Down-under round-up: 2 March 2016

  • Sandy Grant
  • 2 March 2016

Sandy Grant's reads of the week include a program to help you share the gospel at work, things that encourages church visitors, the idol of sports for parents, plus a reflection on a proposed anti-bullying program.

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A Fresh Start

  • John Chapman
  • 16 October 2009

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.

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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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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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Excelling in exam season

  • Rusdyan Cocks
  • 3 November 2021

When it comes to measuring our performance in exam season, we all have different standards. But what standard should we aim for as followers of Jesus?

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But you're wrong!

  • Jennie Baddeley
  • 29 September 2015

How do we disagree with each other? If you’ve been around any church for more than 12 months you’ll know that there are many disagreements. Sometimes these are fairly small and trivial. In every church I’ve ever been in there’s been an argument about the colour or type of the furnishings. And the carpet is a small issue compared with some of the wider ones that impact on life, like who Jesus is, how God saves, and other major doctrinal truths.

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The Everlasting God (ebook: .epub or Kindle .mobi files)

  • DB Knox
  • 2 November 2012

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)

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Beware of church assessments

  • Colin Marshall
  • 28 August 2015

I’m worried about the language and concepts of the human resources world being applied to churches and pastors. I hear questions like: What do we do with underperforming pastors who are not growing the church? Are we reinforcing their sense of entitlement by accepting and rewarding underperformance?

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Defending classic marriage

  • Sandy Grant
  • 29 June 2016

With the 2016 Australian federal election just around the corner and same-sex marriage being such a hot button issue, Sandy Grant explains why the classic view of marriage is worth defending.

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In defence of being busy

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 20 October 2015

If I hear one more person—or myself—groan “I’m soooo busy”, I think I might explode. Or wilt. That gripe is getting really boring. Worse, I fear we are groaning about something that’s good.

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