Stories of repentance

  • Tim Zulker
  • 16 June 2014

Repentance gives us fresh stories to share about the gospel at work in our hearts Christians who have known Christ for a while sometimes struggle with their testimony. “My story is boring.” “I got saved so long ago, I can’t even remember it all.” I was saved at age five—it

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Getting ready to forgive

  • David Mears
  • 26 June 2015

"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.

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Raised Forever: Introduction

  • Matthias Media
  • 4 November 2014

Raised Forever: Jesus' resurrection and ours by Rory Shiner There are lots of books about Jesus’ resurrection—and most of them answer the ‘did it really happen?’ question. Although that’s a critical question that this book deals with, Rory Shiner goes further. 'Raised Forever' is a book about what happened to

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Guidance on how to be a man

  • Peter Sholl
  • 29 May 2015

Warning: this post contains an obvious conclusion, but read on anyway! I am a 40-something Christian man. I am married, and at the moment I live in Australia (although I usually live in Mexico). I enjoy the cricket, can cook a good steak, and will happily go to the

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Get behind me, pragmatism!

  • Samuel Freney
  • 12 June 2015

It was the week following the videos coming out of the beheading of 21 Christians by ISIS, which made our discussion about Jesus saying to turn the other cheek pretty tough to wholeheartedly embrace. It’s a difficult demand, and you’ll find there’s plenty more in the New Testament about not taking up arms and solving problems with violence, but rather living as part of the kingdom that is not of this world.

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Down-under round-up: 9 April 2015

  • Sandy Grant
  • 9 April 2015

In the spirit of James 4:15, I intend to supply GoThereFor readers with a weekly list of what’s caught my ministry eye around the web. Given the speed of evangelical social media, I won’t bother trying to link to the latest or most popular items. That requires a daily

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The Discouraging Problem of Poor Attendance

  • Matthias Media
  • 2 September 2014

You’ve put in the preparation, worked hard at understanding the passage, thought about the study and how you are going to lead the group through it. You are, in other words, primed and ready to go and then… only two of the seven members of your group turn up on

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Ministry of the Month: Blue Collar Ministry Training

  • Tara Sing
  • 25 September 2014

Shining a monthly spotlight on a ministry that we thank God for. We love seeing different ministries striving to train people in discipleship and gospel leadership, especially where this training isn’t happening often. That’s why this month we are shining the spotlight on an Australian ministry, Blue Collar Ministry

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Why “speaking the truth in love” is more than simply saying true things nicely

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 19 December 2013

In the circles in which I run, the command from Ephesians 4:15, to speak the truth in love, is almost universally understood as a call to say true things nicely. If, for example, a friend asks me if his wild faux-hawk hairstyle is appropriate for a serious job interview, speaking

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A prayer and song for this Sunday: Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran

  • Dominic Steele
  • 30 April 2015

Here’s how we are going to pray for the families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran at our church this Sunday. Feel free to use or adapt for your church context. We will finish our time of prayer by singing the song that Andrew and Myuran were singing as

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