Still sick, but healed
- Lauren Driscoll •
- 6 November 2015
A few weeks ago I had an interesting encounter with an older religious lady on our university campus. She noticed that my eyes and skin were discoloured by jaundice, and once I had explained the cause (a rare genetic condition that I’ve had from birth), she was filled with pity and told me that she would pray to her God for my healing.
How to stay focused during group prayer
- Rachel Macdonald •
- 7 March 2018
A few different ways to stay on task while listening and agreeing with the person praying aloud on your behalf.
Reading into discipleship: It’s not all about you
- Laura Denny •
- 31 January 2018
When we read of God's plan of salvation, it's our natural tendency to put ourselves at the centre. We want a customized plan for our lives from God, and may subtly (or openly!) assume that God's plan for the world has us at its centre.
Calling to ministry
- Tim Grant •
- 3 July 2015
Regularly when I sit down with someone, they’ll use the phrase ‘called to ministry’. I don’t have a dislike of this phrase, it can be very useful—only when most people use it, it isn’t.
Contentment is hard
- Lee Carter •
- 11 July 2018
Why is it so difficult to resist the urge to grumble? And why does it matter?
Just do what I told you
- Stephen Leston •
- 29 October 2013
When I was a boy, I had a weekly summer chore of mowing the lawn. My dad liked it done every Thursday. You would think that it would not be too difficult for me to get that task done—after all, I knew exactly what I needed to do and when
Admonition or Affirmation? Do I have to choose?
- Adrian Russell •
- 15 November 2013
These days the word love has kind of by default come to mean something like ‘affirmation’. To love someone or something necessarily means to approve every bit of them. To disagree with some aspect of their life or character means you must hate them, or be afraid of them. (Although,
Ten misconceptions about practising hospitality
- Tara Sing •
- 10 July 2017
One of the marks of a Christian is practising hospitality. Whenever it’s mentioned in the New Testament, it is assumed as a staple part of the Christian life. However, lots of people don’t show hospitality to others.
If I were God, I'd make myself clearer
- John Dickson •
- 16 October 2009
This book by John Dickson considers the vast array of spiritual claims made by different religions and individuals and asks whether any clarity can be found.
Six days of Easter studies and activities for kids
- Carmelina Read •
- 30 March 2015
The advent calendars that children do over Christmas sometimes seem like they'll never end. It's too much for many families to realistically do a craft every day. But the Easter period is a lot shorter, often with less travel to distant relatives involved. This means that you may have some extra
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