Mark Charleston trains and encourages ministers as part of his work with the Sydney Anglican Department of Ministry Training and Development. He regularly talks to ministers at turning points in their ministry. Paul Grimmond spoke to him recently about his reflections on the issues involved in choosing to move from
In this lealet, Paul Grimmond makes three telling points in response to an aggressive 'New Atheism' that is sweeping the Western world.
My son has just turned eight, and the nostalgia is creeping in: my eighth birthday is the earliest one I can still distinctly remember. On that day, I made my entire family climb the closest thing that northern New South Wales has to a mountain in the height of the
Life of Jesus Centre for Public Christianity, Sydney, 2009. 2 x DVDs (150 min total running time). Book: 200pp. http://www.lifeofjesus.tv/ ~
Grant Retief has been working as a pastor and church planter in Durban, South Africa, for the past 12 years. In this interview, he talks with Paul Grimmond about the enormous social issues in South Africa, and what it means to hang on to the gospel and serve people there.
I was listening to a sermon the other day, in which the preacher said, “Christianity is not about morality. It’s not about right and wrong. It’s about a relationship.” It’s not the first time I’ve heard that phrase, or something like it, and I’m sure it won’t be the last.
On the 6th February 2005, a small group of 42 people from St Thomas's North Sydney met for the first time in the little church building on the main street of Kirribilli. According to their pastor, Paul Dale, the focus was to try and be a local church in the
Russell de Vries has known Jesus all his life. He grew up having been taught the gospel by his parents, and remembers car conversations about the sermon and Bible during the trip home from church each Sunday. The Bible was an integral part of church and home life. Yet in
What do the Scriptures have to say to those who suffer from depression and anxiety? Paul Grimmond shares some personal and biblical reflections. Ever since my early 20s, I've struggled on and off with anxiety and depression. In the last few years, the struggle has become particularly acute. I often