The Briefing #360—September, 2008

Up front

• The last refuge of irony
• A scary, prayer-rie verse
• Virtues we dislike: dignity
• Virtues we dislike: mortification
• Finding Jesus at GAFCON
• Nowism

Features

• Mission in the 21st century—David Williams investigates what mission looks like today, and how we can be part of it.
• Oops! Did we just start a denomination?—David Shead tells the story of how he was forced to change tactics while doing ministry in Slovenia.
• Is the gospel still first for the Jew?—Martin Pakula shows us where mission begins.
• Reaching Muslims for Christ—Stewart Binns offers a few ideas on how we can reach the Muslims who live in our own backyards with the saving gospel of Christ.

Departments

Pastor's brief

• The church on the move: An interview with David Cook—Peter Hastie chats with David Cook about preaching, mission and what the book of Acts has to say about church growth.

Bookshelf

• A history of ideas in your lounge room: Unified Divisions presented by Peter Hughes and Ideas that Changed the World presented by Dominic Steele—Adrian Russell draws our attention to a couple of DVD resources that can help us understand the differences between Roman Catholicism and evangelical Protestantism, as well as the depth of the gospel.

Resource talk

• Dive into a book—Tony Payne offers up the benefits of immersing oneself in a good Christian book.

Bible brief

• Daily readings on Isaiah 1-12—by Gordon Cheng.

Epilogue

• Anglican family—Phillip Jensen reflects on the current state of the worldwide Anglican communion.