The Briefing #339—December, 2006

Couldn't Help Noticing

• The crimes of Claus
• Bearing the cross
• 13 years of waiting
• FaithMeds.com
• Shaky on the Sheikh
• It's Easter—put up the Christmas tree!

• Christmas WordWatch—An excerpt from Christmas WordWatch by Kel Richards.

Bookshelf

• Review: A Spectator's Guide to Jesus—John Diacos evaluates John Dickson's engaging introduction to Jesus.

Make a difference

• Posting the Word: Christians and blogging—Karen Beilharz explains exactly what a ‘blog’ is, and why Christians and non-Christians bother spending time on them.
• Letters to the editor: A Christian writes—Gordon Cheng discusses the perfect way to influence millions of people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
• Strategic place, strategic time: Christians in teaching—Ian Keast shows how Christian teachers can play a very significant role in the lives of those they teach.

Pastor's Brief

• Two other kinds of sermon—Barry Newman makes the case for (and against) the topical sermon and the unwritten sermon.

Bible Brief

• 2 Samuel—20 daily Bible readings by Simon Roberts.

Briefing Community

• Interchange special: The Design of Genesis—A selection of the correspondence we received from Briefing #337