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The late Les Murray described Jamie Grant's work as "poems of
scrupulous craftsmanship and unlinking intelligence, poems which
pay acute attention to the contours of experience." This new
collection, which is divided into five discrete sections, focuses
that attention on the twenty-first century world, its office
buildings and hospitals, motorways and wind farms, while also
looking back to characters and events from earlier times. There are
also observations of Australia's natural environment, its forests,
farms, birds and animals. The last of the five sections is a series
of versified thumbnail sketches of historical figures whose
achievements helped to shape the present age. And there is even an
elegy for Les Murray among the other verses.
Evangelical Christianity has long been plagued by a dichotomy
between evangelism and social action. The debate about whether
evangelicals should attempt to make this world a better place in
tune with God's will as well as prepare people for life in a better
world is the background to this stimulating volume, which seeks to
demonstrate that there is no tension between the task of evangelism
and the Christian's obligation to care for those in need. The issue
should never have been one of 'either/or' but rather should always
have been voiced in terms of 'both/and'. The Bible's teaching makes
it plain that God's salvific work is both spiritual and physical.
The first seven chapters survey relevant material in the Old and
New Testaments; the second seven explore the theme of world
transformation from the perspective of social ethics, systematic
theology and church history. The clear message is that the
proclamation of God's salvation must address both the desperate
spiritual need of a sinful humanity and the desperate physical need
that is all too apparent in our troubled world - and that there is
theoretical and practical work yet to be done as we think and work
under the dominion of Jesus, who as a result of his death and
resurrection has been given all authority in heaven and earth. The
contributors are David L. Baker, Tim Chester, M. Daniel Carroll R.,
Jamie A. Grant, Peter S. Heslam, Jason Hood, Dewi A. Hughes, I.
Howard Marshall, Rene Padilla, Anna Robbins, David W. Smith, Melvin
Tinker, Alistair I. Wilson and Christopher J. H. Wright.
The English language is rich in poetry; yet how many people are
aware that many of our stock phrases and familiar sayings have
their origins as lines of poetry? Ink-stained poet Jamie Grant set
out to uncover a selection of these enduring lines in the works of
English-language poets all the way from Chaucer and Shakespeare up
to the present day. Some of the lines are well known; others should
be; and others again might be enjoyable surprises. These lines, and
the quirky biographical and critical comments that accompany them,
are an invitation to readers, from the well versed to the merely
curious, to rediscover the pleasure of reading poetry, and to look
at 100 of the world's best poets from a unique perspective.
The theme of covenant is foundational to the Bible's story. From
the beginning of the biblical narrative, God is revealed as the one
who enters into covenant relationship with his people, and this
theme threads its way through the unfolding account of God s
involvement in his creation and its redemption. The essence of
covenant is simple; the divine promise that 'I will be your God and
you will be my people', but the implications are immense, and
breath-taking. This volume explores the concept of covenant from a
variety of perspectives. It examines relevant texts in both Old and
New Testaments, discusses the development of the theme within the
canon of Scripture, and also draws out some of its theological,
ethical and contemporary implications. As befits such a magisterial
topic, the discussion is wide-ranging and fascinating. The
contributors are David L. Baker, Christopher J. H. Wright, David
Firth, James Hely Hutchinson, Tan Kim Huat, Alistair Wilson, Andrew
T. B. McGowan, Harry Bunting and Colin Chapman.
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