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• David Phillips
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• 1 December 2015

Your group has just finished a study on Acts 8:26-38, the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. In a single conversation, the latter goes from a stranger to being baptized as a believer. It’s an exciting part of the book of Acts—until the study leader asks the awkward (if obvious) question that comes from the passage.

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• Jennie Baddeley
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• 30 November 2015

How do we talk to each other about our sin? I think the answer to that question comes from how we think about our sin and about each other, and about what it is that Jesus has done for us.

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• Greg Cooper
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• 27 November 2015

The Christmas holiday season is a wonderful time in church life, celebrating the birth of our Lord. For those planning music it can also be a challenging time, as we seek to resource teams while many church members are away.

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• Sandy Grant
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• 26 November 2015

Here’s an opportunity to read something solid and sensible on prayer. But first… Many have seen the fuss over the refusal to screen the Church of England’s cinema advertisement that featured the Lord’s Prayer and encouraged people to #justpray.

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• Ian Carmichael
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• 26 November 2015

Three great resources to try: Gospel Speech, A Very Different Christmas, The Book of Books.

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• Sandy Grant
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• 25 November 2015

Sandy Grant's links on Islamic extremism, advertising prayer, and improving holiday conversations.

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• Tim Beilharz
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• 24 November 2015

A couple of weekends ago, I attended the buck’s day celebration of a good Christian friend. In many ways it was a fairly ordinary day. Scenes of embarrassing public dress, a few games of bowling, inflatable boxing and fast food meals; in short, a day of good fun and frivolity. One part celebrated the boyish fun that will (in part!) be left behind, another rejoiced in our brother’s upcoming commitment to become a married man.

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• Hannah Ploegstra
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• 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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• Di Warren
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• 20 November 2015

I used to think I had nothing in common with Michelle Bridges, certainly not in terms of carbohydrate intake or BMI. But after hearing Carmelina Read speak on training at the recent EQUIP Leaders Conference, I realized I was wrong.

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• Ian Carmichael
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• 19 November 2015

Now that my kids are all grown up, it’s hard to say exactly which ages and stages I enjoyed most as a parent. There were different things to enjoy all the way through. And there still are, of course, now that they are adults.

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