Guest Author Self Control and Lust A sermon on Proverbs chapter 9 and Mark chapter 7 at St Mary Islington on 22 February 2009 by Toby Hole Introduction As we are looking through our pairings of the wisdom of Proverbs and the Fruit of the Spirit, we come now to that rather contentious subject of self-control, and … Continue Reading
Response to David Zeidan and Tawfik Hamid by Ben White Ben White wrote a Fulcrum Review of Patrick Sookhdeo’s book ‘Global Jihad’ and Fulcrum published a Barnabas Fund response to that review by David Zeidan and Tawfik Hamid A. David Zeidan’s Response published on Fulcrum First of all, I would like to thank David for … Continue Reading
Barnabas Fund Response to Ben White’s Book Review of Patrick Sookhdeo, Global Jihad: The Future in the Face of Militant Islam, (McLean, VA, USA: Isaac Publishing, 2007) by David Zeidan and Tawfik Hamid 1.David Zeidan Introduction Ben White’s review of Patrick Sookhdeo’s Global Jihad, published on the Fulcrum website, is a robust critique of the author’s stance on the issues addressed in the book. … Continue Reading
Charles Darwin (1809-1882): A Fulcrum Appreciation by Michael Roberts February 12th 2009 sees the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth. Along with Isaac Newton he was one of the greatest British scientists, though his science is still controversial. To some he was a great scientist and to others the devil incarnate! He was a quiet family man, … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Book Review of Patrick Sookhdeo, Global Jihad: The Future in the Face of Militant Islam VA, USA: Isaac Publishing, 2007 by Ben White Since September 11 2001, there has been a huge growth in the number of books that seek, in different ways, to explain and analyse the phenomenon of high-profile violent attacks by … Continue Reading
Evangelical Alliance New General Director: Steve Clifford Fulcrum is delighted with the news that Steve Clifford is to be the next General Director of the Evangelical Alliance. Steve Clifford worked as a teacher in the 1980s before taking up full-time church leadership in 1985. He has been long been involved in church planting, running leadership … Continue Reading
Israel’s Targets in Gaza by Ben White Republished, with permission, from the New Statesman, 6 January 2009 In just the first six days of ‘Operation Cast Lead’, the Israeli Air Force carried out more than 500 sorties against targets in the Gaza Strip. That meant an attack from the air roughly every 18 minutes for … Continue Reading
The Lambeth Conference 2008 a review after six months by Nick Baines, Bishop of Croydon After I posted my final Fulcrum blog of the Lambeth Conference I was asked if I would offer a considered (but brief) review six months on. Well, here it is. But I need to begin with a bit of contextual … Continue Reading
The Dubious and the Dutiful: Responding to the Financial Slump copublished with The Guardian Comment is Free site, 5 December 2008 by Nick Spencer Religion often does rather well during recessions, but what kinds of religion will flourish in the slump? During the 1930s, UK church attendance rose. Four decades later, its (already precipitous) decline … Continue Reading
Worshipping the God of the Gospel a dream for evangelical worship by Chris Cocksworth An address given at the Evangelical Worship Consultation, Ridley Hall, Cambridge organised by the Liturgical Commission, 15th September 2008 I would like to begin my dreaming further back – with the actual identity Anglican Evangelicalism, not simply its worship. My dream … Continue Reading