Loving your annoying family

  • Ruth Baker
  • 15 May 2017

Sometimes it feels like it would be easier to be non-Christians with the freedom to just ignore annoying people. As Christians, however, this ‘freedom’ to cut people off is replaced with a call to treat people with love, honour and respect. But it’s hard work!

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How ‘the DNA of ministry’ drives my meetings

  • Matthias Media
  • 17 December 2014

Titus 2 is one of my touchstones for women’s ministry. Most women live quite different lives now than they would have in Titus’ time, but we still need to be self-controlled, pure, kind and submissive, adorning the word of God in our daily lives. The women on a

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The Martyrs of the English Reformation

  • Matthias Media
  • 16 October 2014

In the Anglican Church, October 16 is set down as the day for the remembrance of the Reformers and Martyrs of the English Reformation. It is a commemoration of the three hundred or so men, women and children of the Church of England who were burned at the stake

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When reading the Bible isn’t working

  • Tara Sing
  • 5 November 2018

There are hundreds of Bible reading plans to choose from. I know because I have searched them, I have tried them, and I have failed them.

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Reading into discipleship: Be prepared to evangelize

  • Laura Denny
  • 2 May 2018

“Can you give me one book to read that explains what you think it means to be a Christian?” While this may be a dream scenario, it’s something we all should be and can be prepared for.

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Go therefore… but who to?

  • Ben Pfahlert
  • 21 November 2013

I spend a lot of time travelling the country and encouraging people to be great commissionaries. That is, I urge people to obey Jesus and to prayerfully go and make disciples of all nations. One of the most frequent questions I get asked in these interactive workshops is, “Who

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Using the Bible to reason with unbelievers

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 6 October 2016

How do we use the Bible to reason with unbelievers when, on the one hand, they don’t recognize it as a valid source, while, on the other hand, it actually is the source, whether they recognize it or not?

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What’s in the bad bracket?

  • Tony Payne
  • 31 July 2015

English evangelical vicar Melvin Tinker recently found himself the subject of a media storm for daring to say that homosexual sex was morally wrong. This was in response to the decision by his local Canon to support and bless a gay pride rally, including draping a rainbow flag on the steps of York Minster.

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Just deserts

  • Phillip Jensen
  • 26 March 2018

Just as it is completely normal to call for justice when we are the victims, so also is it completely normal to want to avoid justice when we are guilty.

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How do you tell if someone is growing?

  • Richard Sweatman
  • 26 February 2016

Do you ever feel like group attendance each week is an informal opinion poll on your leadership? You know what I mean: “This week 55% of Richard’s group members felt his group was worth attending. This is the third consecutive poll below 75%, and experts are concerned at this worrying trend.”

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