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How to love visiting church members in hospital

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 20 December 2017

I’ve learned to do a few simple, specific things that have transformed hospital visitation from a labourious drudgery into a true means of grace—both for the person I’m visiting and for my own soul.

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How to talk to strangers

  • Karen Beilharz
  • 18 December 2017

A stranger is a human being—created in the image of God with all the weaknesses and foibles of fallen humanity. It means that, in a way, there’s nothing to be afraid of: this person is like you.

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Confessions of a (more recent) bibliophile

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 13 December 2017

Should every Christian aspire to be a bibliophile? Only if every Christian desires to be increasingly conformed to the image of Christ.

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Don’t protest porn by sharing it

  • Sandy Grant
  • 11 December 2017

Share your anti-porn posts and petitions with me, but stop attaching the pictures!

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Eight ways to become more humble

  • Jane Tooher
  • 6 December 2017

Practical steps to help you fight pride.

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Keep growth group amazing over the summer break

  • Richard Sweatman
  • 4 December 2017

Rest is a good thing and group leaders need it, but it is still worth thinking about how we can care for our members during any break.

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"Pastor, are you okay?"

  • Peter Ko
  • 29 November 2017

Some suggestions for how you can help your pastors when they’re not doing so well.

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Build a team before you plant a church

  • Michael Guyer
  • 27 November 2017

While there is no one church planting model in the New Testament, Paul frequently employs a team strategy in his missionary efforts.

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Real friendships don’t look like sitcoms

  • Tara Sing
  • 22 November 2017

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.

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How to influence your conscience (before someone else does)

  • Mike Taylor
  • 20 November 2017

The normalization and celebration of sin has become so pervasive in the entertainment we have grown up enjoying that it can be difficult for us to discern whether or not God is pleased with our lifestyle.

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