The bassinet

  • DB Ryen
  • 2 November 2020

Even though our first pregnancy had successfully produced a healthy baby boy, we unexplainably couldn’t carry a pregnancy to term anymore.

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Being a ministry trainer helps me be a better pastor

  • Russell Smidt
  • 8 December 2015

It’s been 12 years since I left the workforce to be involved in ministry training and fulltime gospel work. Recently, I’ve spent some time reflecting on why I invest time, effort and energy into training others for ministry.

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My lightbulb moment

  • Penny Morrison
  • 26 December 2016

One woman's experience of the Swedish Bible Study Method.

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What disciple-making is not

  • Tara Sing
  • 23 December 2014

Phrases like disciple-making can carry a lot of baggage. Everybody has an opinion or an idea of what it means to disciple someone and what it looks like in practice. Sometimes it leads people to say “Disciple-making? Oh, I could never do that” or “It's not my role to

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Preacher, teacher, Sunday entertainer?

  • Jordan Pickering
  • 20 May 2016

Jordan Pickering has a word for preachers: you are boring and not funny. The Bible, however, is not.

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One Pastor’s Journey: From “the sermon is everything” to “the sermon is essential but insufficient” (Part 1)

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 24 January 2014

One of the most important and yet contested points in The Trellis and the Vine is a certain little claim made in chapter 8. The title of the chapter says it all: “Why Sunday Sermons are Necessary But Not Sufficient”. The authors’ point is fairly straightforward and simple. Sunday sermons

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Evangelism resources sample bundle

  • 19 November 2012

A bundle of 10 sample resources for use in evangelism. These books are offered as a bundle at HALF the normal price. See our evangelism introductory page for more information.

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Ministry of the Month: Leadership Resources International

  • Matthias Media
  • 28 August 2014

Shining a monthly spotlight on a ministry that we thank God for. Recently the Matthias Media team sat in our meeting room listening intently to an American visitor named Craig Parro. Craig was basically ‘in transit’—stopping off briefly in Sydney, on his way from Chicago to Papua New

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Reading into discipleship: A better response to life's difficulties

  • Laura Denny
  • 8 January 2018

The right books can remind us of who God is and what he has done, and keep our eyes on the eternal prize that has been laid up for us.

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kipepeo

  • Cathy Sampson
  • 25 November 2013

10 tracks from Cathy Sampson. All money raised goes to support the kipepeo project in East Africa.

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