Not everybody who enjoys The Lord of the Rings knows that J.R.R.Tolkien described it as “a deeply religious and Catholic work.” This booklet draws out the Christian underpinnings of the story. Timed to coincide with the release of the third movie in 2003, but intriguing wherever Tolkien’s work is loved. For the full text of […]
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Why should anyone consider Christian faith today? The author offers an overview of Christian belief in a collection of five short essays, each shedding fresh light on a different aspect of the faith. It has been said that what the church needs today is not better arguments but better metaphors: this booklet offers startling new
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Robin Williams\’ movies frequently raise profound questions–about personhood, freedom, forgiveness, healing, and the search for a sense of home. This booklet traces how these themes have developed through Williams\’ career, and then shows how the teaching of Jesus from two thousand years ago speaks to them.For the full text of this booklet in PDF format,
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\”I am a spiritual person but I\’m not into organized religion.\” So say many people in our world. This booklet traces the ambivalent relationship between spirituality and religion back to Jesus himself, and his conflict with the religious leaders of his day. Avoiding the kind of argument which says, \”Don\’t look at the church,
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Outside the church, the question of whether Jesus rose from the dead is a non-issue, at best a joke on a par with the question of whether Elvis is still alive. This booklet looks at the stories of Jesus and Elvis in parallel–did they really die? what is the evidence that they are now
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My friend, Lisa, wrote me recently: Suffering has been the story of my life. I am at a point in my therapy where I almost donít want to remove any more barriers blocking memories of my childhood for fear of yet another ordeal to face. For the full text of this booklet in PDF
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Why is the experience of love at the same time so desirable and yet so painful and frustrating? We want it and yet it hurts. With the help of three writers (Robert Sternberg, Scott Peck and C.S.Lewis), love and its siblings, pain and reality, are traced back to their origin in the heart of God,
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The Christian claim that Jesus is \”the only way\” to God seems insufferably arrogant, politically incorrect and culturally gauche in today\’s society. This booklet explains both the \”inclusive\” and the \”exclusive\” Christian attitude to other religions. It then offers a third alternative which honours the uniqueness of Jesus as \”the Way\” while encouraging conversation and
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If you consider yourself a follower of Jesus, how does that affect your life day by day? This booklet works with the image of the Christian life as a school and Jesus as our teacher. Each day offers opportunities to learn and to grow. Different sections discuss the use of the school\’s textbook, opportunities
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God draws people to faith in different ways. In the style of a Choose-your-own-Adventure story, this booklet seeks to respond to people who are thinking about Christian faith for different reasons. For each person, there is a suggestion of how Jesus relates to them, and in what terms they might begin to follow him.
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