The Briefing #352—January, 2008

Couldn't Help Noticing

• The Pilgrim's New Progress
• Another classic children's Bible
• Noticed in America #1
• You will not taste death
• Noticed in America #2
• What is scholarship?

• Talking about the teddy (UK edition only)

Resource talk

• Starting again, again—Tony Payne contemplates the daily struggle to implement that New Year's resolution to spend more time praying and reading the Bible.

Justification by faith alone

• The most important words in the world—John Woodhouse and Gordon Cheng take us through the Bible's purple passage on the subject of justification to help us understand this life-giving truth.
• Justification under threat—Lionel Windsor exposes the perils of holding to something other than justification by faith alone.
• On the dangers of Christian shorthand: ‘Justification by faith’—Christopher Ash expands on this handy catchphrase.
• The scandalous gospel—Joshua Bovis tells us about the one scandal he is not ashamed of, and why we should get involved in it.

Pastor's Brief

• The power of ministry wives—The wife of a man engaged in ministry has a difficult and challenging role. As one Briefing reader shows, it's a role which brings with it a lot of power.

Bible Brief

• Hebrews 1-7—20 daily Bible readings by Simon Roberts.

Epilogue

• Language pollution—D Broughton Knox thinks about why people like to use filthy language.