our Changing Culture' |
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| Slipstream Podcast 1: Terry Virgo 30 Apr 2008 Terry Virgo (1940-) is the leader of the New Frontiers family of churches. Born and raised in Brighton, Virgo started a small church movement which has grown into an international group of churches in 29 nations. He recently spoke at New Word Alive and is the author of over 14 books. |
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| Dysciples 9 Jul 2009 David Wright of Global Connections reviews Krish Kandiah's recent book, Dysciples. |
The Younger Evangelicals by Robert E Webber 2 May 2008 This is a key book that seeks to answer the question: What shape is leadership taking in the Evangelical church in a Postmodern world? |
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Spiritual Growth
Articles: Spiritual Growth |
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| My Father, Maker of the Trees 10 Mar 2010 Extract from My Father, Maker of the Trees: How I survived the Rwandan Genocide. By Eric Irivuzumugabe with Tracey D. Lawrence. |
Pathway to Jesus: A postmodern path to faith 18 Feb 2010 I can remember that afternoon as if it was yesterday. I (Doug) was standing out in the middle of the green grass of the park, singing as loudly as I could. Twenty of my Christian friends and I were holding guitars and singing to ‘witness’ to the people who lounged nearby on the sunny patches of grass. We wanted to show our neighbours our authentic joy and love for Jesus. What better way to witness than with bold worship? |
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| Three reasons why you don't read your Bible 18 Feb 2010 From the earliest years of your Christian life– whether as a child raised in a Christian home, or as somebody brought to faith and discipled in a church group– you will have been told how important it is to read your Bible regularly. |
Ideas for leaders to engage with the Bible 20 Jan 2010 Ideas for leaders to engage with the Bible as part of Biblefresh. |
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| Inkblots and Puzzles 7 Jan 2010 From the first chapter of the book by Scot McKnight, Blue Parakeet. |
Twitter as a Spiritual Discipline 3 Dec 2009 Gerard Kelly writes about his "twitturgies" experiment on Twitter. |
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| Life on a Sailboat: An Interview with Sheila Baildon 6 Aug 2009 Sheila Baildon, one of our regular listeners, has spent the last three years living on a sailboat and sailing from the Mediterranean to the South Pacific. We were curious and asked her a few questions about her experiences and what other podcasts she likes to listen to. |
Storylines 2 Jul 2009 An extract from the first chapter of the book Storylines by Mike Pilavachi and Andy Croft |
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| How can I believe in God when there's so much suffering? 4 Jun 2009 Michael Ramsden, European Director of the Zacharias Trust, addresses the question of the co-existence of a good God and suffering. |
What is the meaning of Jesus' death? 4 Jun 2009 Graham McFarlane of LST explores the various meanings and applications of Jesus' death on the cross. |
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| Waking up from the consumer dream 5 Feb 2009 Waking up from the consumer dream by jeremy williams |
How do you know if you are a church planter? 8 Jan 2009 David Stroud, leader of the Newfrontiers UK team and Christchurch London looks at what are some of the essential qualities specifically required to be an effective church planter |
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| Bible Engagement in Postmodern Culture 6 Nov 2008 Rob Hare of Bible Society writes about a new resource called "lyfe", Lectio Divina, and how to engage with the Bible in the postmodern era. |
We're not singing anymore... or are we? 2 Oct 2008 We're not singing anymore... or are we? Paul Mayers explores worship and the emerging church |
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Statistics: Spiritual Growth |
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| Bible distribution and impact in the UK 18 Feb 2010 Statistics on Bible distribution and impact in the UK |
Taking the Pulse: Is the Bible Active and well in church today 7 Jan 2010 Research by ComRes for the Bible Society, published in 2008, on the Bible's influence in today's church |
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| Why People Don't Go to Church 4 Jun 2009 Statistics from Australia and America on barriers to faith and churchgoing |
Church planting statistics 6 Jan 2009 A snapshot of the number of churches planted since 2000 |
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| Attitudes to the Bible 6 Nov 2008 A summary of attitudes towards the Bible and how it is being used in churches |
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| Krish Kandiah: What every church leader needs to know about Biblefresh 18 Feb 2010 Talk by Krish Kandiah at the Biblefresh launch event in Durham, January 2010, entitled "What every church leader needs to know about Biblefresh". |
Tom Wright: World-changing Bible readers 18 Feb 2010 Talk by Tom Wright at the Biblefresh launch event in Durham, January 2010, entitled "World-changing Bible readers" |
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| Vaughan Roberts - Slipstream January 2010 21 Jan 2010 Vaughan Roberts is Rector of St Ebbe's Church in Oxford. Here he answers questions about preaching, Proclamation Trust, 9.38 and getting the church to engage with the Bible. |
Vaughan Roberts 21 Jan 2010 Vaughan Roberts talks about preaching and how to get the church engaged with the Bible. |
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| Tom Wright on spiritual life of leaders 7 Jan 2010 Tom Wright videos of spiritual life of leaders |
Stuart Townend 1 Oct 2009 October 2009 Slipstream interview with Stuart Townend. Stuart Townend is a well-known Christian songwriter, worship leader, musician and seminar speaker. He also spends time training emerging worship leaders and songwriters. His latest album Creation Sings was released in May 2009. |
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| Chris Wright 4 Jun 2009 June 2009 Slipstream interview with Chris Wright. Dr Chris Wright is International Director of the Langham Partnership and chair of the Lausanne Committee’s Theology Working Group. He has written several books including The Mission of God and the recent The God I Don't Understand. Chris and his wife, Liz, have four adult children and three grandchildren. |
Bishop Tom Wright 2 Jul 2008 July 2008 Slipstream interview with Bishop Tom Wright. Bishop Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham, is a prolific author and, for some, one of the most influential theologians of our time. His books include The Resurrection of the Son of God, the Everyone Bible series and most recently Surprised by Hope. In this month’s podcast we ask Bishop Tom to share lessons he has learnt since being in Christian leadership as well as his advice to the next generation of leaders and his thoughts on Heaven. |
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| The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Bible 10 Mar 2010 Steve Morris reviews The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Bible by Colin Sinclair |
Different Eyes - the art of living beautifully 10 Mar 2010 Steve Morris reviews Different Eyes by Steve Chalke. |
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| Dysciples 9 Jul 2009 David Wright of Global Connections reviews Krish Kandiah's recent book, Dysciples. |
Book Review: The God I Don't Understand 27 May 2009 Evangelical Alliance public theology researcher Susannah Clark reviews Chris Wright's book The God I Don't Understand |
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| 24 by Krish Kandiah 8 Aug 2008 A review of Krish Kandiah's "24 - Integrating Faith and Real Life" |
Holy Discontent by Bill Hybels 7 May 2008 Holy Discontent is not a complicated book, it's not a deep book. I'm not 100% convinced there's enough here for a book but you can't fault Hybels for passion. |
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