Freedom has been one of the grand obsessions of the Western world for 400 years. The roots of this passion go back further, of course, at least to the Greeks. But the love affair has heated up significantly since then, fuelled in turn by the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the Romantic movement.
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“I am a spiritual person but I’m not into organized religion.” So say many people in our world. This booklet traces the ambivalent relationship between spirituality and religion back to Jesus himself, and his conflict with the religious leaders of his day. Avoiding the kind of argument which says, “Don’t look at the church, just [...]

Jesus went to a lot of parties. In fact, he went to too many of them–at least, according to the religious people. Yet for him, far from being an excuse to eat too much and drink too much–though that was the accusation–parties made a crucial theological point. His point? The kingdom of God is like [...]

Outside the church, the question of whether Jesus rose from the dead is a non-issue, at best a joke on a par with the question of whether Elvis is still alive. This booklet looks at the stories of Jesus and Elvis in parallel–did they really die? what is the evidence that they are now alive? [...]

My friend, Lisa, wrote me recently: Suffering has been the story of my life. I am at a point in my therapy where I almost donít want to remove any more barriers blocking memories of my childhood for fear of yet another ordeal to face.

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Why is the experience of love at the same time so desirable and yet so painful and frustrating? We want it and yet it hurts. With the help of three writers (Robert Sternberg, Scott Peck and C.S.Lewis), love and its siblings, pain and reality, are traced back to their origin in the heart of God, [...]

The Christian claim that Jesus is “the only way” to God seems insufferably arrogant, politically incorrect and culturally gauche in today’s society. This booklet explains both the “inclusive” and the “exclusive” Christian attitude to other religions. It then offers a third alternative which honours the uniqueness of Jesus as “the Way” while encouraging conversation and [...]

If you consider yourself a follower of Jesus, how does that affect your life day by day? This booklet works with the image of the Christian life as a school and Jesus as our teacher. Each day offers opportunities to learn and to grow. Different sections discuss the use of the school’s textbook, opportunities for [...]