Blessing in the Christian life

  • Mikey Lynch
  • 21 March 2018

Jesus experiences the suffering of the psalms, and their hope of blessing is fulfilled in him too. What does that mean for us as Christians?

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Nothing in My Hand I Bring

  • Ray Galea
  • 16 October 2009

Ray Galea shares his personal story of moving from a Roman Catholic to a Protestant faith, and in so doing explains the important differences.

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Daddy issues

  • Jean Williams
  • 17 June 2016

Struggling with her daddy issues one morning, Jean Williams took a walk and prayed. Here’s what the Spirit said to her heart.

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The problem of perfectionism

  • Paul Berzekian
  • 20 April 2016

Jesus tells us to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect. But when it comes to ministry, does this mean being a perfectionist? Paul Berzekian disagrees.

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Women, poverty and the persecuted church

  • Marissa Smyth
  • 21 September 2015

The majority of countries where Christian persecution is most severe are the same countries that have extremely high rates of poverty. In fact, recent data by the Weekly Number demonstrates that gender inequality directly correlates to religious freedom—where gender inequality is higher, so is religious persecution. Afghanistan is the highest for both, the fifth worst place to be a Christian.

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Promoting plagiarism in ministry

  • Mike Doyle
  • 29 August 2018

Start listening. Start working out what people are trying to do, and how they are doing it. Find out what people are trying. What has worked? What hasn’t?

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Five biblical ways to face death defiantly

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 29 June 2015

Sympathy cards address the sadness death causes, but few acknowledge the rage. Yet that rage is real. It should be: death is the very opposite of God and all that he has created. We should hate it. Christ did.

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Good News of Great Joy (Luke 1–9)

  • Des Smith

9 interactive Bible studies for small groups and individuals on Luke 1–9.

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Under the Sun (Ecclesiastes)

  • Des Smith
  • 7 June 2018

Seven Bible studies from the book of Ecclesiastes.

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Return to the Lord (Hosea)

  • James Stone
  • 7 October 2016

What is love? The Bible has much to say in answer to this deceptively tricky question, but perhaps few biblical perspectives on love are more startling or more confronting than the picture offered by the prophet Hosea. It’s here that the God of the universe is depicted as a scorned, betrayed husband—one whose selfless love has been thrown aside by a spiritually adulterous people.

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