"ACWG" stands for the "Adullum's Cave Writers' Group", which was a small group of Christians
who had been rejected from a movement that temporarily 'lost its way' in the 1980s. To understand their nickame,
read about the supporters who gathered around David when he was under attack from King Saul (1 Samuel 22:1-2).
The group members lived in various parts of the UK, but had links and contacts across the world.
This section of my website preserves a selection of the articles they wrote and circulated.
A-{A} C-Chiefs
and Indians - The late Alan
Halden's delightful fable illustrates how leadership can feed on itself and
lose touch with the people it is meant to serve.
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Clear Ahead - Grace
is free, but that doesn't mean we sign up for an easy life when we commit to
faith
Churching in a green age - Churches
waste effort trying to do what the Holy Spirit can do without our help.
Calling God by a New Name - Childhood
experiences and negative associations sometimes spoil the very best in life.
LM solved the problem by changing the associations.
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D-Death - a reason to fear?
- a subject many people shy from discussing but that sparked some correspondence
among the group in 1998.
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E-Evangelical Blood
- written in
response to a lady who asked, "Isn't it out-of-date and 'yucky'
for Christians to use expressions like 'washed in the blood'?"
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F-Fanciful reflections on God
and a butterfly - This reflective article borrows ideas from chaos theory to speculate on what God is like
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G-GOD-IN-A-BOX
- Religious people keep
trying to confine God to special places and to keep his people back at a 'safe'
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Glimpses of
truth - Truth
is not a fact, but an experience, an expression, a life.(by the late Maurice Smith, this book is only published here) (PDF file)
Guilt Complex
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- Nobody specifically set out to create the "Guilt Complex"
- it just happened. It started with a single letter raising questions about
the problem of guilt. (PDF file)
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L-Life
after meetings - Meetings are the cornerstone of the organised
church, but they do not define the Christian life.
Look before
you lead - A
look at varying models of Christian leadership - a function which can benefit
to the church but can also be dangerous.
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Church (The) - Church without institution...
How Christians can relate together unencumbered by denomination. (PDF file)
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O-Oasis
within - this article was written after the author was separated from traditional Christian
fellowship and thrown back on the inner
resources of the Spirit.
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S-Splendid
rebellion - A
robust conversation with God in the form of a poem, by Phil Streeter. (PDF file)
SOS - Stumbing Over Scripture - A journey from fundamentalism to faith
This book was originally created within ACWG and circulated
as a photocopied booklet. Revised and updated, it is now published in paperback
and Kindle versions and can be purchased from Amazon (click the illustration
to read more about Derrick's books)
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Guilt Complex - Nobody specifically set out to create the
"Guilt Complex" - it just happened. It started with a single letter raising
questions about the problem of guilt. (PDF file)
The Nebulous Church - Church
without institution. How Christians can relate together unencumbered by denomination.
(PDF file)
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W-What
is the Local Church? Church is a simple concept and a
living, loving experience, if only we strip away the complexities that tradition
has heaped on it. This brief article strips it bare and reveals its simple vigour.
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