What are you doing Wednesday night?

  • Ian Carmichael
  • 12 January 2017

When it comes to small/growth group ministry in churches, not only is there a surprising shortage of aim-taking, but also a fundamental lack of clarity about what that aim actually is.

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The question of the millennium

  • Stephen Leston
  • 15 June 2015

Matthias Media recently published a book by Steve Morrison called Born This Way, addressing the issue of same-sex attraction by examining both the scientific studies and what God says in the Word. After reading the book, I felt the need to write a short post to encourage others to read it too (no, I wasn’t asked by Matthias to do so!).

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Loving other women: 12 disciplines of genuine love

  • David Martin
  • 24 September 2018

How can men in full-time ministry, charged with the responsibility of leading God’s people, love the women in the church or group they lead?

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

  • Megan Best
  • 31 January 2012

Ethics and the beginnings of human life by Dr Megan Best. "This is now the 'must read' book in the field" - Don Carson

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Down-under round-up: 18 November 2015

  • Sandy Grant
  • 18 November 2015

Sandy Grant's links of the week on what it means to stand with someone, zealotry for kindness, a story about John Chapman, American exceptionalism, and depression.

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Easter activities for kids

  • Carmelina Read
  • 10 April 2017

The advent calendars that children do over Christmas sometimes seem like they'll never end. It's too much for many families to realistically do a craft every day.

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Active reading

  • Chris Metcalf
  • 23 February 2017

Some helpful suggestions on making notes while reading so that you can remember what you've read and refer to it easily in the future.

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The inviting nature of Christianity

  • Stephen Liggins
  • 23 January 2017

You could change the world, just like Albert McMakin did when he asked a young man he knew to an evangelistic event.

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Classics from the archives: Better church

  • 4 May 2016

In this "Briefing" classic from the archives, Tony Payne looks at the how and why of running church services.

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Did God die?

  • Craig Hamilton
  • 10 June 2019

The incarnation is both a simple doctrine to summarize and a very complicated doctrine to explain.

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