The Briefing #355—April, 2008

Up front

• Couldn't Help Noticing
  • Spiritual inferiority
  • Speaking of Jewish people
  • Gaffes and GAFCON
• WordWatch: Uproar—Kel Richards reflects on a rather noisy part of the Bible.
• FallacyWatch: Reading in your culture—Tony Payne stops himself from committing what he calls ‘Illegitimate Culture Transfer’.

Features

• The slow death of congregational singing—Mike Raiter brings us back to the Bible to inject our singing with new life.
• Sharing the word of Christ in song—Gordon Cheng invites Hans Kristensen and Philip Percival to respond to Mike's article.
• Song leaders: Who needs them?—Cathy Sampson argues that the role of song leader is important, and outlines just what it entails.
• Lift your eyes to the Lord: a guide for song choosers—Lee Carter presents a brief guide for would-be song choosers.
• Fight the good fight (Part 2)—Tony Payne continues his essay from Briefing #353 on Christian disagreement.

Departments

Bookshelf

• Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics by Graeme Goldsworthy—Bill Salier shows us how this book can help us read our Bible better.

Bible Brief

• Daily readings on Titus—by Ross Blunden and Andrew Prince.

Epilogue

• Guidance and the voice of guts—David Juniper reflects on modern practices of divination.