Bruce Milne brings us a very up-to-date view of God’s great plan to establish across the world what John Kpikpi calls ‘God’s New Tribe’.
The Church
Genuine conflict
Soldiers aren’t surprised when they have to engage in warfare. But I sense that sometimes we’re shocked when we hit difficult times. We think we’ve found the secret of happiness but we’ve also found a life in which we need to wear the armour every day!
Planting Missional Churches
Ed Stetzer’s excellent book has the sub-title ‘Planting A Church That’s Biblically Sound and Reaching People in Culture’. He has done a fine job, both in terms of retaining Biblical soundness and also being phenomenally relevant to the culture.
Ephesians commentaries
Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians has always been a particular favourite of mine with its very strong church emphasis. As John Stott says, ‘Nobody can emerge from a careful reading of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians with a privatised gospel.’
Safely Home
Deeply rooted in Randy Alcorn’s strong theology of eternity previously encountered in his outstanding Money, Possessions and Eternity, he provides an excellent insight to circumstances in the church in China today.
Jonah – A Man Who Ran Away From God: Study 6 – Awake, O Zion!
Bible Insight | Jonah – A man who ran away from God part 6 of 15.
The end of the beginning
Dear friends, we are coming to the end of the beginning. We’ve some ‘i’ dotting and ‘t’ crossing to do. But the principle is clear. Jesus didn’t hand over to one successor, not even Peter!
Honouring the future
So apostolic churches are caught up ‘together on a mission’. That’s not just the name of a conference, it’s who we are! We are nations, crossing borders, entering, moving on, trying to recapture Biblical Christianity.
What was the Apostolic task? (continued)
The word ‘father’ is another word associated with apostolic ministry. Paul says the Corinthian church may have had many teachers but not many fathers. Paul says, ‘I became your father through the gospel.’ He developed relationships with churches.
