The Post Evangelical - 7 The truth, the whole truth and something quite like the truth
The Post Evangelical - 7 The truth, the whole truth and something quite like the truth
by SPCK - Dave Tomlinson
7 The truth, the whole truth, and something quite like the truth You may have heard about ‘paradigm shifts’. If not, let me tell you about a trick with a pack of cards. Thomas Kuhn, the man who came up with the idea of paradigm shifts, tells of an experiment involving a pack of c…
The Post Evangelical - 8 Is the Bible the word of God?
The Post Evangelical - 8 Is the Bible the word of God?
by SPCK - Dave Tomlinson
8 Is the Bible the word of God? Our purpose here is straightforward: what is a post-evangelical view of the Bible? I think it is fair to say that post-evangelicals have mixed feelings on the subject. They have an underlying respect for the Bible, and in my experience they are kee…
The Post Evangelical - 2 We've never had it so good
The Post Evangelical - 2 We've never had it so good
by SPCK - Dave Tomlinson
2 We’ve never had it so good! By any standards, the period from the early 1980s to the mid- 1990s has been a remarkable period of transformation for British evangelicalism. In the years prior to this, the expectation of growth in most churches was minimal, media attention was vir…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Passion of the Community
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Passion of the Community
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Passion of the Community (Mark 13) Chapter 13, a speech in the middle of the Gospel’s second half, parallels chapter 4, a speech in the middle of its first half. The parables of the first speech suggest how the realm of God begins to take hold on the earth in the present age.…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Churches for All
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Churches for All
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
Churches for All Enabling church Churches for All is a partnership of UK Christian disability organizations. These partners have a breadth of experience and depth of knowledge on disability issues – challenging and enabling churches to fully include disabled people. The aim of Ch…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Holding an accessibility audit
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Holding an accessibility audit
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
6 Living with diversity There are a number of accessibility audits online which a church can use to check out barriers to access for disabled people. Detailed notes on this topic are not within the scope of this book, but some basic ideas are outlined here…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - From the Lausanne 2010 Cape Town Commitment – Part 2, Section IIB, 4
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - From the Lausanne 2010 Cape Town Commitment – Part 2, Section IIB, 4
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
From the Lausanne 2010 Cape Town Commitment – Part 2, Section IIB, 4 People with disabilities form one of the largest minority groups in the world, estimated to exceed 600 million. [The latest World Health Organization figures put this at over one billion.] The majority of these …
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Who’s disabled? Disability in the UK
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Who’s disabled? Disability in the UK
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
Who’s disabled? Disability in the UK The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and the subsequent Equality Act 2010 both define a disabled person as someone who ‘has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry o…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Standing up for justice
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Standing up for justice
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
3 Standing up for justice 2 Samuel 4.4, 9.1–11; Mark 10.46 –52 Purpose: to explore the idea of inclusion as a matter of justice, not charity; to look at self-worth, identity and dignity; to consider disabled people as contributors…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Knowing we're made in his image