Dear Friends,
I'm thrilled to announce the launch of a new website designed specifically for anyone investigating the Christian faith. After many months of hard work by the CE team and our friends at The Good Book Company, the all-new www.christianityexplored.org is now up and running.
The idea is for this site to be a welcoming, unpressured and jargon-free place for people to explore the Christian faith. It is packed with answers to tough questions as well as some wonderfully engaging real-life stories of people who have come to faith in Christ Jesus. There is an animated presentation of the gospel and some info on the Christianity Explored course as well as a powerful 'find a course' feature so that we can point people to churches local to them which are running a CE course.
I'd be be delighted if you'd have a look at the site and if you like it, forward the link on to others who you think may be interested. Why not link to it from your church website or post it on your Facebook page? The beauty is that it is suitable for anyone and everyone to visit, regardless of how they would describe themselves spiritually.
And of course if you run Christianity Explored, please make sure that your church is registered on our database so that we can point visitors to you. You can register your course here on our new site for leaders - www.ceministries.org.
As with all of the resources we and The Good Book Company produce together, we are praying that these will be useful to you as you share the great news of the gospel with those around you.
Yours in Christ,
Rico Tice
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The latest "news" about Christianity from the BBC has got us thinking about the types of Christianity-based stories that do, and don't, make it into the headlines.
The Beeb's latest piece, on a book which claims the timings of Easter week in the Gospels don't fit together, fits into the first of our three "this gets into the mainstream media" categories:
And here are the three headlines you won’t see quite as often!:
If you’re interested in looking at how the different events of Easter week as recounted by the four Gospel writers actually fit together, this timeline is great.
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.
Isaiah 9 v 2
A new light will dawn for God's troubled people. Their distress will turn to joy; cruelty and war will end. God will be their King again, bringing peace and justice.
Which is the correct order for these books?
Which of these books is the longest?
Which book starts, "After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites"
Which of these books is part of the Pentateuch?
"Prepare the way for the Lord, make _____ paths for him."
Which of these is NOT one of Jesus' 'I am' statements?
What dd Jesus ride into Jerusalem?
Thanks for those of you that have got in touch with helpful illustrations or stories that helpfully illustrate the biblical answer to some tough questions Christians often face.
Please do keep them coming.
Question number three: Wasn’t Jesus just a great teacher?
How would you answer?
