Resources

The Ethics of Share Investment: Should a Christian Invest in the Share Market? by Chew Chern

The emergence of capitalism in the 1700s sparked off a fierce debate which continues to this day. This debate was highly visible, with a dramatic polarising on the world stage. On the right were the free, keenly competitive capitalist economies. On the left stood the tightly-controlled economies of communistic regimes. In contemporary times, though the polarisation has gained complexity, political parties continue to be identified by their economic positions. The current global financial crisis has only served to give the debate renewed relevance.

The Christian world is not free from this debate, indeed nor should it be, with what can be termed the ‘preeminent social issue’ of the past two centuries. In the main, Christian scholarship has followed the same fault-line – the macro critique of capitalism versus socialism. [...]

Homosexuality in Scripture by Dr. Barry Webb

The brief I have been given for this paper is to set homosexuality in the context of God's purposes for us as men and women. The source material I am to draw on is Scripture (the Old and New Testaments, and the approach is to be that of Biblical Theology. This may seem straightforward enough, but there are a number of things that need clarification at the outset if we are not to end in frustrated expectations or outright confusion.

In the previous paper Andrew Shead has noted that in recent theological discussion the term 'homosexuality' is generally taken to refer to an orientation towards members of the same sex, whether or not this is expressed in erotic sexual behaviour. This presents us with something of a dilemma for the present study, because it is now widely accepted that the biblical writers say nothing at all about homosexuality in this sense. They refer to homosexuals acts, but show no awareness of a distinct homosexual condition or orientation. [...]

Introductory essay to Death of Death by J.I. Packer

The Death of Death in the Death of Christ is a polemical work, designed to show, among other things, that the doctrine of universal redemption is unscriptural and destructive of the gospel. There are many, therefore, to whom it is not likely to be of interest. Those who see no need for doctrinal exactness and have no time for theological debates which show up divisions between so-called Evangelicals may well regret its appearance. Some may find the very sound of Owen's thesis so shocking that they will refuse to read his book at all; so passionate a thing is prejudice, and so proud are we of our theological shibboleths. But it is hoped that this reprint will find itself readers of a different spirit. There are signs today of a new upsurge of interest in the theology of the Bible: a new readiness to test traditions, to search the Scriptures and to think through the faith. It is to those who share this readiness that Owen's treatise is offered, in the belief that it will help us in one of the most urgent tasks facing Evangelical Christendom today—the recovery of the gospel. [...]