Articles
I have always liked teaching and writing. These are a selection of things I and others have written. They are arranged chronologically rather than thematically, not least because not everything below represents my current thinking on a subject. From 1983 to 2007 I was very involved with the International Churches of Christ. From wholeheartedly espousing their thinking, with time I have acquired more objectivity and I hope, am more centred on what Jesus has done and less on advocating a system and what we must do. Rather than editing out all my views which have changed, I have let them stand as a historic record. "By the grace of God I am what I am" 1 Cor 15:10
James Greig - October 2023
Where better to reflect on the life and impact of John Wycliffe, born 700 years ago next year, than from Oxford, his home for many key
moments in his life?
Emily Greig - September 2021
Religious Rivalry in a Victorian Oxford Suburb and its Legacy
Although Christianity was easily the dominant faith of Victorian Britain, it was also ‘much more disunited and quarrelsome than it is now’, according to Geoffrey Best in 1988. This dissertation examines the religious life of a suburban Oxford parish in the second half of the 1800s.
James Greig - March 2019
A talk given recently to Christian Business Leaders in Abingdon, Oxfordshire
James Greig - October 2006
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
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.