Cold Turkish evangelism

  • Ben Pfahlert
  • 1 February 2009

The phrase ‘walk-up evangelism’ stirs up, in most Christians, feelings of dread. But, as Ben Pfahlert points out, at the heart of all evangelism lies extremely good news. What do you think of when you hear the words ‘walk-up evangelism’ (WUE)? The high-pitched whine of a dentist’s drill? Let

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Review: "Preach the Word: Essays on expository preaching"

  • Nigel Fortescue
  • 1 February 2009

Preach the Word: Essays on expository preaching: In honor of R Kent Hughes Edited by Leland Ryken and Todd Wilson Crossway, Wheaton, 2007, 304pp. I find preaching to be an enormously heartbreaking experience: just when you think you know what a passage means, it is always more complicated than

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Review: "The Gospel and Personal Evangelism" by Mark Dever

  • 1 February 2009

The Gospel and Personal Evangelism Mark Dever Crossway, Wheaton, 2007, 128pp. There is much to commend about The Gospel and Personal Evangelism. It is warm, engaging and theologically accurate, and it left me encouraged to speak to friends about Jesus. However, it also left me with questions about

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Son of encouragement

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 February 2009

In late 2003, when we were talking to Gordon Cheng about coming to work at Matthias Media, I remember asking him casually about how many of our resources he had used in his many years of ministry up to that point.“Oh, not many”, Gordon replied with his usual unembarrassed chuckle.

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Sunday school gone postal

  • 1 February 2009

I’m the children’s worker at St Mark’s Anglican Church in Oakhurst, in Sydney’s western suburbs. I don’t see my role as a job; I see it as a wonderful God-given opportunity to support the other people in our children’s ministry team and to share the gospel with people in my

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Making trainees of all people

  • 1 February 2009

We all know that training is a good thing—that it’s vital to the health of the church. At least, that’s what we’re constantly told. So why is it so important? And what is training anyway? Training is vital for two reasons. Firstly, it’s important because the gospel is important.

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Christian ministry and normal Christians

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 February 2009

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Guilt-edged pages?

  • 1 February 2009

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Professor

  • Kel Richards
  • 1 February 2009

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Job and prayer

  • 1 February 2009

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