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STIMULUS: THE NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT AND PRACTICE

Volume 29 / Issue 1 / 2022

Contents

Editorial

by Sarah Penwarden

As people of Christian faith, one dimension of our lives involves living out our faith in the material world around us.

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Holiness in Romans: An Essential Ingredient for Effective Mission

by Michal Baken

Holiness and mission are both essential aspects of the Christian faith, however, the two words are not often found in the same sentence.

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Why Should Christians Support Them?

by Derek Tovey

As the world settled into the new millennium, the member nations of the United Nations signed up to an amazing programme for development.

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Church Doors

by Paul Moon

At their most practical level, doors are used to regulate temperature, noise, and access – functions that they have served for millennia.

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Synergeo: An Art that Acknowledges Suffering

by Gelmason Bariquet Lim

Suffering can paint a picture and enforce a narrative on our lives.

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Mark Pierson

Ministry Corner: Interview with Mark Pierson

by Stimulus

Recently, Stimulus sat down across the internet with worship curator Mark Pierson.

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Brothers in Arms

by Peter Jelleyman

Inspired by Britain’s short war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, way back in 1982, Mark Knopfler’s hit song Brothers in Arms focuses on war, railing against its pointlessness. Knopfler’s characteristically tuneful protest[1] is really a lament.

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Vision: Madame Secretary

by Nicola Hoggard-Creegan

CBS Television, 5 series on TVNZ OnDemand)

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Named by God in the Name of God

by Geoff New

Genesis 32:22–32

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ST Imulus: The Bible (in briefs)

by ST Imulus

St Imulus has been whelmed by reader responses to The Bible (in briefs) in the December 2021 edition of Stimulus.

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Poem for a birthday

by Karen Newton

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Book Review: Fashion Theology

by Megan Powell du Toit

ROBERT COVOLO. WACO, TX: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2020. 216 PP. ISBN 9781481312738. US$44.99; NZ$120.13.

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Book Review: Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers.

by Marilyn Lewis

DANE ORTLUND WHEATON: CROSSWAY, 2020. 224 PP. ISBN 978-1-4335-6615-8. $18.34.

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Book Review: Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ's Body.

by Fiona Sherwin

BRIAN BROCK. PASTORING FOR LIFE SERIES. GRAND RAPIDS: BAKER ACADEMIC, 2021. 180 PP. ISBN: 9781540962973 $30.42.

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Book Review: Accessible Atonement: Disability, Theology, and the Cross of Christ.

by Immanuel Koks

DAVID MCLACHLAN WACO, TX: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2021. 206 PP. ISBN 978-1-481313-674. $61.76.

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Book Review: Christians: The Urgent Case for Jesus in our World

by Bob Robinson

GREG SHERIDAN, SYDNEY: ALLEN & UNWIN, 2021. 372 PP. ISBN: 9781760879099. $36.99.

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Book Review: The Holy Spirit as Person and Power: Charismatic Renewal and its Implications for Theology

by Steve Graham

ROB YULE EUGENE: WIPF & STOCK, 2020. 268 PP. ISBN 978-1725251595. $48.85.

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Book Review: Temple of Presence: The Christological Fulfillment of Ezekiel 40-48 in Revelation 21:1-22:5

by Jeremy Tattersall

ANDREA L. ROBINSON EUGENE, OR: WIPF AND STOCK, 2019. XXVIII + 205 PP. ISBN 9781532664410. $28.00 USD.

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Book Review: Holding Forth the Word of Life: Essays in Honor of Tim Meadowcroft

by Sarah Harris

EDITED BY JOHN DE JONG AND CSILLA SAYSELL. AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY’S MONOGRAPH SERIES. EUGENE, OR: WIPF & STOCK, 2020. xxvii + 336 pages. ISBN: 978-1-7252-5876-1 (PAPER) S64.99; 978-1-7252-5876-5 (E-BOOK).

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Book Review: Sin

by Bob Robinson

GREGORY MELLEMA NOTRE DAME, IN: NOTRE DAME PRESS, 2021. 130 PP. ISBN: 9780268201333. $68.77.

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Book Review: Dual Citizens: Politics and American Evangelicalism

by Derek Tovey

TIMOTHY D. PAGGETT, EDITOR. BEST OF CHRISTIANITY TODAY SERIES. BELLINGHAM, WA: LEXHAM, 2020. 489 PP. ISBN 9781683594079. $52.66

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