Our May issue usually follows the broad theme of restoration – bringing us back to the faith and practice of the first Christians. This is a worthy ideal, but it’s important for us to know what it is we’re restoring. In this issue we want to probe further into the mindset and culture of the earliest Christians. What were they like and how did they live? To do this we’ve chosen to look into some literature from the early church outside the Bible – in particular we have two articles inspired by the well known Letter to Diognetus, written in the 2nd or 3rd century.

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In our Feature, Dale Christensen considers what it means to be ‘in the world but not of the world’ and how we navigate these divided loyalties. As Food for Thought Graham Wall looks more closely at the Letter to Diognetus, and what some of its contents might reveal to us.

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We also have a wonderful tribute to longtime church minister of Southwest Church of Christ in Sydney, Frank Cunningham, who finished the race and went to his reward last year. Debby Rowley reviews a helpful study guide to the book of Ecclesiastes, The Search for Significance by Luke Dockery. We interview Isaac Bates and hear his thoughts about congregational singing. And in the News, we have a report from the latest CampING in Victoria. We also hear about the Gosford Church of Christ’s new premises, and a new course offering from South Pacific Bible College in NZ.

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May we, like the early Christians, be a faithful community that proclaims the Gospel in both word and deed.
 

The InterSections Team