The only thing scarier than the wrath of God

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 15 November 2017

For some people, grace is a scarier concept to embrace than the idea of hell and God’s wrath. When we invite people to surrender to God’s grace, to trust his love and depend upon his provision, we may be asking them to do something that life has proven to be perilous and foolish.

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Reading into discipleship: A better response to life's difficulties

  • Laura Denny
  • 8 January 2018

The right books can remind us of who God is and what he has done, and keep our eyes on the eternal prize that has been laid up for us.

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The priority that isn't

  • Tony Payne
  • 30 January 2014

Over the past couple of months, pastors and church leadership teams in many parts of the world have been reviewing the year just past, and dreaming and scheming about the year to come. And there is always so much to work on. Perhaps you and your team have been be

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The Essence of Feminism

  • Kirsten Birkett
  • 16 October 2009

Dr Kirsten Birkett analyzes the feminist movement and feminist ideology from a Christian perspective.

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Atheism is definitely wrong (leaflet)

  • Paul Grimmond
  • 16 October 2009

In this lealet, Paul Grimmond makes three telling points in response to an aggressive 'New Atheism' that is sweeping the Western world.

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The reluctant Swedish reader

  • Carl Matthei
  • 23 May 2015

I am a reluctant convert to the Swedish Method for Bible study. I read the Briefing article all of those years ago and decided to try it out in a couple of Bible study groups. It didn’t work! It didn’t seem to make group members think deeply enough about the passage, and it seemed to promote surface-level easy answers.

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Disciple-making ministry when you're in pain

  • Pete Bayliss and Dave Cochrane
  • 15 September 2015

This is the story of two men who decided to keep sharing the gospel in the face of personal tragedy.

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Proactive and Reactive Prayer

  • Matthias Media
  • 21 October 2014

In a recent post, having noted that the Bible’s prayers are often focused on calling on God to fulfil his promises, I asked the question: Does your small group spend time praying for God to be active and fulfilling his promises to establish the New Jerusalem?

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One Pastor’s Journey: From “the sermon is everything” to “the sermon is essential but insufficient” (Part 1)

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 24 January 2014

One of the most important and yet contested points in The Trellis and the Vine is a certain little claim made in chapter 8. The title of the chapter says it all: “Why Sunday Sermons are Necessary But Not Sufficient”. The authors’ point is fairly straightforward and simple. Sunday sermons

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Living Stones (1 Peter)

  • Matthew Jensen
  • 16 February 2023

How do we as Christians deal with the trials of life? These eight studies on 1 Peter will uncover the way in Christ.

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