Can we assume that the churches of the New Testament were real Christian churches, lacking nothing essential? If so, what could we ‘lop off’ our current practice of church life and still have a genuine Christian assembly (or ‘church’)?
The truth of Christmas comes in a strange dream, via a classic article from the past.
A short evangelistic Bible study, based on the famous Two Ways to Live outline, to explain the Christian gospel.
God weeps for the refugees of Moab. They break his heart. How do we feel about the refugees on our screen everyday? My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah… Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I drench
In my last article, I outlined how a good agenda and minutes can make meetings a better investment of people’s time. The effectiveness of meetings can also be improved by adopting some basic facilitation techniques. These can also help to minimise non-creative conflict. There is nothing wrong with conflict per
Last year, as I contemplated resigning from my job and commencing a ministry traineeship, few ideas filled me with more dread and uncertainty than the idea of raising financial support.
Problem gambling, signs your pastor is losing their leadership edge, improving your disciple-making team, the characteristics of radicalized Christians, and refuting false theories about Jesus.
This is different to the question “Can Catholics be Christian?”, to which the answer would be a hearty yes! This question looks at the fundamental teachings of the Catholic Church and compares them to those of Protestants and asks if we are talking about the same thing.
Paying women in ministry frees them up for theological training and then working on leadership teams with men. It expresses the richness that you can have in complementarianism.