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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Allowing God to lead your emotional healing

  • Ruth Baker
  • 5 August 2019

One of the best gifts we have to help us process emotional pain is Psalms.

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A cloud of motivation

  • Ruth Baker
  • 16 June 2020

A cloud of perfect people might make me feel self-conscious. But a cloud of faithful witnesses who are just like me—that sustains me.

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Planning growth group content for the year

  • Richard Sweatman
  • 17 January 2018

Our week-by-week plan will inevitably have to change on the fly as studies run long or nights get cancelled, but the planning we do at the start of the year is indispensable.

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Persistently praying for God's Kingdom to come

  • Matthias Media
  • 3 September 2014

In Isaiah 62, God says he is on the move: “I will not keep silent because of Zion, and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem...” * He is going to do something big. A nation that is “deserted” and “desolate” will soon “be called My Delight is in

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Cold Turkish evangelism

  • Ben Pfahlert
  • 1 September 2013

What do you think of when you hear the words ‘walk-up evangelism’ (WUE)? The high-pitched whine of a dentist’s drill? Let me tell you what I think of: I think of a 16-stone Turkish body builder outside King George V Hospital in December 2000. My first daughter Isabella had

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Pray out loud

  • Carmelina Read
  • 10 December 2013

There are lots of reasons why people find it hard to pray out loud in small groups. Maybe English isn’t their first language, or they’ve never prayed out loud before. It could be that they’ve just become a Christian and don’t know what to say. Some people are shy, or

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The Heart of Marriage

  • Michael Hill
  • 25 November 2013

Loving your spouse with a Christan mind.

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Too different or not enough?

  • Adrian Russell
  • 4 November 2013

It’s pretty clear that Christianity (in the West in particular) has lost serious ground in terms of respect, numbers and influence in our society and culture. Things have changed a lot in the last handful of decades. Where I live (in Sydney), it’s really difficult to talk to people about

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Songs for the Cross Centred Life (CD)

  • Sovereign Grace
  • 16 October 2009

Songs for the Cross Centred Life is a CD from Sovereign Grace Music featuring 14 cross centred songs including "Before the Throne", "I Will Glory in My Redeemer" and "Jesus, My Only hope". - This CD is no longer being Produced

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