Being a ministry trainer helps me be a better pastor

  • Russell Smidt
  • 8 December 2015

It’s been 12 years since I left the workforce to be involved in ministry training and fulltime gospel work. Recently, I’ve spent some time reflecting on why I invest time, effort and energy into training others for ministry.

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Love your church’s young adults

  • Ruth Baker
  • 16 July 2018

A disparaging view of young adults is not biblical.

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When Christians move on

  • Karen Beilharz
  • 10 June 2016

If you’ve been a Christian for any length of time, you’ve probably had people join your fellowship and people leave for various reasons. Changing relationships can be hard. How do you deal with it? Karen Beilharz offers a few suggestions.

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Humpty Dumpty and the doctrine of perfectionism

  • Benjamin Swift
  • 27 April 2020

It is impossible for a human to achieve perfection in this life, to hold ourselves together and live totally devoid of sin.

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I’m dreaming of a black Christmas

  • Tony Payne
  • 25 December 2017

The truth of Christmas comes in a strange dream, via a classic article from the past.

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The only thing better than Bible reading

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 21 March 2016

Timothy Raymond encourages us to both listen to AND read the Bible.

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Mother-to-mother gospel opportunities

  • Emily Cobb
  • 12 November 2018

As a Christian, it is easy to feel confused about how to speak into this post-Christian culture: do we share our beliefs about gender, marriage and sexuality with these mothers, or do we stay silent?

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Women, Sermons and the Bible (ebook: .epub or Kindle .mobi files)

  • 29 April 2014

Essays interacting with John Dickson's "Hearing Her Voice". Ebook file download. Release date: 5 May 2014.

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A cloud of motivation

  • Ruth Baker
  • 16 June 2020

A cloud of perfect people might make me feel self-conscious. But a cloud of faithful witnesses who are just like me—that sustains me.

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The work of ministry in Ephesians 4:12

  • Lionel Windsor
  • 13 October 2016

‘Ministry’ in Ephesians 4:12 does not mean ‘service’; it is fundamentally a matter of ‘bringing’ the saving gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to people.

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