Issue publishedApril 2009
Author
Justin Brierley 
Clover Creek Bible Fellowship was once a conservative evangelical church in which solid biblical teaching was the bedrock of the ministry. So how did pastor Mike Riches cope when his congregation suddenly started reporting miraculous healings, prophetic words and angelic visitations?
Issue publishedApril 2009
Author
Scot McKnight 
The emerging church movement has been difficult to pin down and define. So just what is it about this movement which has been so controversial for some?
Some describe him as dangerous and heretical, while others credit his teaching with restoring their faith in Christ and the church. Brian McLaren reflects on criticism of him and the emerging church movement
For a self-confessed activist, John Buckeridge finds it hard to just ‘be’
I am beginning to find my behaviour during the regular periods of sexual abstinence in my otherwise happy 20 year marriage alarming and wonder if I am some kind of sex addict, or just a pratt who needs to grow up? I have a greater sex drive than my wife. She makes as much effort as she can, but we can go for long periods without sex. She has phases of not liking herself and feeling unsexy – sometimes this can last for weeks. Despite knowing that she still loves me I always feel rejected...