One Pastor’s Journey: From “the sermon is everything” to “the sermon is essential but insufficient” (Part 2)

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 21 February 2014

In my last post, I introduced this mini-series and tried to describe some of the pitfalls which can occur when a pastor attempts to do all (or nearly all) his ministry through his Sunday sermon. Like I said there, Sunday sermons are wonderful and essential and life-giving and edifying, but

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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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Getting started with prayer

  • Ryan Snow
  • 31 July 2017

A short guide for new or young Christians to the basics of prayer.

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At a Time Like This: Some answers for loss and grief

  • Simon Manchester
  • 16 October 2009

Adapted from his vast experience of delivering sermons at funerals, Simon Manchester has written this short booklet for those whose grief may have caused them to think about what is beyond this life. "At a Time Like This" tells of the only expert on life and death who has come back from the grave and told us what it's like: Jesus Christ. This short booklet tells why we should come to Jesus for truth, meaning and real comfort. It also includes Christian answers to common questions about grief.

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The Other Jesus (leaflet)

  • Tony Payne
  • 28 October 2010

'The Other Jesus' is a six panel fold out leaflet which challenges the reader to find out about the real Jesus by reading the Gospels. Useful for: Christmas giveaways; leafleting/doorknocking; missions; inserting into Christmas cards.

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Truthing in love

  • Lionel Windsor
  • 24 April 2017

Have you heard the saying “speak the truth in love”? The phrase is normally used to mean something like “say true things in a charitable way”. The idea is this: sometimes you have to say hard and challenging things; when you do, make sure you’re using a gracious tone.

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Tough Questions

  • Tony Payne
  • 27 March 2014

A set of five evangelistic studies, all based in Mark's Gospel, designed to present the Christian gospel in a one-to-one Bible study setting.

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Communicating the other 90% of the gospel message

  • Nathan Dempsey
  • 18 March 2019

If we don’t convey the enthusiasm, joy and peace that we claim to have from the Spirit, people have no reason to believe us, and we become the worst kind of salespeople.

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A matter of priority

  • Mike Leite
  • 25 March 2016

Mike Leite argues for the importance of ‘priority’ and how it relates to the ministry of the word and prayer.

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A Fresh Start (ebook: .epub or Kindle .mobi files)

  • John Chapman
  • 23 April 2012

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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