Three reasons to include a gospel summary in every sermon

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 3 August 2017

Insert into your sermon a short (4-6 minutes) explanation of the main truths about who Jesus is and what he has done, along with an exhortation to repent and believe.

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Grace for the forgiver

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 23 November 2015

According to the logic of the gospel, forgiveness makes perfect sense. It’s an impeccably rational response to sin; if I’ve been forgiven by God, it is only right that I forgive my brother from the heart (Matt 18:21-35).

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Reading into discipleship: Knowing vs knowing of God

  • Kirsten McKinlay
  • 19 February 2018

Do you ever feel a sense of guilt or embarrassment when someone mentions one of the great Christian classic works and you’ve never even looked at it?

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Storming the City (Nahum)

  • Ian Carmichael

4 interactive Bible studies for small groups and individuals

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The goodness of Christian hope

  • Kirsten McKinlay
  • 1 October 2018

Do your friends know the goodness of the Christian hope? Do you?

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Don’t protest porn by sharing it

  • Sandy Grant
  • 11 December 2017

Share your anti-porn posts and petitions with me, but stop attaching the pictures!

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Avoid technology pitfalls in small groups

  • David Phillips
  • 8 February 2016

In Luke 4:16, Jesus comes to Nazareth, to the synagogue in the town where he’d been brought up. He stands up to read, someone gives him a scroll, he unrolls it and finds a particular verse, gives the scroll back to the attendant, and sits back down.

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One Pastor’s Journey: From “the sermon is everything” to “the sermon is essential but insufficient” (Part 2)

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 21 February 2014

In my last post, I introduced this mini-series and tried to describe some of the pitfalls which can occur when a pastor attempts to do all (or nearly all) his ministry through his Sunday sermon. Like I said there, Sunday sermons are wonderful and essential and life-giving and edifying, but

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Engaging a 'problem' child

  • Bruce Linton
  • 3 July 2017

This short video gives you an idea of how to interest a disruptive or antagonist child during a Bible lesson.

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