Have you ever had to sit through a church Skype call that was riddled with technical glitches and unhelpful questions? Peter Sholl has ideas to improve your next chat with your missionaries.
We've all felt it: that sad feeling that everyone is in a conversation but me, everyone was invited but me, everyone has someone sitting next to them except me...
This article continues on from How to train Bible study leaders: Who should we train? In this article, we are focusing on leading a Bible study, but training in the biblical sense always involves the whole of the Christian life. That is, training is a 'total
When you preach, does it sound like you're reading an essay? Or does your minister struggle to get his mouth around his written notes?
Front: (No text); Inside: RH panel: "celebrating the joy of a down-to-earth Christmas" LH panel: "Jesus said: "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever." The Gospel of John, chapter 6, verse 51" Pack of 10 cards with envelopes.
Last year, as I contemplated resigning from my job and commencing a ministry traineeship, few ideas filled me with more dread and uncertainty than the idea of raising financial support.
I have a theory—admittedly it’s a little controversial, but I still think it holds good. It concerns jokes. In my opinion, jokes have a life-cycle of three stages. Stage 1 covers the first few times you tell it; it’s extremely funny, and you’re the life of the party. Stage 2 covers those situations where you continue to tell that same joke, and it all starts to get a bit boring.
With the 2016 Australian federal election just around the corner and same-sex marriage being such a hot button issue, Sandy Grant explains why the classic view of marriage is worth defending.
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.
Bible verses are hard to remember, because you’re trying to hang a tiny shred of Scripture on the flimsy hook of an arbitrary chapter and verse number. They lack context, which makes them not only harder to remember but less useful for disciple-making ministry, and potentially dangerous.