Challenging Times

“Algernon went up to the university the same year as Montgomery, though in fact they didn’t see very much of each other during that first year.

That was the year Montgomery became president of the Philosophical Society, wrote his famous book ‘Mentality and Materialism,’ and began to get quite a lot of attention in some of the university papers because of his ideas, which were – at the time – thought by most of the students to be ‘a bit weird’ …”

So begins the story of ‘The Experiment’ – a new post on the ‘Facing the Challenge’ web site, and the first of several ‘stories for our times’ or ‘postmodern parables.’

Read the whole story here.

A new article posted on the Bible Today web site looks at Mark 8:27 – 9:1. This key passage from Mark’s Gospel focuses on who Jesus is, on why Jesus came, and on what Jesus wants from his followers. www.facingthechallenge.org/mark8.htm

Revd Dr. Stephen Dray is leading a one-day conference at Sarum College on 25th September 2006

A course designed to explore the contemporary relevance of the preaching of two Old Testament prophets, Jonah and Nahum, who faced the evil superpower of their day.

For more details, go to the Sarum College web site. Follow the ‘Course Programme’ link and choose the second page from the list of courses.

There are two new articles on the Bibletoday web site about the parables of Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel:

The parable of the Wedding Feast (Matthew 22:1-14)
http://www.facingthechallenge.org/matthew22.htm

and

The parable of the Sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25:31-46)
http://www.facingthechallenge.org/matthew25.htm

A new article about the Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks film, including group discussion questions, has just been posted on the ‘Facing the Challenge’ web site.

www.facingthechallenge.org/ryan.htm