Welcome to Vine Journal
- Tony Payne •
- 5 October 2015
Tony Payne's introduction to what the Vine Journal is all about.
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
Songs of God's King (Psalms 1–41)
- Matt Olliffe •
- 4 February 2025
Studies the psalms that reflect on God’s king, David, but that also look forward to the promised King. (9 studies)
Nicodemus and seeing the kingdom
- Ian Carmichael •
- 1 July 2019
The trouble with familiar passages of Scripture is that you stop reading them because you think you know what they say.
The End of the Beginning (Luke 19–24)
- Des Smith
8 interactive Bible studies for small groups and individuals on Luke 19–24.
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?
How to measure ‘fruit’ in your ministry
- Hannah Ploegstra •
- 14 September 2015
In a previous post, I proposed regarding the analogy of the vine (John 15) that we sometimes mistake our leaves for fruit, thinking that if we’re “getting involved” in ministry, we’re producing fruit. But ministry activities are just leaves—an essential part of the health of our ‘branch’, but not what makes God’s mouth water. Leaves aren’t yummy to him; fruit is.
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.
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
Everyone needs (to be) a parent
- Jane Tooher •
- 10 May 2018
God has given us brothers and sisters in Christ. Sometimes they have been a disciple of Jesus for longer than us, and provide mature, wise guidance and example. They become, in a very important sense, spiritual parents.
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