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Remember the Murdered Babies of Bethlehem at Christmas
Herodâs massacre of the innocents in Matthew 2 challenges us to participate in the âgroansâ of Godâs world.
Vinoth Ramachandra
December 22, 2022
2
min read
Quick Read
A Check on Reality
Reflections on reality from Ling, one of the participants in our Cultural Influencers Cross-Current group.
Shuk Ling Chan
July 25, 2022
3
min read
Book Reviews
Live No Lies
This book reinterprets the ancient paradigm of the three enemies of the soul for the modern age.
Samuel Johns
June 19, 2022
7
min read
Quick Read
False Paradigms of Success
Thereâs nothing intrinsically wrong with money, authority, reputation or experience. But none of them should be the foundation on which we build our life, our identity or our significance.
Tim Vickers
January 18, 2022
3
min read
Book Reviews
Prosperity? Seeking the True Gospel
The gospel is the churchâs most precious gift to cherish, protect, and pass on. We must never stop checking what we believe and preach and then ask the question: Is this the gospel?
Samuel Johns
January 5, 2022
8
min read
Testimony
My Faith Journey with the Cultural Influencers Cross-Current Group
Participating in the Cultural Influencers Cross Current is an absolutely unique experience. It raises a lot of questions that I never thought about and I talk about my beliefs a lot more naturally.
Shuk Ling Chan
February 9, 2022
4
min read
Going Deeper
Sharpening the Saw: consider Sabbath
An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 3: Consider Sabbath.
Benjamin Sager
January 28, 2022
5
min read
Going Deeper
Sharpening the Saw: Optimisation and Fragility
An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 2: Optimisation and Fragility. What is the âcult of efficiencyâ doing to our humanity?
Samuel Johns
January 28, 2022
5
min read
Going Deeper
Sharpening the Saw: The Best Path to Freedom?
An essay questioning the fruits of optimisation. Part 1: What are we aiming for when we optimise? Do we even count the costs? What does it mean to live a good life?
Adrian Petrice
January 3, 2022
7
min read
Book Reviews
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton (1908)
Chesterton's âOrthodoxyâ is a treatise on the origins of pleasure. Where does joy stem from? What is the heartbeat of pleasure? What are its origins in our world?
Samuel Johns
July 15, 2021
9
min read
Going Deeper
It Is Not Good for Man To Be Alone
May there be ever so much of Godâs goodness in our being together...
July 5, 2021
6
min read
Quick Read
Reflections on the âinfodemicâÂ
Mathias Lauter shares a few thoughts from our last Media and Journalism Cross-Current group meeting.
June 22, 2021
2
min read
Book Reviews
The Radical Disciple
âWe have a double responsibility: maturity in Christ is the goal both for ourselves and our ministry to others.â John Stott
Rodica Rosior
June 22, 2021
8
min read
Curated Content
Living out Sabbath: 7 Practical Ways
Just like nature needs rest to produce abundant fruit, our body, mind, and soul need rest, too.
June 22, 2021
10
min read
Curated Content
The Time is Ripe to Re-Think Citizenship
Christians are used to thinking of themselves as citizens of heaven, but have we thought enough about what it means to be a citizen in a particular place on earth?
June 22, 2021
4
min read
Going Deeper
Jordan Peterson, Christâs Substitution and Union with Christ
Dr Peterson has expressed that aspiring towards the âChrist figureâ ideal, so admirably and wholeheartedly, is no walk in the park. But Christians don't imitate Christ apart from Christ.
Seb Rab
June 22, 2021
7
min read
Book Reviews
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
âIf you want to experience the life of Jesus, you have to adopt the lifestyle of Jesusâ John Mark Comer
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
12
min read
Going Deeper
Our Daily Friend in Disguise: Anxiety in the 21st Century - Part I
We are living in an anxious age. Many of us also find ourselves anxious, if not permanently, at least more often than we would like to be, in dealing with challenges.
Rodica Rosior
June 22, 2021
10
min read
John Lennox Revelation 1
June 22, 2021
min read
Saturday Night Live
Presentation by Dr Peter Saunders on Covid situation November 2020. Followed by a panel show with Ross Hendry, Mark Meynell and Lea Köves moderated by Claudia Moneiro. Touching on wellbeing, the new n
June 22, 2021
min read
Going Deeper
The Apple Watch, Time, and Sabbath
Lloyd Lee argues that the Apple Watch exemplifies a modern view of time that dissipates the fullness of the Christian view of time.
June 22, 2021
16
min read
Going Deeper
The Universality of Story and the Heroâs Journey
We Christians celebrate story as central and significant in our faith. Not only are we swept along by the great salvation story of history, but also, we are invited to participate in Godâs story.
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
6
min read
Curated Content
Anxiety: when the pillars shake...
Dr. Pablo Martinez reminds us that trust and hope are the best resources against anxiety. Prayer allows us to cultivate and renew our relationship with God, which is the foundation of our existence.
June 22, 2021
10
min read
Curated Content
Dealing with Anxiety. Recommended Resources.
In these times of extreme uncertainty, weâre all dealing with anxiety, one way or another. We identified a few useful resources which address the topic from a biblical perspective.
June 22, 2021
min read
Quick Read
Making Unemployment Work
We need to talk about unemployment. Not just here but in our communities and in our churches. We need to learn to lift the stigma from the subject and to learn how to help each other through it.
Tim Vickers
June 22, 2021
3
min read
Curated Content
Letter to a Young Christian En Route to College
You cannot go to college just to get a better job. Christ's call on you as a student is a calling to meet the needs of the Church, both for its own life and the life of the world.
June 22, 2021
11
min read
Curated Content
Engaging with Worldviews
How to engage with people holding various worldviews in a way which is relevant to them and true to the Gospel.
Peter Dray
June 22, 2021
24
min read
Video
AI Ethics Part 3 - A Christian Manifesto
Concludes the series of talks on AI ethics with 9 propositions that are suggested could form the basis of a biblically-based response to AI especially in the light of our understanding of Imago Dei.
Jeremy Peckham
June 22, 2021
18
min read
Testimony
A Lockdown Reflection from Albania
A brief reflection from Albania on how we should use our time to be still and pay attention to who Jesus really is in the midst of this uncertainty and craziness.
Rea Halilaj
June 22, 2021
2
min read
Going Deeper
Is This the End of the World?
In the midst of crises, cries and weeping, Jesus is sowing a new world.
Christel Ngnambi
June 22, 2021
7
min read
Curated Content
Christianity and University Studies
Useful questions and advice helping students overcome the sacred-secular divide and see their studies as an opportunity to honour God, whatever their field of study.
Peter Dray
June 22, 2021
9
min read
Going Deeper
Get on Board the MS University!
As a fresh student entering university, you might feel like a young sailor ready to board on their first expedition. Should you rather back off? Or should You dare the risk?
Alexander Fink
June 22, 2021
6
min read
Curated Content
Musings on âThinking Christianlyâ
Thinking Christianly will not lead to a utopian society. But we will love neither God nor neighbor well without thinking Christianly.
June 22, 2021
3
min read
Curated Content
On Being a Christian Academic
Prof. Donald Hay on being a Christian academic.
Donald Hay
June 22, 2021
15
min read
Quick Read
Loneliness is a Killer
Actively loving your neighbour is not only a social thing, it is also deeply spiritual.
Tim Vickers
June 22, 2021
3
min read
Video
Interview Sir Jeremy Cooke
Jeremy Cooke on Cross-Current Law & Justice. Interviewed during the annual Cross-Current Professional Groups Conference in Berlin, November 2019.
Sir Jeremy Cooke
June 22, 2021
15
min read
Video
Interview Iwan Russell-Jones
Iwan Russell-Jones on Christianity, the arts and imagination. Interviewed during the annual Cross-Current Professional Groups Conference in Berlin, November 2019.
Iwan Russell Jones
June 22, 2021
17
min read
Book Reviews
Rethinking Life and Death
Singer interweaves a fabric of gripping narratives, dramatic individual fates, lawsuits, bits of history and medical ethics into a forceful imperative to rethink our convictions about life and death.
Iulia Ciubotariu
June 22, 2021
6
min read
Book Reviews
The Universe Next Door
Whatever worldview I hold, I must remind myself that an attitude of humility as a working frame of reference is required. We canât understand total reality. This book introduces us to this humility.
Iulia Ciubotariu
June 22, 2021
4
min read
Book Reviews
The Life God Blesses
How do we learn to weather the storms of life that threaten the soul? How can we build beneath the waterline, to strengthen and shore up?
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
4
min read
Book Reviews
Students of the Word
Stott is crystal clear; âthe authority of Christ and the authority of scripture belong togetherâ. How does Christ speak today? How does he govern his church? How does he exercise his authority?
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
7
min read
Book Reviews
Foolishness to the Greeks
This book treats the First World as a mission field, offering a unique perspective on the relationship between the gospel and current society by presenting an outsider's view of Western culture.
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
8
min read
Book Reviews
Counterfeit Gods
Keller cuts through our dependence on the glittering false idols of money, sex and power to uncover the path towards trust in the real ultimate - God.
Miriam Owen
June 22, 2021
13
min read
Book Reviews
Living Life Backward
Ecclesiastesâoften dry and acerbic in wit-introduces us to the heart of faith. As Gibson writes, 'We need someone to tell us to listen because we want to look and speak more than we want to listen'.
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
7
min read
Going Deeper
Seven Lessons from the Lord of the Rings
How do you want to look back from your undying lands one day on how you lived in the days of corona in that year 2020?
Alexander Fink
June 22, 2021
7
min read
Going Deeper
Remember God
Every once in a while, we are confronted with challenging times, personal or social crises which remind us just how dependent we truly are. Remembering God is long overdue. Now the time has come.
Adrian Petrice
June 22, 2021
14
min read
Going Deeper
âThe Poverty of Nationsâ â A Critical Review
The authors address an important topic - yet is the bookâs conclusion that âcontinually producing more goods and services is the only route from poverty to prosperityâ (p65) something we can support?
June 22, 2021
27
min read
Going Deeper
The Second Mountain
âOn the first mountain you tend to be ambitious, strategic, and independent. On the second mountain you tend to be relational, intimate, and relentless.â David Brooks
Adrian Petrice
June 22, 2021
26
min read
Quick Read
Christmas: The Celebration of Sacrificial Generosity
Whatâs the true meaning of generosity? Ultimate generosity involves giving oneself, not merely giving something or sharing resources. The greatest gift of all is Immanuel.
Adrian Petrice
June 22, 2021
2
min read
Going Deeper
Artificial Intelligence â On Personhood
A soft alarm wakes me â perfectly in sync with my circadian rhythms â and I trundle downstairs, set to face a new week. Alex notifies me of the weather, so the blinds remain closed.
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
8
min read
Going Deeper
On Being & Knowing - A Response
The current zeitgeist says loud and clear; "the journey is the destination". Why are we even travelling? How are we trying to find who we are? Maybe the story is more important than the journey.
Adrian Petrice
June 22, 2021
3
min read
Going Deeper
Epistemology Is the New Ontology
Epistemology simply means the 'theory of knowledge' â we could reduce it (simplistically) to know-how. Ontology is 'dealing with the nature of being'. But what if epistemology is the new ontology?
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
3
min read
Going Deeper
Creation and Natural Resources
The natural order is Godâs good creation: it is abundant and fruitful. Looking at general principles behind the OT texts.
Donald Hay
June 22, 2021
10
min read