Sticks and stones: why words matter

  • Matthias Media
  • 20 April 2015

This is the complete first chapter from Steve Morrison's book Born This Way. A dramatic reversal When I was five years old, my kindergarten class was taught a song about a native Australian bird called the kookaburra. The kookaburra is best known for its distinctive ‘laugh’, which can often be

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Motivated, reproducing, applied Bible reading: The Swedish Method

  • Peter (Pedro) Blowes
  • 23 May 2015

Bible reading with ready ears and an open heart is engaging and fruitful. There’s something fresh about letting God speak for himself, especially when you search the Bible yourself, making the effort to hear.

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The Archer and the Arrow

  • Phillip Jensen
  • 17 October 2013

Preaching the very words of God.

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Bible Study for mums with young kids

  • Karen Beilharz
  • 22 August 2016

If you’re a mum with young children, Bible study can be quite a challenge: it’s not just the getting there (let alone getting there on time); it’s also the getting through the study. But despite the challenges, as Karen Beilharz argues, going is still important.

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Expository preaching and expository ministry

  • Tony Payne
  • 22 January 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8ONb1qM4BM&feature=youtu.be Video courtesy of Leadership Resources International.

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Friendship without burnout: Three foundations for true Christian fellowship

  • Ruth Baker
  • 19 June 2017

Our society tends to act as if there are only two types of friendships, besties and Facebook acquaintances. There is nothing in between. You can’t be besties with all your acquaintances, so you deliberately keep them in the shallow end of the friend pool.

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The end of the world is not the end of the story

  • Ken Gilmour
  • 13 January 2020

Who could possibly be in a better position than a Christian to live modestly, humbly, generously; who could be in a better position to consume less, to put self aside and care for others?

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Down-under round-up: 17 June 2015

  • Sandy Grant
  • 17 June 2015

This isn’t what everyone is talking about, and I’m a little late to the read myself, but this is an essential article for discussion amongst ministry or eldership teams. Pastors, find someone to talk it over with, please: The pattern among fallen pastors by Garrett Kell.

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kategoria CD-ROM

  • Kirsten Birkett
  • 16 October 2009

This CD-Rom contains all the published editions of the journal 'kategoria', with a searchable index.

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Don't mistake your leaves for fruit

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 18 August 2015

Leaves are essential to plants. But leaves aren’t fruit. Leaves aren’t what the vinedresser comes looking for. Leaves aren’t what he puts in his basket. Yet, in our Christian lives, I think we often mistake our leaves for fruit.

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