Avoid technology pitfalls in small groups

  • David Phillips
  • 8 February 2016

In Luke 4:16, Jesus comes to Nazareth, to the synagogue in the town where he’d been brought up. He stands up to read, someone gives him a scroll, he unrolls it and finds a particular verse, gives the scroll back to the attendant, and sits back down.

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All gospel, all the time?

  • Tony Payne
  • 25 March 2015

In response to my recent post ‘False gospels and me’, Neil Foster asked this: I find a dilemma. As a Christian person whose full-time job is not preaching, I find myself (even outside work hours) often speaking about issues that are not a central part of the gospel. Same-sex marriage and

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A quick thought on leadership

  • Chris Braga
  • 29 November 2013

We often think of leadership in terms of the giftedness of a person, how competent and skilled they are in the things they do. It might be organizational management, preaching, vision setting or other skills. However, as much as leadership involves the competencies of a person, without people following it’s

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Why are we valuable or useful?

  • Sandy Grant
  • 12 February 2016

Not long ago an older retired ministry colleague of mine apologized for not responding sooner to a letter I'd sent him many months prior. He explained that he'd had major physical and mental health issues, and recently a bit of improvement, just a bit.

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Reading into discipleship: Knowing vs knowing of God

  • Kirsten McKinlay
  • 19 February 2018

Do you ever feel a sense of guilt or embarrassment when someone mentions one of the great Christian classic works and you’ve never even looked at it?

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Christmas Card J (pack of 10)

  • 20 October 2011

FRONT: happy Xmas INSIDE: Have a happy Xmas! (remember what the X is for) And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:8 Pack of 10 cards with envelopes.

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Daydreams of the city square

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 29 April 2014

I suspect that we underestimate the burden of sin on our relationships with one another. Some aspects of this burden are obvious; when we are in seasons of strife with brothers and sisters in Christ, the weight of sin is undeniable. Bitterness between brothers drags us down in our fellowship

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How can I help?: The doing of pastoral care

  • Sally Sims
  • 17 November 2016

Tips for helping fellow Christians who are going through a difficult time.

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The cross preacher

  • Tony Payne
  • 2 June 2015

“You can’t be a cross preacher and appear wise to the world.” This was the provocative line I jotted down about halfway through Phil Colgan’s address at the Nexus 2015 conference. I’m pretty sure, by the way, that ‘cross preacher’ was my abbreviation for ‘a preacher whose sermons are

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Helping unbelief

  • Darren Waters
  • 12 April 2021

God is faithful; do I believe? That is what Jesus asks of each one of us.

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