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David Couchman has led seminars at national events such as the Christian Resources Exhibition, Keswick Convention, and the FIEC Conference. Many of his sermons can be found on this web site.

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'Learning the Language' - not all it's cracked up to be?

In this session we say that we need to 'learn the language' of the people around us - especially young people. How valid is this? One recent participant in the course took issue with us. Read more...

The Engel Scale

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Blind Alley Beliefs, by David Cook

Blind Alley Beliefs

David Cook, IVP 1996 (second edition)
This book gives an overview of half a dozen contemporary worldviews - postmodernism, existentialism, humanism, Marxism, scientific materialism and anarchism. For each, Cook tests the worldview against three key questions: Is it self-consistent? Does it correspond to what we know? Does it work? He also shows how the message of the Bible stands up when tested against the same questions.

David Cook is the former director of the Whitefield Institute in Oxford, and has been a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 4's 'The Moral Maze'.
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Hollywood Worldviews, by Brian Godawa

Hollywood Worldviews

Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment
by Brian Godawa
InterVarsity Press, ISBN 00-8308-2321-2

Godawa gives an insider's view of movie making, while looking at this area of modern culture with the open eyes of one who appreciates the arts, especially the art of storytelling through movies.  Read more...

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Preaching to a Postmodern World

by Graham Johnston, InterVarsity 2001
This is an excellent book on contemporary communication. It sets out to answer the question how we can adapt our methods to be more effective at reaching people today, without watering down our message to suit the convenience of postmodern listeners. It will be invaluable to anyone who is involved in communicating the message of the Bible on a regular basis - preachers, junior church leaders, home group leaders, Christian union leaders, teachers, and writers.

Graham Johnston is senior pastor of Subiaco Church of Christ, Western Australia, and an adjunct lecturer in homiletics at Perth Bible College.
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The Universe Next Door, by James W Sire

The Universe Next Door

James W Sire, IVP 1988 (Third Edition)
Described as 'A Basic Worldview Catalog', this book encourages us to think in terms of worldviews. It compares Christian Theism, Deism, Naturalism, Nihilism, Existentialism, Eastern Pantheism, the New Age and Postmodernism (new in the third edition).

Dr James Sire is senior editor at InterVarsity Press USA.
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