Q&A 1652—Membership Covenants: Cure or Curse? (Cox)
Posted: January 17, 2024
What do you think of membership covenants for congregations? Are they helpful, or harmful? Guest reply by Malcolm Cox (Watford, UK) Lately, from a number of sources, I’ve been hearing… Read More
Q&A 1650—Forcing my prayer agenda onto others? (Malcolm Cox)
Posted: December 13, 2023
Is it acceptable to pray with an “agenda”? I ask this because of something I experienced not too long ago. I was part of a group prayer. The event had… Read More
Israel-Hamas War: Resisting an Impulse
Posted: November 22, 2023
THE NEWSLETTER OF IBTM with Douglas Jacoby Good morning from Atlanta! I’m back from a week in Texas, attending various academic conferences. The annual meetings are always a much-anticipated time… Read More
What Would Jesus Do with Refugees? (Malcolm Cox)
Posted: October 15, 2023
The plight of refugees in our world is desperate. It always has been, but the numbers are staggering today. Focusing on this matter is not a political issue (although we… Read More
Leadership / What is “Personal Fruit”? / Counting the Cost?
Posted: July 26, 2023
26 July 2023 IBTM Newsletter Good afternoon from Edinburgh. It’s been quite a week—working on the next UK visa (to be able to remain in Britain), selling the house, looking… Read More
Do we know Jesus intellectually, or experientially?
Posted: August 25, 2022
By Malcolm Cox On the day of writing it’s our 37th wedding anniversary. If there’s one thing I know, it’s that my wife is the best thing that’s ever happened… Read More
One Thing You Lack
Posted: August 11, 2022
One Thing We Lack Which thing do we lack? Someone local to me lacks neighbourly decency. They left this mess on our lane…Someone in the Watford council signs department… Read More