Columns
R. Albert Mohler, Jr: The Foolishness of the Cross, Part One
The foolishness of the cross underlines the scandalous nature of the Christian ministry. In 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, the apostle Paul reminds us of the fact that the Christian ministry...
Salvation Army General Shaw Clifton: Easter Message 2006
Less than a month has passed since the Lord placed upon me the privileged task of leading his great Army throughout the world. Because of his perfect timing...
Rev Joel Edwards, General Director Evangelical Alliance: Easter Message
A recent survey of the British people has revealed some rather surprising facts about our happiness - or lack of it. Although we accumulate enough gizmos and gadgets to make our lives comfortable...
Rick Warren: An Easter Letter for Your Congregation
With just over a month before Easter, many of you are busy preparing for special services that day. Don't forget to mobilise the best outreach tool you have – your congregation...
R. Albert Mohler, Jr: From Traitor to Hero? Responding to 'The Gospel of Judas'
Headlines around the world are announcing the publication of a "long lost" and "suppressed" ancient document, known as The Gospel of Judas. The National Geographic Society announced the publication at...
ELCA Presiding Bishop's 2006 Easter Message
The Easter Gospel lesson from John ends with Mary Magdalene's cry of faith, "I have seen the Lord." Mary -- vigilant, faithful and weeping -- is the first to declare her faith in the risen Lord...
Pastor Jonathan Oloyede: A Call to Prayer
I arrived in London in the summer of 1991, back to the place of my birth and childhood. My memory bank regularly replays the first glimpse of the green chequered English fields from my window seat...
Rev Steve Chalke: Local Strategic Partnership
When Poole Council approached the local churches with a challenge, they were ready to respond. “If you’re serious about working to bring healing and restoration in people’s lives...
Rev Malcolm Duncan: Good Practice and Public Benefit
Winston Churchill once described Russia as a ‘riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma’. I have no doubt that many church leaders would say the same thing about the Charity Commission...
Pastor Oloyede: A New Britain?
I will touch on a vision for Britain under seven broad topics; Community, Church, Culture, Cohesion, Corporate, Country and Creed...
Rev Rob Frost: Never on a Sunday...
I've become increasingly dissatisfied with the dry institutional deadness of much of what I see on offer in my local church each Sunday...
Rev Malcolm Duncan: Time For a Change
I’ve just come across some startling research. Work done for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation by the New Policy Institute shows that around 12 million people in the United Kingdom were living in poverty in 2003 / 2004...
Pastor Jonathan Oloyede: The Emerging Black Church
“Praise the Lord! Every body ppraaaaise the Lord!” bellowed the preacher from behind the glass pulpit. HALELUYAH! Resounded the congregation in perfect resonance...
Rev Rob Frost: A New Kind Of Evangelism
I was schooled in traditional ways of ‘doing evangelism.’ I was taught how to preach at a mega-decibel pitch in open air meetings, and how to use the wind to carry my voice! I was introduced to the subtle art of door to door witness...
Rev Steve Chalke: Chalke and Change - Enterprise Culture
In the late 1980’s, following the closure of coal pits, a rail manufacturing depot and various other local industries, North Doncaster found itself one of the most economically deprived communities...
Pastor Jonathan Oloyede: The Vision
As we enter 2006, Pastor Jonathan Oloyede speaks of a vision for the revival of Britain, saying that Britain is now ripe for the harvest, and that young people are the catalyst for change...