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#261 Church History Exam

I’ve got a Church History exam in a few weeks’ time. Each time it gets towards the end of semester when I should start studying for an exam, I find these are the times when I become really interested in looking on the college’s website to see what subjects I could study next semester. Should …

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#260 Acts: the time of the early church

Having started exploring Acts again at church recently, I’m reminded of the many ironies in the book. The most noticeable irony being that the representation of those inside the church and those outside the church are not as we might expect. Take for instance, early in Acts when the apostles miraculously heal a lame man. …

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#253 The Birth of Evangelicalism

This week I happened to witness a street preacher at a train station near my workplace. Even as a Christian it’s hard to know how to respond to this. Culturally we’re not used to people expounding Biblical truths in public. Theologically, the guy sounded fine. It wasn’t wacky ideas he was declaring. What I could …

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