The Essence of the Reformation

  • Kirsten Birkett
  • 16 October 2009

In this introductory book, Kirsten Birkett brings us the essence of the Reformation—the social and religious soil in which it grew, the events and people that shaped it, and the ideas and doctrines for which many of them died.

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The Essential Jesus

  • Tony Payne
  • 4 November 2013

The Essential Jesus combines the strengths of Two ways to live with the powerful story of the Gospel of Luke, to offer "the dream evangelistic product".

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On not doing nothing

  • Matthias Media
  • 2 October 2014

A friend of mine is visiting nursing homes and telling the gospel. It made me think of the variety of ways people tell God's good news to humanity: Scripture in schools, English classes at churches, and visiting nursing homes! God loves variety - he didn't just create

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The Other Jesus (leaflet)

  • Tony Payne
  • 28 October 2010

'The Other Jesus' is a six panel fold out leaflet which challenges the reader to find out about the real Jesus by reading the Gospels. Useful for: Christmas giveaways; leafleting/doorknocking; missions; inserting into Christmas cards.

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Songs of Longing (Psalms 73–89)

  • David R. Jackson
  • 16 September 2025

Studies covering Book Three of the Psalms, which expresses lament for the setbacks and sufferings God's people are experiencing. (7 studies)

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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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Tough Questions

  • Tony Payne
  • 27 March 2014

A set of five evangelistic studies, all based in Mark's Gospel, designed to present the Christian gospel in a one-to-one Bible study setting.

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Challenges to anticipate in one-to-one Bible reading

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 11 November 2013

While apparently my Aussie brethren have been proficient in one-to-one Bible reading (121BR) for decades, many of us Yankees are still discovering it. Though I grew up in a conservative, Bible-believing church and even attended Bible College, I had never seen or experienced or even heard of 121BR until after

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Those false gospels and me

  • Tony Payne
  • 17 March 2015

Mark Thompson’s excellent recent article, ‘What is the gospel?’, got me thinking along a number of different tracks. It stimulated me to ponder the relationship between the lordship of the risen Jesus and his saving work. It reminded me how common it has been in Christian history for people to confuse

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Cross-shaped mission (statements)

  • Tony Payne
  • 16 June 2015

What we believe deep down always bubbles to the surface, whether in an idle word or in the way we behave. In particular, what we believe theologically will inevitably be expressed not only through what we say but in how we do things. And when we behave inconsistently with our stated convictions, it reveals the struggle that goes on within all of us below the surface—the struggle to believe the truth.

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