All gospel, all the time?

  • Tony Payne
  • 25 March 2015

In response to my recent post ‘False gospels and me’, Neil Foster asked this: I find a dilemma. As a Christian person whose full-time job is not preaching, I find myself (even outside work hours) often speaking about issues that are not a central part of the gospel. Same-sex marriage and

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To travel or not to travel

  • Stephen Liggins
  • 9 September 2019

Despite what many people say, you don’t have to travel! It is not a need or a right, something to which you are entitled.

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Six ways to be prepared

  • Ian Carmichael
  • 1 May 2017

One of the ways you “honour Christ the Lord as holy” as a Christian is by “being prepared to make a defense [or a ‘reasoned statement’] to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (1 Pet 3:15).

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Just deserts

  • Phillip Jensen
  • 26 March 2018

Just as it is completely normal to call for justice when we are the victims, so also is it completely normal to want to avoid justice when we are guilty.

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Memorizing Colossians together

  • Richard Chin
  • 12 September 2018

An interview with Richard Chin on how he memorized Colossians in a group.

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Down-under round-up: 15 July 2015

  • Sandy Grant
  • 15 July 2015

Important reads on Aboriginal evangelists, the pitfalls and positives of pastoring a small church, temptations when discipling, music and discernment, and liberalism.

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Down-under round-up: 22 April 2015

  • Sandy Grant
  • 22 April 2015

Issue of the week Once again, the depravity of Islamic State was on view. I was very moved by this response from the Anglican Bishop for Ethiopia, Dr Grant Le Marquand, regarding the 28 Ethiopian Christians murdered in Libya by IS: Personal details about the men who have died may

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Is the Proverbs 31 woman even possible?

  • Ruth Baker
  • 2 January 2019

This Proverbs 31 woman is completely consistent with the growth in Christ-likeness that God predestined for all of us.

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Voting with your ears

  • Joe Towns
  • 15 April 2020

We are all tempted to discriminate between parts of God’s word. This could be by giving more attention to parts that we like, highlighting only what stands out to us as encouraging, or steering clear of Scripture we dislike.

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Making the Most of the Bible (ebook: .epub or Kindle .mobi files)

  • John Chapman
  • 30 October 2012

John Chapman is the master of keeping things simple. In this book, he tackles the important topic of the Bible. Ideal for both Christian and non-Christian readers. (ebook)

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