How to love visiting church members in hospital

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 20 December 2017

I’ve learned to do a few simple, specific things that have transformed hospital visitation from a labourious drudgery into a true means of grace—both for the person I’m visiting and for my own soul.

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Turn off the automatic self-censor button!

  • Stephen Liggins
  • 15 September 2016

Your personal testimony can be very powerful when speaking with non-believers, so don't hold back on how you've experienced God in your life.

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How to use pre-written Bible studies

  • Richard Sweatman
  • 25 April 2018

Pre-written studies have a place in growth group leading, but they work best when we use them to teach the Bible well rather than just to save time.

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Another look at the reliability of the Scriptures

  • David Martin
  • 23 November 2020

Since Christians claim that the Bible is God’s word, we need to give a defence or—to use the old terminology—an apology to the world for this claim.

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El método sueco

  • Pedro y Teresa Blowes
  • 1 October 2015

¿Quieres leer la Biblia con alguien? Intentá con el método sueco, dice Pedro Blowes.

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How to change an established group

  • Richard Sweatman
  • 28 September 2015

How do you feel about change? Do you like new and different things, or do you prefer stability? Personally, I’m way down the stability end of the spectrum. If the packaging changes on my cereal box I have a bad week. I like things to be steady and predictable.

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Gathering to pray

  • Roger Carswell
  • 25 September 2015

Prayer from God’s children to our heavenly Father is never wasted. Every prayer is heard, and we “ought always to pray” (Luke 18:1-8). Throughout Scripture, though, I have noticed that, whilst individual prayer is vital and significant in the life of each believer, it’s when Christians gather together to pray that God chooses to intervene.

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Welcome to Vine Journal

  • Tony Payne
  • 5 October 2015

Tony Payne's introduction to what the Vine Journal is all about.

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Loving your annoying family

  • Ruth Baker
  • 15 May 2017

Sometimes it feels like it would be easier to be non-Christians with the freedom to just ignore annoying people. As Christians, however, this ‘freedom’ to cut people off is replaced with a call to treat people with love, honour and respect. But it’s hard work!

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Vine Journal

  • 23 September 2015

Vine Journal features longer articles and essays that convey the best of cross-centred theological thinking, applied to real-world evangelical ministry.

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