Down-under round-up: 27 May 2015

  • Sandy Grant
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  • 27 May 2015

Issue of the week Neil Foster, Associate Professor of Law at Newcastle University, continues updating us on Schools, Scripture, Banning of Books and Sexual Orthodoxy, examining the merits of the objections stated to the now-marginalized Christian views on sex. He argues that “students are entitled to hear points of view at

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Small talk is important and missing from our churches

  • Tara Sing
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  • 23 October 2014

Good spiritual discussions excite us. It is understandable that we are eager to get to them with others at church. With the best intentions we want to encourage each other, spur one another on and remind others of biblical truths. But in trying to achieve this important task,

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What prize are we trying to win?

  • Adrian Russell
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  • 4 August 2015

In 1 Corinthians 9:24, the Apostle Paul urges Christians: “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.” I have often heard people explain this verse as an exhortation to strive hard for salvation, to endure in faith, to persevere in love, to remain steadfast in hope, and take hold of the prize—eternal life.

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The refugees of Moab

  • Colin Marshall
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  • 27 April 2015

God weeps for the refugees of Moab. They break his heart. How do we feel about the refugees on our screen everyday? My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah… Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I drench

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Don’t call God ‘Yahweh’

  • John McClean
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  • 2 May 2016

John McClean explains why he no longer calls God ‘Yahweh’.

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Down-under round-up: 13 May 2015

  • Sandy Grant
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  • 13 May 2015

Issue of the week Book banning is always a worry! It’s so easily used to censor reasonable freedom of speech (which is why Christians should be slow to call for it). The web was set alight in Australia when the NSW Department of Education banned three books from use

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Why use pre-written resources in ministry?

  • David Phillips
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  • 21 December 2015

When I was living in a share house, many years ago, I attempted to cook a meal by myself for the first time. It should have gone pretty smoothly. I bought a jar of sauce (‘Chicken Tonight’), some raw chicken to cook, and set about to follow the instructions on the jar.

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Easter: Room for the world to worship

  • Stephen Leston
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  • 3 April 2015

I am sitting in the Copenhagen Airport after spending the last several days in Norway talking with church planters from Norway, Estonia, Poland and the Czech Republic. We were discussing plans on training and releasing thousands of church planters into Central and Eastern Europe. It was an incredible time.

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Technology and convenience… but at what cost?

  • Carmelina Read
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  • 29 February 2016

Most computers have parental control options that restrict certain websites and who can be contacted, log browser history, allow you to shut down the internet and the computer at set times, plus there are programs like Covenant Eyes that send reports to nominated people about what has been viewed... and yet many parents and educators are unaware of or refuse to use such safeguards or limit internet access to particular educational sites.

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Wisdom in Leadership

  • Craig Hamilton
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  • 15 June 2015

The how and why of leading the people you serve.

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