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Issue 339: December, 2006 |
Couldn't Help Noticing
- The crimes of Claus
- Bearing the cross
- 13 years of waiting
- FaithMeds.com
- Shaky on the Sheikh
- It's Easter—put up the Christmas tree!
- Christmas WordWatch—An excerpt from Christmas WordWatch by Kel Richards.
Bookshelf
- Review: A Spectator's Guide to Jesus—John Diacos evaluates John Dickson's engaging introduction to Jesus.
Make a difference
- Posting the Word: Christians and blogging—Karen Beilharz explains exactly what a ‘blog’ is, and why Christians and non-Christians bother spending time on them.
- Letters to the editor: A Christian writes—Gordon Cheng discusses the perfect way to influence millions of people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Strategic place, strategic time: Christians in teaching—Ian Keast shows how Christian teachers can play a very significant role in the lives of those they teach.
Pastor's Brief
- Two other kinds of sermon—Barry Newman makes the case for (and against) the topical sermon and the unwritten sermon.
Bible Brief
- 2 Samuel—20 daily Bible readings by Simon Roberts.
Briefing Community
- Interchange special: The Design of Genesis—A selection of the correspondence we received from Briefing #337
Web extras
- Ever thought of using an advent calendar to teach your kids about Jesus over the Christmas period? In this month's web extra, Carmelina Read provides everything you need to know to make your own advent calendar, with short Bible passages and discussion questions for each day.
- Also this month, a glossary of blog terms to go with our article on blogging.
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