When I glance around my church during the sermon, I don’t see many moving pens or pencils. I do see lots of open Bibles, and a couple of people furiously typing with their thumbs.
One of Australia's foremost evangelists, John Chapman, introduces readers to the Jesus he has loved and served for over 50 years. He explains what a Christian is, how to become a Christian and how to begin a new life through Jesus. As a general purpose evangelistic book for giving away, A Fresh Start has proven highly effective over many years.
There’s a dangerous myth I keep hearing amongst Christians. And the place I hear it most is when I’m standing at a conference bookstall trying to interest people in Matthias Media’s books and resources. It’s the myth that we really ought to finish reading all the books
“You can’t be a cross preacher and appear wise to the world.” This was the provocative line I jotted down about halfway through Phil Colgan’s address at the Nexus 2015 conference. I’m pretty sure, by the way, that ‘cross preacher’ was my abbreviation for ‘a preacher whose sermons are
If your Bible study group is on the small side, it can be tempting to feel discouraged. But as Richard Sweatman explains, although smaller numbers mean certain challenges, they also present certain opportunities too.
Every day, I need to keep fighting to see myself the way God sees me—to see my reflection in his word instead of between the covers of a glossy magazine.
For over 25 years, the late Dr Broughton Knox's classic work of theology, The Everlasting God, has helped many Christians to carefully examine the profoundly important subject of the character of God. (ebook)
‘Proselytism’ is on the nose in our allegedly tolerant world, increasingly proscribed or restricted by law or administrative policy. Mostly the word is left undefined, open to great subjectivity. Some think of it merely as seeking to persuade others of the merits of a religion, with a view to
The average churchgoer attends church just twice a month. I hope you’ll agree that this is rather saddening! Here are three biblical truths to help us break the twicer habit.
In the ancient world, when a great king made a covenant with his people, the document included an account of history (scholars call it the historical prologue). The king underlined what he had done for his subjects, how he protected them, and so reminded them why they owed him loyalty.