Nothing matters if God can’t raise the dead

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 6 April 2017

For too many Christians, talk of the resurrection is restricted to a few songs and a family meal once a year on Easter Sunday. And, for many, even those few songs feel just a tad melodramatic.

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Reading into discipleship: Reading while you wait

  • Laura Denny
  • 3 April 2019

Seemingly small chunks of time add up, and I get quality reading done when I take advantage of them.

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Can I call you mentor?

  • Mike Leite
  • 25 August 2015

One of the things that I am most thankful to God for as a young Christian leader is the older and wiser men and women that God has placed in my life. More specifically, I am thankful for those three or four sage Christian men who have invested their time in me, and who meet with me regularly.

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Keep on welcoming

  • Samuel Freney
  • 24 August 2015

After being in paid ministry for over a decade, I recently joined a church where I have no position, title, or responsibility beyond that of any other new member. Let me tell you, it’s an eye-opening experience of how churches operate.

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"I desire mercy..."

  • Sandy Grant
  • 21 August 2015

We’re preaching through Hosea at our church, and studying it mid-week in our Bible studies and youth groups. My group and I grappled with Hosea 6:6. In the NIV it reads “For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings”.

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Small and cute opportunities for evangelism

  • Rachel Macdonald
  • 1 April 2019

I am very visible to my neighbours. Every time they stop to wave at my daughter, I find out a little bit more about them, and they about me.

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Down-under round-up: 12 August 2015

  • Sandy Grant
  • 12 August 2015

A new anti-religion-in-schools billboard, what has happened to penal substitutionary atonement, the darker side of predestination, a reminder to keep evangelism on the table, and a Psalm of encouragement for those who are suffering.

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Dirección en cómo ser un hombre

  • Peter Sholl
  • 10 August 2015

Como varones cristianos, debemos ser dirigidos por la palabra de Dios y por Su deseo para un hombre cristiano, no por nuestros deportistas y comentaristas deportivos, publicistas, o auto-proclamados gurús de vida.

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Calling for loyal followers

  • Peter Sholl
  • 17 August 2015

What do airlines, hotels and other travel-related organizations want from business travellers? Well, obviously my money, but they would never be so crass as to put it like that. Instead they say, “We want your loyalty”.

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The art of biblical interpretation: A covenant book

  • John McClean
  • 14 August 2015

In the ancient world, a covenant established a relationship of solidarity and loyalty. It was based on solemn promises, sealed with signs, and often regulated by a covenant document (the book of Deuteronomy is the fullest example in the Bible). The covenant document came from the lord of the covenant, stating who he was and how the relationship with his people had been established, and giving the conditions of the relationship.

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