The Longing
Stuff that didn't quite make it into The Briefing
Fantasy literature and Christian readers
Greg Clarke / February 2002
Chuck Colson's website, BreakPoint online, ran an interview with the author Connie Neal, who has written a book called What's A Christian to Do with Harry Potter? (discussed below). Soon afterwards, he published a disclaimer, saying that he did not “encourage Christian parents to encourage their children to see the movie or read the books” because “there is much better literature available for children with less potential to lead people into the occult”. This seemed to run counter to an earlier piece by Colson (se p.14 of Neal's book) which
Faith alone or faith together?
Martin Foord / February 2002
Getting the Gospel Right
R. C. Sproul
Grand Rapids, Baker, 1999.
How can we know if a doctrine or issue is worth splitting a church or denomination over? R.C. Sproul claims to address this very issue, by expounding the essentials of the gospel in which evangelicals are to find unity.
The context of Sproul's work is the second public statement of ‘Evangelicals and Catholics Together’, often referred to as ECT II ECT II was a self-conscious attempt to clarify the original ECT statement, which had received a mixed response.