Often ministers can be tempted take shortcuts or engage in shallow preparation. Pete Tong explains why this is unhelpful and how good preparation can be accomplished.
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.
Are you leading a service this Christmas, or know someone who is? These eight tips will help you do a great job.
When my daughter was a preschooler, she announced in early January that she had made a New Year’s resolution. She was resolved to no longer “eat butter by itself”.
So, you’ve seen our latest resource, You, Me and the Bible. You thought to yourself, “yes, that looks quite good.” You may have even thought of non-Christians you could ask to sit down and read the Bible with you. But we wanted to show just how versatile
I wrote last time about how it's good for people to pray out loud in our small groups: for encouragement, modelling, and sharing our struggles. What I want to do here is outline a few ideas to help draw people out a little, and help them gain the skills to
I wrote earlier about how it's good for people to pray out loud in our small groups, and then gave a few tips for helping group members to do so. Here are some more ideas for encouragement, modelling, and sharing in prayer. Divide the group into smaller groups of twos or
Justin Moffatt relates how his church took to heart the message that the gospel of Jesus is for everyone and did something about it.
Let All Creation Sing is a collection of songs about the hope that we have in the saving grace of God's Son, Jesus. This album includes a new tune to a great hymn, 'Nothing but the Blood of Jesus', beautiful words of reassurance in 'Never Alone' and the acoustic gospel anthem 'At the Cross of Jesus'.
Clumsy sermon application often is the result of an individualistic grid.