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English lessons

John Marsh

Book Review MORE THAN A METHODIST The life and ministry of Donald English

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Never boring

John Marsh

Book Review THE MESSAGE OF EZEKIEL

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Meltdown

John Marsh

Book Review MELTDOWN

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A brief history of the faith

John Marsh

Book Review CHRISTIANITY: TWO THOUSAND YEARS

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Who was rude about the elves?

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Book Review THE INKLINGS HANDBOOK

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Crisis in the countryside

John Marsh

Years of economic hardship have been capped by the recent foot-and-mouth outbreak. The Farm Crisis Network is a Christian response to these problems. John Marsh reports.

The Agricultural Christian Fellowship springs from one of the professional groups of the UCCF. The Arthur Rank Centre is based at the National Agricultural Centre at Stoneleigh and has been a Christian presence there since its inception. Together they have set up the Farm Crisis Network.

Throw away your Scofield!

John Marsh

Book Review The Land of Promise

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25 years on

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Book Review Solid for Truth: 25 years of evangelical theology

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God's Politicians: the Christian contribution to 100 years of Labour

John Marsh

Book Review GOD'S POLITICIANS: the Christian contribution to 100 years of Labour

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Men and Women, Created or Constructed - the Great Gender Debate

John Marsh

Book Review MEN AND WOMEN, CREATED OR CONSTRUCTED: The Great Gender Debate

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Time For Truth - Living Free in a World of Lies and Hype

John Marsh

Book Review Time for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies and Hype

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Blood and Fire - William and Catherine Book and their Salvation Army

John Marsh

Book Review BLOOD AND FIRE: William & Catherine Booth and their Salvation Army

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Tyndale Old Testament Commentary - Isaiah

John Marsh

Book Review This book is by Alec Motyer and is the last of the series. The first Tyndale Old Testament Commentary (TOTC) was Kidner on Proverbs. In that volume, Donald Wiseman's first general preface said the aim was for 'students and serious readers'. In the TOTC Psalms, the aim was a bit more specific, 'to provide the student of the Bible who has no specialised training in biblical theology or history of languages with a handy up-to-date commentary on each book'. In this final TOTC, we are back to the serious Bible reader.

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The Weekend That Changed The World - The Mystery of Jerusalem's Empty Tomb

John Marsh

Book Review The weekend that changed the world: the mystery of Jerusalem's empty tomb

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The Inclusive Debate - A Plea for Realism

John Marsh

Book Review The Inclusive Debate, a plea for realism

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Prayer briefings

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Book Review BRIEFINGS: a series from OM

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50 books to change your life

John Marsh

World Book Day has come and gone. Has it made any difference to your life? On World Book Day every child in this country was said to have received a pound book token. What could you do with that?

A pound book token would certainly not buy any of the 50 books which The Independent lists. The literary editor has chosen 50 books from the last 53 years and says why you should read them.

Making Progress in Church Life

John Marsh

Book Review By Jonathan Lamb

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The United States of Anger

John Marsh

Book Review The United States of Anger

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James Hervey: preacher of righteousness

John Marsh

Book Review JAMES HERVEY Preacher of Righteousness

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Holiday re-reading?

John Marsh

The Parker Pen Company recently ran an advertisement pointing out that their new fountain pen was much cheaper than a computer 'mouse'. Books are probably cheaper than the telephone bill for the internet and can be put in your pocket and taken on holiday. Above all, books can be kept and re-read.

What books are worth re-reading? I have just re-read the seven-volume Life of Hudson Taylor by Dr. A.J. Broomhall. But although I enjoyed it hugely, I am not sure whether I can recommend it as it is out of print. But what a fascinating read as Hong Kong goes back to China.

THE TRUE LIGHT

John Marsh

Book Review An evangelical's journey to Orthodoxy

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Killing Fields - Living Fields

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Book Review By Don Cormack , OMF Monarch.

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John Marsh's holiday reading

John Marsh

Have you ever wondered which book you would take to your Desert Island under the rule of 'one only' (and the Bible already there)?

How would you apply it to your holiday spot? Are you going to fly? If so, how heavy is the book? I know one person who took the Lloyd-Jones biography to Africa - but then he was using the long flight to read it for review.

Word Alive interview

John Marsh

Gaukroger is Huguenot French. His ancestor was Gauche Roger - left-handed Roger. Gauche Roger was a prince persecuted for his faith who fled from France and came to South Yorkshire, where the 'Gauche' was hardened and became 'Gaukroger'. John Marsh talked to Stephen Gaukroger.

EN: I had not realised you were a Yorkshireman.

SG: My father came from Halifax and I was born in Sheffield, but we moved to Leamington Spa in the Midlands when I was young. My father taught maths at the Leamington College for Boys in the early 1960s. Then we moved north to Preston, so I finished my schooling at Preston Grammar and was brought up at Carey Baptist Church there.

Possessed by God - A New Testament Theology of Sanctification and Holiness

John Marsh

Book Review Possessed by God - A New Testament theology of sanctification and holiness.

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Chinese whispers

John Marsh

During the week, St. Peter's Vere Street in London's West End is home to Christian Impact, but on Sundays it is fully used by Emmanuel Evangelical Church. This is a young, vibrant and growing international congregation. To find out more about it, John Marsh visited their pastoral leader, the Rev. Chua Wee-Hian.

EN: How did the church begin?

CW-H: Towards the end of 1988, a group of primarily Chinese Christians believed that the time had come to launch a new church that would reach out to students and professionals from ethnic minority backgrounds. This would also be in line with the Lord's mandate to 'make disciples of all nations'. So on January 1 1989, Emmanuel Evangelical Church (EEC) was born. Our dream and vision is to grow into an international church.