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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Love your church’s young adults

  • Ruth Baker
  • 16 July 2018

A disparaging view of young adults is not biblical.

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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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Growing a church with four Es

  • Anonymous
  • 19 September 2016

When the new minister first arrived at this church, it was in serious trouble and not really growing. Seven years later, it’s a thriving body of believers, looking to expand. What changed?

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