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 Biblical Truth for Today's Church
The Latimer Trust is an evangelical think-tank dedicated to providing biblical input and a considered response to significant issues within the Christian community and elsewhere. The Trust is continuing and developing the work of Latimer House which was founded in Oxford, England, during the 1960s. Our books, studies, briefings and publications are available on this site and via other outlets worldwide.
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LS76 Light From Dark Ages? |
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 Light From Dark Ages? An Evangelical Critique of Celtic Spirituality by Marian Raikes.
The ‘Dark Ages’ (i.e. approximately the fourth to tenth centuries AD) are popularly considered a period of history about which people know little beyond the presumption that life was short and hard. Christianity, whether in or out of the monasteries, is often presented as a largely impersonal, formal religion – little more than the culture of the time. But is that a true picture? Or did ‘the light of the glorious gospel of Christ’ shine as brightly then as in other ‘dark’ periods of history? In particular, did it shine through the original Celtic version of Christianity in such a way that we may profi tably imitate the Celtic Christians? And to what extent does it shine through the innumerable versions of the current revival of ‘Celtic spirituality’?
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 As It Is Written: Interpreting the Bible with Boldness by Benjamin Sargent.
'We live in an age when much doubt has been cast concerning the meaning of texts. This has direct application to our confidence in and practice of handling the Scriptures. Ben Sargent's paper provides an excellent corrective. It is carefully argued, clearly written and immensely useful'
Revd William Taylor
About the book:
If you are reading this, it is because you expect it to have meaning. You will be making assumptions about its author based on the content and context; you will be interpreting what you read in the light of your own prejudices and experience and the conditioning of your cultural surroundings. Does it matter what the author intended? Does an unintentional message have validity? Is there a single meaning of the text, or one on which we should all agree?
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 The Ethics of Usury by Ben Cooper.
Against the background of the current financial crisis and astonishing levels of personal debt, it would be impossible to argue that the practice of lending and borrowing money at interest is always morally acceptable.
Is the biblical answer simply to say "No" to the practice of lending and borrowing money at interest? It would be fair to say that for the major part of church history the mainstream view has been strongly against it. However, something has clearly changed. Christians today happily take out mortgages and keep their money in banks which then lend at interest to others. Christians may even personally profit from the lending of money at interest.
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CWP The Church, Women Bishops and Provision |
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 The Church, Women Bishops and Provision: The Integrity of Orthodox Objections to the Proposed Legislation Allowing Women Bishops.
Why, since the Bible affirms that in Christ 'there is neither male nor female' (Galatians 3:28), do those who stress the importance of biblical orthodoxy in church life object to the proposed women bishops legislation?
This book was commissioned in November 2010 by a number of members of General Synod. Some are in favour of women priests and women bishops, some are not in favour, but all want to see the theological arguments being more fully explored, since these have not been adequately addressed in General Synod debates over the years.
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