Faith in Focus

Past Articles

Theology

• Being reformed : Just Five Points (part 1) ? [Sep 1996]
• Being reformed : Just Five Points (part 2) ? [Nov 1996]
• Being reformed : Just Five Points (part 3) ? [Dec 1996]
• Being reformed : Just Five Points (part 4) ? [Feb 1996]
• Being reformed : Just Five Points (part 5) ? [Mar 1996]
• Being reformed : Just Five Points (part 6) ? [Apr 1996]
• How does God speak to us today ? [Feb 1996]
• The sidelining of the doctrine of justification by faith alone [Feb 1996]
• What is the Bible ? [Mar 1996]
• Hope in Christ [Mar 1996]
• Productive suffering [Mar 1996]
• Free or Responsible [Apr 1996]
• Proclaiming the Good News at Willow Creek [June 1997]
• But Do We Really Have The Bible ? [June 1997]
• Preaching, the supreme means of grace [June 1997]
• What are you supposed to do with a sermon ? [June 1997]
• Death has no sting??? [July 1997]
• How do we interpret the bible ? [August 1997]
• Musings on Music [Oct 1997]
• Incarnation and Passion [Dec 1997]
• Guest Editorial : GOD IS COMING AND WILL BE BORN [Nov 1997]
• The World in the labour ward [Jan - April 1998]
• The Atonement [Jan - April 1998]
• The Power of the Pulpit [Jan - April 1998]
• John 3:16 and the Sacrifice of Isaac
• Needed a bright young man [Sep 1998]
• What is Saving Faith ? [Oct 1998]
• The message of the first preaching [July 1999] 
• The elements of Joy - Anticipation [June 2000] 
• The Right of Private Judgement [Sep 2000]
• Meditation "The sins of the fathers......" [ August 2001]  
• Pentecost : What Does It Mean Today? [ August 2001]  
• The Crucifixion [ August 2001]  
• The meek shall inherit the earth Psalm 37 [ August 2001]  
• When Heaven Is Your Home [ August 2001]  
• Why we have a catechism [ Dec 2001]  
• Live the life : Scripture Reading [ Dec 2001]  
• Live the life : Learning How To Pray [ Dec 2001]  
• Live the life : God's guidance [ Dec 2001]  
• Live the life : Disciplined Living [ Dec 2001]  
• Live the life : Temptation Tackled [ Dec 2001]  

Church Government

• The Elder and his family [Nov 1996]
• The Importance of Interchurch Relationships [July 1999] 
• The Covenant Concept in Scripture [Jan 2000] 
• The Cross of Christ [ May 2000]
• The Pathos of God - A Covenantal Perspective, Part 2 [ May 2000]
• The Pathos of God - A Covenantal Perspective, Part 3 [ June 2000]

Worldview

• Karate a religion or just good healthy exercise? [Sep 1996]
• Defending our faith to the man in the street [Oct 1996]
• The Cambridge Feblaration of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals April 20, 1996 [Oct 1996]
• CORNELIUS' SPECTACLES [Oct 1996]
• Science and Apologetics [Oct 1996]
• Mere Spirituality [Oct 1996]
• The marketing of religion [Feb 1996]
• Guidance [Feb 1996]
• Cultural Barriers to Preaching : A Universal Barrier [May 1997]
• Cigarettes and the believer [May 1997]
• Christians and the environment [July 1997]
• The death of Lady Diana [Oct 1997]
• Editorial:The Christian and mood altering drugs [Dec 1997]
• COUNSELLING THE MENTALLY ILL [Dec 1997]
• Christian Marriages on the Rocks [Nov 1997]
• The Truth With Compassion : Does the Bible teach Self Esteem? [Nov 1997]
• How should the church of Jesus Christ respond to unbelievers "living together" outside the bonds of marriage? [Nov 1997]
• Te Papa - Whose Place ? [Jan - April 1998]
• Abortion disaster - Will 1998 see any improvement? [Jan - April 1998]
• Answered Prayer [Jan - April 1998]
• The Organ and the Organist in Reformed Worship- Part I [Jan - April 1998]
• The Organ and the Organist in Reformed Worship- Part II [Jan - April 1998]
• The Organ and the Organist in Reformed Worship- Part III
• Blowing Our Trumpets In Time! [Jan - April 1998]
• Homes as Havens [Jan - April 1998]
• Reluctant to be called reformed ?
• Abortion: A Mind Set
• A challenge to our youth
• Computers, Science Fiction, God & Man
• Was Darwin Responsible for a Slide into Unbelief? [Oct 1998]
• Submission to Parliament [Oct 1998]
• The Last Great Enemy [Oct 1998]
• Pictures of Jesus [Jan 1999]
• The Buddhist Illusion Overcome by a Real Deliverer [July 1999] 
• Hoping and Waiting,or why Christians aren’t Apathetic Cynics [July 1999] 
• Un??Conditional Love [July 1999] 
• Joy [July 1999] 
• LEADERSHIP IN MARRIAGE - PART II [Jan 2000] 
• LEADERSHIP IN MARRIAGE - PART I [Jan 2000] 
• The Relation of Science to the Bible [Jan 2000] 
• AN ECOLOGICAL CRISIS? WHO CARES?? [Jan 2000] 
• Can every member be a leader? [Jan 2000] 
• CLOSED CANON! CLOSED MINDS?? [Jan 2000] 
• The Millennium and its significance for the English Church ,part 2 [ May 2000]
• The Millennium and its significance for the English Church, part 3 [ May 2000]
• THE POST-MODERN MORAL CRISIS [ May 2000]
• THE POST-MODERN MORAL CRISIS (Continued) [ June 2000]
• S.O.S [ May 2000]
• The Traditional and the Familiar in Worship: Some Contemporary Personal Reflections [ May 2000]
• Keeping up Appearances [ June 2000]
• Post-Millennium Reflections [ June 2000]
• Engineering, Ethics and Christianity - part I [Sep 2000]
• Engineering, Ethics and Christianity - part II [Sep 2000]
• Intelligently Designed [Sep 2000]
• A Requiem for an Old-fashioned Virtue [Sep 2000]
• Words [ August 2001]  
• Blasphemy [ August 2001]  
• Is God really among us? [ August 2001]  
• Looking For The Motive [ August 2001]  
• Redeeming the Time - At Home [ August 2001]  
• Hospitality: The Giving and the Receiving of It [ August 2001]  
• The Womanly Virtues of the Victorians - and Us: Some Thoughts on Modesty and Dignity [ August 2001]  
• America Under Attack [ Dec 2001]  
• Between Me & You: Contrast if ever there was one [ Dec 2001]  
• Blasphemy [ Dec 2001]  
• Between Me & You:Is God really among us [ Dec 2001]  
• Between Me & You: Don't We Treasure our Pin Code [ Dec 2001]  
• Between Me & You: To Conform To This World [ Dec 2001]  
• Fasting: A Neglected Discipline [ Dec 2001]  
• A feminine focus: Hospitality [ Dec 2001]  
• A feminine focus : Read Me a Story [ Dec 2001]  
• A feminine focus : Pressing on to Maturity with the Help of Our Friends [ Dec 2001]  

Conferences

• A Conference on Theology 

Christian Education

• Home schooling : a valid biblical option [July 1997]
• The case for Christian day schools versus home schooling (part 1) [July 1997]
• The case for Christian day schools versus home schooling (part 2) [August 1997]
• Covenantal Education [Jan 2000] 
• INTEGRATION - A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE [Jan 2000] 
• Reformed Christian Education: Repairing the Ruins [Jan 2000] 

History

• Luther [Oct 1996]
• Women of Faith [Oct 1996]
• A Significant Anniversary : 1647 [Sept 1997]
• Edmund Grindal [Oct 1998]
• Calvin's other "son" [Jan 1999]
• Henry Williams and the Treaty of Waitangi [Jan 1999]
• Reformed Churches of New Zealand [July 1999] 
• The Huguenots [Jan 2000] 
• The Hunger-winter of 1944/45 [ May 2000 ]
• Felicitas and Perpetua - Devoted to Christ above All [Sep 2000]
• A feminine focus: Building A Firm Foundation [ Dec 2001]  

Other

• Chasing Rainbows [Oct 1996]
• Goals [Feb 1996]
• Chain Letter [Feb 1996]
• The Wonder of Christmas [Dec 1996]
• Book Review : Choices [Dec 1996]
• Goals [Mar 1996]
• The State's role in Reformation [Mar 1996]
• Poem : Good Friday [Mar 1996]
• Our Homes as Havens [July 1997]
• Victor's off-road adventure [Sept 1997]
• Jacob Dean Van Garderen [Sept 1997]
• The use of physical punishment of children [July 1999]
• Between you and me - ALONE but not LONELY [Sep 2000]
• Oma Knows Best [ August 2001]  
• R.E. & ME [ August 2001]  
• IN TOUCH Report [ August 2001]  
• KIDS [ August 2001]  
• Synod 2001 [ August 2001]  
• Teach us to say [ August 2001]  
• A New Face [ August 2001]  
• Two Extremes [ August 2001]  
• Tom, Dick and Harry In The Workplace [ August 2001]  
• Family Camp [ Dec 2001]  
• The Mystery of the Magi [ Dec 2001]  
• The Christian's Guide to Travelling the World [ Dec 2001]  

Reviews

• Book review - Feed my Sheep [ August 2001]  
• Defending the Faith: J Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative [ August 2001]  

New Zealand Politics

• How should I vote ? [Sep 1996]
• For Whom Should We Vote ? [Sep 1996]
• Christian Politicians in English History [Sep 1996]
• Election 1996, gold for the Christian Coalition [Sep 1996]
• Editorial on 1996 Election Results [Nov 1996]
• Should New Zealand become a Republic? [Jan - April 1998]

Studies

• Study : Introduction [ August 2001]  
• Study : Scripture Reading [ August 2001]  
• Study : Introduction [ August 2001]  
• Study 1 MMC & me [ August 2001]  
• Study 2 What We Already Can See [ August 2001]  
• Study 3 The Time Of Great Insecurity [ August 2001]  
• Study 4 Here Is He! [ August 2001]  
• Study 5 Always Watching Out is the key [ August 2001]  
• Study 6 How Ready Will You Be [ August 2001]  
• Study 7 Too Late For the date [ August 2001]  
• Study 8 Time Never Takes Time Off [ August 2001]  
• Study 9 The Final Show-Down [ August 2001]  

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