Nothing matters if God can’t raise the dead

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 6 April 2017

For too many Christians, talk of the resurrection is restricted to a few songs and a family meal once a year on Easter Sunday. And, for many, even those few songs feel just a tad melodramatic.

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Down-under round-up: 6 May 2015

  • Sandy Grant
  • 6 May 2015

Not all Christians have the same amount of time or inclination to read widely. So I’m trying to save pastors, elders and other interested Christians time by selecting a bunch of the best articles round the web each week. I’m doing it with a small bias towards stuff by

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The Vine Project Workshop

  • Tony Payne
  • 18 January 2018

Any church leadership team can get a head start on The Vine Project journey by participating in a one-day workshop together using this workbook and the four video sessions containing a total of around four and a half hours of valuable content and guidance.

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2 Corinthians (Matthias Bible Guide)

  • Lionel Windsor
  • 23 January 2025

Well-known Bible teacher and pastor David Jackman unpacks the book of 2 Corinthians.

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Addressing sexuality with teenagers

  • Michael Guyer
  • 22 January 2018

We are far too often late to the conversation about sexuality with our teenagers, and reactionary once we speak up.

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Am I serving others with how I post photos?

  • Pip Taylor
  • 26 August 2019

If as Christians all we have to share online is how great or memorable parenthood or our children are, it’s not helpful for us or others.

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Vine Journal: Issue 5

  • 23 February 2017

Contents of Issue 5 of Vine Journal.

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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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Prepare To Share

  • Tony Payne
  • 21 January 2014

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been leading a small-group-with-a-difference at my local church. In fact we don’t call ourselves a ‘group’ at all, but a ‘team’—the ‘Newcomers Team’. Our disciple-making focus as a group is to chase up the newcomers who roll regularly through the door on Sunday

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Why believers don’t know what to think about death

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 3 June 2016

It can be hard to know what to say at a funeral. “Sorry for your loss” or “My condolences” are well-meaning options, but are also ultimately vaporous. As Hannah Ploegstra argues, our inability to offer more reveals that we haven’t really understood the gospel in the first place.

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