The mother was flustered and annoyed as she approached me. "What have you been teaching my boy this morning?!" she demanded, eyes glaring.
I was relaxing over a cup of coffee in the church lounge, enjoying the buzz and chatter, after what I thought had been a particularly …
Please note that this was an April Fools joke. At The Good Book Company, our aim is to produce materials that help Christians to read the Bible for themselves so that they might grow in the knowledge and love of the Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, the …
Tim Challies has just posted the first actual book review of Rob Bell's controversial Love Wins.
He concludes: If Love Wins accurately represents Bell’s views on heaven and hell (at least if our understanding of the book accurately represents his views on heaven and hell), it reveals him as …
“Looking back at the key turning points in your journey of faith, odds are there will be certain individuals who have deeply influenced you at these points; individuals who cared and gave you their time, who taught you from the Scriptures and prayed for you.”
And wouldn’t it …
Carl Laferton pastored sunday@seven, an evening congregation for teenagers and young adults in west Hull.
For a short introduction to what one-to-oneing is, just click here.
There are some great resources to use with for reading the Bible one-to-one with teenagers.
Start is a 29 study booklet, aimed at non-Christians and new Christians. Costing only £3 (so that's about 10.3p a study!), one of its best features is that it doesn’t simply do …
Matt is 20 and is a student in Leeds. He became a Christian on a summer camp when he was 13. He loves Christ, Chelsea, not doing much and his girlfriend (not all in that order!)
How old were you when you were one-to-oneed?
I was 14, and …
If a friend, family member or colleague is interested in our faith, our instinct is usually to do one of four things:
• give them a book to read
• invite them to a guest service or event at church
• take them (or send them) to a course …
Fiona Johnson is a student at Nottingham University. She became a committed Christian nearly three years ago; she one-to-oned with an older Christian last year, and has just started to read the Bible with Jamie, a friend of hers who isn't a Christian. Other than knowing Christ, she likes …
Ben Shaw is an evangelist working for the Co-Mission Initiative in London.
For a short introduction to what one-to-oneing is, just click here.
