Leading a growth group with non-Christians in it

  • Richard Sweatman
  • 6 September 2017

Nothing shakes a growth group up like new members, but what if those new members are non-Christians? How should you lead in that situation? How do you manage the good things and the difficulties?

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Assigned meaning vs inherent meaning

  • Tom Pattison
  • 9 July 2018

“You have your meaning, and I have mine.”

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Is the Proverbs 31 woman even possible?

  • Ruth Baker
  • 2 January 2019

This Proverbs 31 woman is completely consistent with the growth in Christ-likeness that God predestined for all of us.

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Church leaders: realistic idealists

  • Mike Leite
  • 10 September 2018

If we are people of God’s word, and if all Scripture is profitable for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that God’s people are equipped to do good work, then surely the leader is driven by biblical ideals and high expectations.

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Six ways to be prepared

  • Ian Carmichael
  • 1 May 2017

One of the ways you “honour Christ the Lord as holy” as a Christian is by “being prepared to make a defense [or a ‘reasoned statement’] to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (1 Pet 3:15).

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It's not too late...

  • Cathy Young
  • 9 December 2016

... to put The Curious Sign into the hands of not-yet Christians.

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Reading into discipleship: Relying on those ahead of us

  • Laura Denny
  • 6 August 2018

Taking the initiative and asking a fellow Christian who is further along in their walk to read with us can provide accountability, increased understanding, and growth in ways that reading and learning alone wouldn’t.

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Ten misconceptions about practising hospitality

  • Tara Sing
  • 10 July 2017

One of the marks of a Christian is practising hospitality. Whenever it’s mentioned in the New Testament, it is assumed as a staple part of the Christian life. However, lots of people don’t show hospitality to others.

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A tribute to neighbours lost

  • Tom Watson
  • 16 April 2018

Three lessons from a friendship.

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Choosing helpful Christmas traditions

  • Mike Allen
  • 28 November 2018

I think we need to acknowledge that some Christmas traditions are just genuinely unhelpful. But what about less overt customs?

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