I have found this a book which I am returning to again and again; my list of such books is small. In a Christian world where there is a tension between a rules-based morality and authenticity, Tom Wright highlights that the Biblical way is actually neither of those. The Great Commission includes the significant command… Read more »
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Book Review – A History of Children
I had the privilege some years ago of meeting Irene Smale, author of A History of Children. I remember her being passionate and compassionate, well-informed, enthusiastic, a true follower of Jesus Christ. Readers may know her as wife of Ian Smale (Ishmael), Christian songwriter and worship leader. Introduction On reading A History of Children, I… Read more »
Marketplace and mission
God sees work as essentially good. God created a physical world and it was good. He gave Adam work to tend that creation. Work is therefore divinely ordained. God sees work as blessing. His first command to mankind was to go and multiply, to fill the earth and bless it. Mankind has a mandate to… Read more »