Tim Chester: “How can you claim there’s only one true religion?’ You may be asked this question as you’re at the photocopier at work or at the bar buying a round. Here’s the second part in the apologetics series that will give you some ideas of how to respond when you only have five minutes. [...]
All posts in category Theology
Apologetic Sound Bites: ‘How can you claim there’s only one true religion?’
Posted by Chris on December 23, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/23/apologetic-sound-bites-how-can-you-claim-theres-only-one-true-religion/
Pew Survey of Evangelical Christian Leaders from Cape Town 2010
I was privileged to be at Cape Town 2010. During the Congress the Pew Forum conducted a survey of the 4,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries. This was the most wide ranging gathering of Christian leaders in the modern world, the results have now been released. There were some amazing statistics that came out: 4% [...]
Posted by Chris on December 12, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/12/pew-survey-of-evangelical-christian-leaders-from-cape-town-2010/
Sam Wells is coming back to the UK
Sam Wells, author of several books, and co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics and currently Dean of Duke Divinity Chapel is coming back to England to be vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London. This is fantastic news! Wells is an excellent theologian and preacher and will be a good re-addition to the Church of England (he has also [...]
Posted by Chris on December 9, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/09/sam-wells-is-coming-back-to-the-uk/
Books I have read: Jesus Through the Centuries
Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture by Jaroslav Pelikan is not a devotional work, it is an insightful and valuable slice of intellectual history. Jaroslav Pelikan’s 1985 overview of Christianity’s founding figure, Jesus Christ, as seen through the centuries after His birth and death is a remarkable, readable account of just how [...]
Posted by Chris on December 9, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/09/books-i-have-read-jesus-through-the-centuries/
Books I have read: The Gospel-Driven Church
Ian Stackhouse The Gospel-Driven Church has some unpalatable medicine to hand out to the evangelical charismatic church. The book starts with an unpleasant diagnosis: Falling short of its ecclesial calling in Christ, the church is instead going after “relevant” preaching; musician-led and emotionally fuelled worship; numerical growth at all costs, and what he calls “faddism” – [...]
Posted by Chris on December 8, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/08/books-i-have-read-the-gospel-driven-church/
Books I have read: Developing Your Prophetic Gifting
Developing Your Prophetic Gifting by Graham Cooke is the best, most balanced guide to prophecy and the development of the gift in individuals and the local church I have read to date. It’s hard to single out any one aspect but I especially appreciated discussions around the prophet working with the pastor and teacher, the evangelist and [...]
Posted by Chris on December 7, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/07/books-i-have-read-developing-your-prophetic-gifting/
Books I have read: The Call to Joy and Pain: Embracing Suffering in Your Ministry
I heard Ajith Fernando speak at Cape Town 2010 – the Third Lausanne Congress on the theme of suffering and was captivated by his blend of biblical exposition and life application. Following that I picked up The Call to Joy and Pain: Embracing Suffering in Your Ministry. Ajith Fernando knows about suffering. He has seen horrendous suffering during his ministry [...]
Posted by Chris on December 6, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/06/books-i-have-read-the-call-to-joy-and-pain-embracing-suffering-in-your-ministry/
Books I have read: Reimagining Spiritual Formation: A Week in the Life of an Experimental Church
Doug Pagitt is a lead pastor at a church in Minnesota called Solomon’s porch. Reimagining Spiritual Formation: A Week in the Life of an Experimental Church is about his journey away from the program centred mega-church into a more organic, decentralized community. He talks about some new ways of viewing spiritual formation that are quite different [...]
Posted by Chris on December 5, 2011
http://chriskidd.co.uk/2011/12/05/books-i-have-read-reimagining-spiritual-formation-a-week-in-the-life-of-an-experimental-church/


