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Two-character stories

It was an aside during a sermon at The Bridge Church this year, that highlighted Luke’s technique of including two characters in incidents and parables. Or, better, that Christ Himself did. We are drawn into the narrative, perhaps with our sympathies moving from one character to the other, and then perhaps back again. In our… Read more »

Followers of The Way

The book of Acts describes Christians as followers of The Way. This is significant, since the apostle Paul refers to the ‘way of life’ in Christ Jesus (1 Cor 4.17; 2 Tim 3.10). Followers of Jesus Christ do not merely subscribe to a set of beliefs or doctrines. To follow Jesus Christ is not restricted… Read more »

A stranger on the earth – Cultural Engagement

This article of derived from the Troutt Lecture Series, 2010, delivered by Michael Craven. At the time of writing, I was unable to find the original documents online. The Lectures address a common fallacy that the call of God upon Christians is to change the world around us ‘from the culture of death to a… Read more »