The e-Briefing #364—January, 2009

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Up front

• Just how sovereign is God?
• Doing little things well
• What is it with men and responsibility?
• So you think you can spell?
• Eating, drinking and evangelizing
• The five-word antidote to grumbling

Features

• The gospel and the quiet time—Paul Grimmond takes another look at why we struggle to do our quiet times, and discovers that quiet times are all about our response to the gospel.
• The Swedish Method—Peter Blowes urges us to go Swedish when reading the Bible with someone.
• The power of God's word—Tony Payne speaks to Robert W Cole, President of Bible League, about the extent of the need for Bibles and what we can do about it.

Departments

Pastor's brief

• Blood, sweat and tears—Donald Howard shows us why sermon preparation is still a matter of much-needed hard work.

Bookshelf

• Vintage Jesus by Mark Driscoll—Jon Guyer discovers some timely answers to Christological questions.

Bible brief

• Daily readings on Matthew 8-12—by Peter Collier.

Epilogue

• The image of Jesus?—Phillip Jensen highlights the dangers of making Jesus in our image.

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