The Contemporary Christian Series

The church lies at the centre of God's purpose. Christ gave himself 'to purify for himself a people that are his own'.But when we think about church, there's the tension between the ideal and the reality. The former is beautiful: God's special...

If Christ is our Lord, then we are his servants, and if he is our teacher, then we are his pupils.Following Christ is a multi-faceted responsibility. We should remember:* Every true disciple is a listener* We are both rational and emotional* We can...

What is the authentic gospel? How do we answer the sceptics?Christianity is not a religion, but God's good news for the world. This implies that it has both a divine origin and a human relevance: it comes from God and it speaks to our condition.So,...

We have a God-given responsibility to infiltrate the world, listening to the world's challenges, but also to bring our own challenge to the world by sharing the good news by word and deed.We look at four aspects of mission:* The uniqueness of Jesus,...