Broaden your evangelism repertoire

  • Stephen Liggins
  • 29 May 2017

Scripture indicates that the apostle was flexible in his approach to sharing the gospel. Different contexts, it seemed, encouraged him to broaden his repertoire.

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Christmas Card B (pack of 10)

  • 24 October 2012

FRONT: Merry Christmas; INSIDE: God showed his love in more than words. "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans chapter 5, verse 8. Pack of 10 cards with envelopes.

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The priesthood

  • Tim Grant
  • 4 February 2016

A number of my friends were recently ‘priested’. They took part in a sacred ceremony while wearing strange garments and, standing before the bishop of the land, were consecrated as priests in the church of God.

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Fathering the fatherless in our churches

  • Tim Beilharz
  • 21 January 2016

Currently 20% of Australian and 43% of American children are growing up in homes without fathers. Father-absent homes are common in our communities, our schools, and also our churches.

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Cell group day 1: City University Campus, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Terry Blowes
  • 23 May 2015

It was our first cell group meeting. There was Victoria, a committed student leader in her second year of university; Paula, a new person in her first year of study; and me, the missionary who had arrived to accompany and train leaders. The other people who were invited didn’t come.

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Who needs to change?

  • Stephen Liggins
  • 25 January 2016

There’s a classic story about a parent separating two fighting children. Trying to get to the bottom of things, they ask: “So what’s the problem?” Utterly incensed, one child blurts out, “It all started when Jimmy hit me back!”

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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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Sticks and stones: why words matter

  • Matthias Media
  • 20 April 2015

This is the complete first chapter from Steve Morrison's book Born This Way. A dramatic reversal When I was five years old, my kindergarten class was taught a song about a native Australian bird called the kookaburra. The kookaburra is best known for its distinctive ‘laugh’, which can often be

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Just give me a sign

  • Angus Martin
  • 7 October 2019

Have you ever felt like you wanted a sign from God to know what to do? I know I have from time to time! But asking for signs can be dangerous.

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How to commit Sermon-Suicide

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 24 June 2014

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18) If you’ve preached more than, say, a dozen sermons you’ve almost certainly had the experience. Saturday evening you sit back in your desk chair, look at the sermon you intend to deliver the next morning, and marvel,

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