“Wouldn’t it just be easier to be gay?” “Of course it would be easier. But once you know the truth…”
"Do we have to forgive people who aren't sorry?" How would you respond? Our instinct can be to rush in with some kind of ‘yes/no’ answer. What we may fail to do is consider whether or not answering the question as asked is the most helpful response.
Essays interacting with John Dickson's "Hearing Her Voice". Ebook file download. Release date: 5 May 2014.
As a first year MTS (Ministry Training Strategy) apprentice at my church, St Paul’s Anglican in Sydney’s north-west, I get to help make disciple-making disciples as my full-time job. One of my main ministries and highlights of the week is meeting up with different women in my congregation to read the Bible together and pray for each other, with each other. I also meet up with my trainer, Bon, who pastorally cares for me and teaches me from God’s word as I seek to do the same for others.
This marvellous little planning resource will help you think through your fellowship's programme to ensure that it is enabling you to be in 'mission mode', not just 'maintenance mode'.
Catch up on the Christian news and thought of the week. This week: the revelation of the sale of body parts from aborted infants; church planting that distracts from evangelism; prayers for the tempted and wayward; points for protecting a marriage.
What are the small things we can all do that make a big difference in our churches?
Prayerful dependence on the Almighty Father is not only expressing our child-like faith but also expressing our confidence that our Father is the most powerful being in all the world.
Sandy Grant's reads of the week include a program to help you share the gospel at work, things that encourages church visitors, the idol of sports for parents, plus a reflection on a proposed anti-bullying program.
First, how do we assess whether our group members are converted? And, second, what do we do about it if we’re unsure about someone in our group?