Life and Work was first published in 1879 and is the editorially independent monthly magazine of the Church of Scotland.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Life and Work April 2017.
From The Editor
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EARLIER this year an online video came to my attention through social media. A young Norwegian girl had travelled to Dublin to buy a horse, s...
PRAYER
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This is the day the Lord has made the day hope comes striding from an empty tomb the day joy comes dancing through grief and pain With glad and thankful hearts we join with Ch...
LETTERS
Atonement Debate
I found Thomas Baldwin’s piece on Alastair McIntosh interesting, particularly Mr McIntosh’s wrestlings with the Atonement theory (February issue).
He’s not alone in that, and i...
The Big Question
Mary Notman, balancing elder, Aberdeen: Ferryhill
“Celebrating Easter is a special time for most of us. “I always remember a particular Good Friday service held in our Church, possibly abou...
‘Christianity is not dead’
IF I had a fiver for every conversation that began, “I don’t believe in God, but...” I’d be able to drive into Kirkwall every day in a brand-new Mercedes, instead of a battered old Ford. These...
Called to be bridge builders
THE Rev Dr Doug Gay, Principal of Trinity College, Glasgow, in his Chalmers Lectures of 2017 (see page 39) suggested that the role of congregations in church polity must be revised for a chang...