Scott Newling takes a look at the Bible's name for God and explains why it matters when it comes to Jesus.
My first ever sermon was in a series on the Apostle’s Creed. The line I was given to preach was ‘suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and buried; he descended into hell’. I still remember my reaction when I heard the news. On one hand relief and excitement,
How can we best help children to subdivide their grey matter for Christ? Today’s kids are bombarded with more information than any previous generation; will their minds be mapping the truth of Christ or building neural pathways to secular wisdom?
Most of us would prefer not to think about what happens to the dead when they are in the grave. Hannah Ploegstra argues why this is necessary for truly grasping what Christ has done for us.
I'm reading the latest Briefing magazine, and my family had a discussion over lunch today about the feature article The Work of the Lord, and it made it clearer for all of us. So what is the work of the Lord? What is Jesus' work, and when
When we base our expectations on the friends in our favourite television show, we are left disappointed because real relationships are much messier than we’d like.
Phrases like disciple-making can carry a lot of baggage. Everybody has an opinion or an idea of what it means to disciple someone and what it looks like in practice. Sometimes it leads people to say “Disciple-making? Oh, I could never do that” or “It's not my role to
I recently attended the EQUIP Women Leaders Conference . It was a fantastic time of discussion and discovery. I had several ‘light bulb’ moments… and one moment of despair.
I‘ve been going through a season of soul-searching recently. One of the things I’ve reflected on is that, as you progress in ministry, you have to manage change on a constant basis. I understood this on one level going into ministry. I understood that the world changes, people change, and cultures change. But one area I had not given a lot of attention to was the fact that I change over the course of ministry.
This album features fabulous new recordings of 20 of EMU's most popular congregational songs. It features tracks like 'Behold The Lamb of God', 'We Are His People', 'See Him Coming', 'Consider Christ', 'My Hope Is Built'; from composers including Nicky Chiswell, Rob Smith, Philip Percival and Mark Peterson.