The Briefing #344—May, 2007

Couldn't Help Noticing

• I was born traditional
• Make the most of your creatives
• The woeful ones
• Donut theology
• Prophetic coinage

• WordWatch: Invasion—Kel shows us why this is a very Christian word.

Bookshelf

• Review: Becoming Conversant with the Emergent Church—Gordon Cheng explores what Don Carson has to say about this modern movement.

Resource Talk

• The genius of training—Tony Payne looks at the supreme value of training.

Sin and morality

• Do-it-yourself morality—Andrew Cameron examines Hugh Mackay's arguments for divorcing morality from religion.
• Why I am anti-gay and pro-homosexual—Ed Vaughan decides to speak out.
• The very useful doctrine of original sin—Ross Allen takes a look at this very practical teaching.

Pastor's Brief

• Famous last words—Con Campbell argues Paul's last words couldn't be more appropriate for us.

Bible Brief

• Practical Christian living—20 daily Bible readings on Romans 6 and 12-15 by Gordon Cheng.

Epilogue

• Mourning our mortality—A child's letter turns Andrew Lansdown's thoughts to death.