Melvin Tinker

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Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People

Biblical Look at the problem of suffering

~ Melvin Tinker

Why is doing good no guarantee of an easy life? One of the most common objections to the Christian Faith is 'If God created the universe, and is still in control of it, then Why does he allow suffering and injustice?' Melvin... read more

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Alien Nation

The Growing Isolation of the Church from today's Culture

~ Melvin Tinker

This book will challenge you about the growing isolation of the church from today's culture. "This book gives us courage to stand for what is right, good true and without flinching, and to win the hearts as well as the minds by... read more

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Tales of the Unexpected

The Subversive Stories of Jesus

~ Melvin Tinker, Nathan Buttery

At Christmas time whilst singing carols about 'gentle Jesus, meek and mild' we can miss that this time-dividing man had an edge about what he had to say. His parables are sometimes not 'nice spiritual stories'. They capture the... read more

4.

Road to Reality

~ Melvin Tinker

Imagine living your life with the clear knowledge that it had no meaning. Think that through. Whether you chose to help your friend – or to kill him – ultimately it would not matter. A life lived like that – without meaning -... read more

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Close Encounters

~ Melvin Tinker

Jesus met many people from an enormous range of backgrounds when he walked in Palestine, and yet his deftness in dealing with each one was quite extraordinary. In Melvin Tinker's book you will discover things you have never seen... read more

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Wisdom to Live By

Living Biblically in a Complex World

~ Melvin Tinker

Spike Milligan said of his friend, Peter Sellars 'To know him was like going to a desert island, he's that lonely... Pol Pot started his journey to terror in Cambodia by learning from philosopher Jean Paul Sartre that people have... read more

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Evangelical Concerns

Rediscovering the Christian mind on issues facing the Church today

~ Melvin Tinker

We are sometimes left with the feeling that evangelicals stand in the shadows of a collapsing culture with nothing but two alternatives open to us: either to retreat into a ghetto or sell out on fundamental issues of truth. Here,... read more