Are you in the arena?

Roger Smith
Monday 26 Jul 2010

St Francis of Assisi is credited with famously saying—“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words” and also “It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching”.

I am sure that we all know that the word “Gospel” itself simply means “good news” but that doesn’t take us very much further. Do we equate “gospel” with the simple message of sin, the cross, repentance and faith, or is it much wider—being good news as well as speaking good news?

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Hope in the God of Justice

Rachel Wilson
Thursday 4 Mar 2010

It was a dispiriting sight. As I surveyed the room I realised that not only were we three years older, several thousand pounds poorer and a few pounds heavier, we were all very jaded. Our university lecturer, an expert in his field, was bringing our final module to a close with the words…

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Would anyone in your community notice if your church ceased to exist?

Roger Smith
Sunday 24 Jan 2010

Would anyone in your community notice if your church ceased to exist? So runs the question from the Evangelical Alliance’s new ‘Square Mile’ initiative.

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