Start a Vine Project Team

  • Colin Marshall
  • 27 October 2016

An interview with Colin Marshall, answering some questions you may have about kicking off the Vine Project in your church.

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On the wings of the dawn: Top tips for travel

  • Stephen Liggins
  • 25 March 2019

Going abroad must be one of the most widely practised but least considered activities in which Christians participate.

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Do not answer the questions: Swedish Bible Study Method

  • Peter (Pedro) Blowes
  • 16 January 2019

Some of us leaders in Bible study groups just can’t help ourselves; we want to trot out all our answers to all the questions.

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Leaders have to give up to go up: A chapter from Wisdom in Leadership

  • Craig Hamilton
  • 3 September 2015

Sometimes when you first start out as a leader it can be tempting to look at the people higher in leadership over you and think to yourself, “I can’t wait to be in that position. I’ll be able to do what I want and I’ll have lots more flexibility. The more authority and responsibility I have, the more freedom I’ll have to do what I want.” But that’s not how it works—and especially not in Christian leadership.

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Amos (Matthias Bible Guide)

  • Jeremy Meeks
  • 2 April 2026

Experienced Bible teacher and ministry trainer Jeremy Meeks unpacks the Old Testament book of Amos.

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Is Reformed faith without Reformed works dead?

  • Ian Carmichael
  • 8 September 2016

As we approach the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his Ninety-five Theses to the church door, Ian Carmichael asks how Reformed are we?

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Am I reading this right?

  • Peter Baker
  • 30 July 2018

What happens when I’m not sure I’ve read the Bible correctly? What happens when the person next to me is sure that I haven’t read it correctly? How can I know I’m right?

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How to respond when Matthew 18 comes knocking

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 15 December 2015

There’s no question about it: as Christians, we are called to forgive. Forgiveness is in our spiritual DNA; it’s a trait of what we are. And what are we but children of God (1 John 3:1), who himself is characterized by mercy, grace, and forgiveness (Exod 34:6-7a)?

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The art of biblical interpretation: A book written for us

  • John McClean
  • 23 October 2015

In the last post I argued that the best overall description of the Bible is the covenant book. The primary emphasis of the image is that the Bible is God’s word for us, his people. When we read it we are not eavesdropping on a message meant for someone else. We aren’t overreaching ourselves to know a God who is beyond us. It is meant for us, to sustain our relationship with God.

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The word of God and the academy

  • Tim Grant
  • 29 July 2016

Does the Bible belong in the hands of the professors and theologians only? Or is it for the uneducated parishioner and the local church? Tim Grant examines the role of the academy in relation to the church and God’s word.

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