Three important differences between flattery and encouragement

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 12 February 2018

“You are so beautiful” could qualify as rank fawning; it could also, given the right circumstances, tone of voice, and context of relationship, serve as a genuine statement of appreciation, gently spurring a weary or discouraged person back into the game.

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Valley of Vision (CD)

  • Sovereign Grace
  • 16 October 2009

A collection of 12 songs from Sovereign Grace Music based on the classic book of Puritan prayers, The Valley of Vision.

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J is for Jesus (CD)

  • 16 October 2009

J is for Jesus is a new album of fun songs for pre-schoolers and lower-primary aged kids. Led by Karen Pang (from ABC's Play School), the Emu kids band helps little kids to sing about the joy of praising Jesus.

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Raised Forever: Introduction

  • Matthias Media
  • 4 November 2014

Raised Forever: Jesus' resurrection and ours by Rory Shiner There are lots of books about Jesus’ resurrection—and most of them answer the ‘did it really happen?’ question. Although that’s a critical question that this book deals with, Rory Shiner goes further. 'Raised Forever' is a book about what happened to

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Meet the King (CD)

  • 16 October 2009

Following in the footsteps of The King, The Snake & The Promise, Meet The King is a CD all about Jesus as portrayed in Mark's Gospel—just for kids. The songs are fun and fast (with a few slow ones), and feature the voices of Colin Buchanan, Nicky Chiswell, Karen Pang, Matt Roberts, Jane Saunders, Nathan Tasker, and Throat. The Enhanced CD contains all the sheet music and overhead masters, plus exciting new Sunday School material by Phil Campbell.

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Where to find food

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 20 June 2014

Nearly every nature documentary has a scene in which mama takes her babies out of the den in the spring and teaches them how to find food. There they go, across the tundra or desert or mountain (whatever the case may be), in search of food. When the babies are

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Fatherhood: what it is and what it's for

  • Tony Payne
  • 16 October 2009

Essential reading for all fathers, bringing some much needed clarity, help and biblical perspective to not only defining the role but fulfilling it. (Free seminar material available.)

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Busting a book buying myth

  • Matthias Media
  • 30 September 2014

There’s a dangerous myth I keep hearing amongst Christians. And the place I hear it most is when I’m standing at a conference bookstall trying to interest people in Matthias Media’s books and resources. It’s the myth that we really ought to finish reading all the books

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Why “speaking the truth in love” is more than simply saying true things nicely

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 19 December 2013

In the circles in which I run, the command from Ephesians 4:15, to speak the truth in love, is almost universally understood as a call to say true things nicely. If, for example, a friend asks me if his wild faux-hawk hairstyle is appropriate for a serious job interview, speaking

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Jesus for Sceptics (leaflet)

  • 13 November 2009

This evangelistic leaflet encourages non-Christian readers to look at the evidence for Jesus with scepticism, but with an open mind.

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