The Longing
Stuff that didn't quite make it into The Briefing
A body to die for: The very physical doctrine of the resurrection
Alan Lukabyo / April 2007
According to the Bible, it's the doctrine by which Christian faith stands or falls. But from the place we give the resurrection in our preaching and teaching, would anyone know? This Easter, we come to terms with the bodily aspect of the resurrection.
He's more like Casper ...
Some time ago, a member of a Bible study group I was leading arrived with an interesting question: ‘Last Sunday in a sermon I heard that Jesus is still flesh and blood. That's not true, is it?’
The doctrine of Jesus' resurrection from the dead has been getting an
Life from the other side: How the resurrection changed the world
Peter Bolt / April 2007
After precipitating a riot in Jerusalem, Paul was seized by the Romans (Acts 21:17-40). This launched him into a series of imprisonments and eventually a situation of house arrest in Rome itself (Acts 28). During a series of informal and formal trials, Paul had the opportunity to present his case and it became clear that, at least in Paul's mind, he was on trial for the ‘resurrection of the dead’ (Acts 22:6; 24:14-21; 26:4-8).
Now, it must be said, if you were to invent a new religion or philosophy in those times, it was not a particularly
A Reply to Andrew Moody’s ‘Review’ of Jesus and the Father
Kevin Giles / April 2007
Andrew Moody's review appeared in Briefing #341 (February 2007).
Dear Andrew,
In our numerous exchanges over many years on the eternal subordination of the Son and the permanent subordination of women we both have been always perfectly frank with one another. In this reply to your ‘review’ of my book, better entitled “a personal response,” I will again be forthright. What neither of us want is to produce a fog that results in no one being able to work out what they should believe on the most fundamental of all Christian doctrines, the