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Jesus Life-Changing Relationship with Simon Peter
Chris Pain, June 2007
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The transformation of Simon, a Galilean fisherman, to Peter, leader of a religious movement prepared to challenge and defy the Jewish and Roman authorities, is a story of enduring power and has provided hope and inspiration for Christians throughout the ages. In this article we can only highlight some key moments in the relationship between Jesus and Simon Peter that caused this transformation.
Keywords: Christianity & Religion
Intimacy without Eros
Guy Brandon, March 2007
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In the last few decades, changing attitudes have badly distorted our concept of relationship. One major cause is the sexual revolution, which has brought sex out of the bedroom and onto billboards and TV screens and into almost every arena of life.
Keywords: Sex & Families
How the City Shapes Society
Michael Schluter, March 2007
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The City, defined here as a group of London-based interlocking financial and trading institutions, including both UK-based and international companies, is essentially a wholesale market for capital rather than a retail market. How then does the City shape society?
Keywords: Finance & the Economy
Communicating the Vision
Jonathan Chaplin, March 2007
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This article is based on a talk given at the Winter School on 5 January by Dr Jonathan Chaplin, Director of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics (KLICE). Jonathan draws helpful lessons from Paul's speech to the Areopagus about how we should engage with the surrounding culture, lessons as relevant for public ethics as for evangelism.
Keywords: Worldviews & Culture
Book Review: Pierced for our Transgressions
Steve Jeffery et al (reviewed by Alan White), March 2007
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In some ways, it’s a shame that this book had to be written. The authors remind us that “the doctrine of penal substitution states that God gave himself in the person of his Son to suffer instead of us the death, punishment and curse due to fallen humanity as the penalty for sin”. Although this is the historic Christian view, it has recently been challenged, not just in the rarified atmosphere of theological departments but also in more accessible Christian books and magazine articles. In response, Pierced for our Transgressions presents a clear and indeed enthusiastic affirmation of penal substitution.
Keywords: Christianity & Religion
Sustainable Living: Not Just an Environmental Issue
Nick Spencer, March 2007
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One cannot engage with the biblical vision for the environment in isolation from its vision for human society. This point is repeated time and again in the biblical story. Deuteronomy 29 talks about how the peoples insincere, hypocritical response to the law would turn the whole land [into] a burning waste of salt and sulphur nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it, and this warning is repeated from different angles by the prophets.
Keywords: The Environment
Learning from the Relationships of Jesus: Part 2
Chris Pain, December 2006
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Broadly speaking, the gospels aim to demonstrate that Jesus was the Son of God and worthy of following they do not seek to present a complete picture of his relationships. We only see glimpses of Jesus interactions with people, and what were likely to have been lengthy conversations are summed up in a few words.
Keywords: Lifestyle Issues
Pay Differentials and Relationships
Michael Schluter, December 2006
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Tesco's chief executive just had a 25 per cent pay rise. He now gets nearly 4 million a year. This is about 300 times what his lowest paid employee gets, according to the 2005/6 Annual Report. That is what the market dictates, so surely it must be right? But is it? Think for a moment about the implications. A person's pay tells us something about what we feel that a person is worth.
Keywords: Finance & the Economy
Forgiveness in Post-Conflict Transition
Mark Simmons, December 2006
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Shame is a common theme in politics and a powerful motivator of violence. The Serbs humiliation by the Turks in 1389 still informs Serbian hatred of Kosovar Muslim Albanians, and the Quebecois motto je me souviens recalls an eighteenth-century French defeat at the hands of the English.
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs
Building Hope into the Structures of Society
John Ashcroft, December 2006
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Imagine waiting for some help. I think back to long hot waits while hitch-hiking in Africa as a teenager. Hope appeared on the horizon, and often disappeared in a cloud of dust. Hopes can easily be raised and disappointed, but when you really need help the loss of hope can be a truly crushing experience.
Keywords: Lifestyle Issues