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Biblical recruitment: Cross-shaped servants
- Peter Tong •
- 13 July 2015
If the human-centered approach to serving in church doesn’t happen to be the one you want to foster, then perhaps you could try these tips for encouraging a cross-shaped mindset for ministry.
Biblical recruitment: Human-shaped service
- Peter Tong •
- 10 July 2015
Most pastors at one time or another have had a conversation with someone engaged in ministry, when they tell us things aren’t going so well. It can be hard to diagnose the problem in the moment. Maybe the person is over it or burnt out, too busy elsewhere, or wanting to try something new.
Down-under round-up: 8 July 2015
- Sandy Grant •
- 8 July 2015
A collection of things worth reading from around the web in the last week.
The art of biblical interpretation: Inspiration and interaction
- John McClean •
- 6 July 2015
The third in this series on reading the Bible well. This time John looks at how knowing that God's word is his changes how we approach it.
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.
Redefining marriage
- Tony Payne •
- 1 July 2015
Amidst all the sound and fury about same-sex marriage, it’s often hard to find a straight-forward, clear, thoughtful Christian defence of what marriage is. Sandy Grant has had a crack, and a very good one, in this recent public lecture at St Michael’s Wollongong.
Five biblical ways to face death defiantly
- Hannah Ploegstra •
- 29 June 2015
Sympathy cards address the sadness death causes, but few acknowledge the rage. Yet that rage is real. It should be: death is the very opposite of God and all that he has created. We should hate it. Christ did.
Getting ready to forgive
- David Mears •
- 26 June 2015
"Do we have to forgive people who aren't sorry?" How would you respond? Our instinct can be to rush in with some kind of ‘yes/no’ answer. What we may fail to do is consider whether or not answering the question as asked is the most helpful response.
Down-under round-up, 24 June 2015
- Sandy Grant •
- 24 June 2015
Charleston, forgiveness and safety, the idolatry of guns, making disciples, serving in your local church without going under, the conversion of the wallet, the Proverbs 31 man, how the church can help gay young people, how to be a welcoming and biblical church, and the GoThereFor 2.0 launch.
The art of biblical interpretation: Inspiration and our attitude
- John McClean •
- 22 June 2015
The traditional Christian view of the Bible is that it is God’s word. Some churches recognize this by finishing each Bible reading with “This is the word of the Lord”. What does it mean for how we read the Bible?
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