The sheer volume of practical content that Owen provides ... shows the kind of well-developed and practical thinking that teachers and preachers of the Bible should draw from as they see fit for the particular needs and pressures of their own churches.
Robyn Bain helps us with approaching the complex parts of life, using what we know about God and about ourselves , from God’s word.
Why did the early Christians pervasively undermine so much of what their Roman neighbours would have considered ‘religious’? The central answer is Jesus.
As I reflect on what I have observed, read and lived through in that more than fifty years, this is what I am convinced of: the church is always looking for better methods, but God is looking for deeper people.
The church must examine itself in regards to the creeping populism of the West. If we find ourselves adopting a more populist mindset than a biblically wise and missional mindset, it is imperative to correct course. If we find ourselves hating our enemies more than loving them, it’s time for some seriously overdue repentance.
