Tony Payne
Tony started Matthias Media back in 1988. He has raised a family of five (with his wife Alison), completed a theology degree at Moore Theological College, and written or co-written numerous books and ministry resources—including The Trellis and the Vine, Fatherhood, Guidance and the Voice of God, The Tony Payne Collection, and The Course of Your Life. He is also the Director of the Centre for Christian Living at Moore College, and is close to completing his PhD.
A hitchhiker’s guide to the underworld
- Tony Payne •
- 1 June 2008
What is the underworld? What are evil spirits and demons? Should we fear death and the devil, and does Jesus really make a difference with these things? Tony Payne talks to Peter Bolt, author of Living with the Underworld, to get some answers.Tony Payne: So what do you mean by
Putting the ‘media’ into Matthias Media
- Tony Payne •
- 1 June 2008
I've always loved movies about the movie-making business. (My favourite is The Player starring Tim Robbins.) I particularly like those scenes where the young, green scriptwriter is pitching his movie idea to the fat cat producer: “It's Pretty Woman meets King Kong; it's Thelma and Louise meets Blazing Saddles”. And
Emoting about idols
- Tony Payne •
- 1 March 2008
They say that the psalms are the hymnbook of Israel. I don’t know if this is true, but if it is I sometimes wonder what the atmosphere in ‘church’ was like back then. Take Psalm 96, which has been a favourite source for Christian songwriters for generations. One of
Back to mission
- Tony Payne •
- 1 March 2008
How times have changed. When I first went on beach mission *umphh-murmur-cough* years ago, we lived in tents, built a beach pulpit, put up with an appalling ‘amenities block’, got washed away when the inevitable rain came, and spent at least some part of every day whooping and hollering through
Fight the good fight (part 1): A time to break down and a time to build up
- Tony Payne •
- 1 February 2008
Are Christians these days too critical of each other, too ready to oppose and too ready to be negative? You could certainly find plenty of evidence to support this claim. Then again, are Christians these days so polite, inoffensive and unwilling to stand for the truth, they end up being
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