James Greig - March 2019

Lawyers, Liars and Rhinos - Christian life in the law

A talk given recently to Christian Business Leaders in Abingdon, Oxfordshire

James Greig - October 2006

Baptism: cross the bridge or fade away

Is baptism necessary for salvation?  This question has defined the Churches of Christ since their birth.  I wrote this article as an apologetic for my decision to start worshipping with a mainstream evangelical church in 2007.

James Greig - October 2005

What is "the Kingdom of God" biblically?

A study on the concept of the Kingdom of God for members of the churches of Christ who were taught for many years that their family of churches was God’s Kingdom on earth.

James Greig - February 2003

What is biblical?

In challenging the International Churches of Christ’s unquestioned use of the adjective ‘biblical’ to refer to its practices, this article highlights issues of interpretation for all Bible-based churches which they ignore at their peril.

James Greig - March 2002

“A greater power”: The workings of providence in the book of Esther

The only book of the Bible not to mention God, and of which no trace was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.  I argue that God’s presence in providence permeates the book of Esther.

James Greig - December 2000

Jesus Papyrus Review

Magdalen College Oxford holds the oldest fragment of Matthew’s gospel in the world, from 170 AD.  This article draws particularly from a book about the manuscript by a former member of Magdalen, the journalist Matthew d’Ancona

James Greig - April 2000, updated for Compass magazine August 2011

The long-lost town of Bethsaida

My thoughts on the ruins of this long-lost Galilean site in Jesus’ ministry which was the home town of a number of his disciples.