Aaron Armstrong gets the production standards and musical skill needed to play contemporary music, but asks if those who most appreciate it could worship just as well without it, even if on rare occasions. It was something that came to mind during the services I attended last weekend. It is the object of worship that …

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Michael Kruger casts a biblical eye over the Christian’s self-identity and what that means for the way in which we think about ourselves and our Christian growth: Throughout the letters of the New Testament, the people of God are called lots of things. They are the “elect” (1 Pet 1:1), “faithful brothers” (Col 1:2), “beloved” …

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What does Saving Eutycus (Gary Millar and Phil Campbell, Matthias Media, 2013) promise? In 172 focussed and engaging pages Millar and Campbell unpack the book’s subtitle ‘How to preach God’s Word and keep people awake’. What I liked. Everything. Though not a sermon, Saving Eutychus is a wonderful example of practising what it preaches (so …

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