A friend of mine is visiting nursing homes and telling the gospel. It made me think of the variety of ways people tell God's good news to humanity: Scripture in schools, English classes at churches, and visiting nursing homes! God loves variety - he didn't just create
There’s a dangerous myth I keep hearing amongst Christians. And the place I hear it most is when I’m standing at a conference bookstall trying to interest people in Matthias Media’s books and resources. It’s the myth that we really ought to finish reading all the books
Shining a monthly spotlight on a ministry that we thank God for. We love seeing different ministries striving to train people in discipleship and gospel leadership, especially where this training isn’t happening often. That’s why this month we are shining the spotlight on an Australian ministry, Blue Collar Ministry
So, you’ve seen our latest resource, You, Me and the Bible. You thought to yourself, “yes, that looks quite good.” You may have even thought of non-Christians you could ask to sit down and read the Bible with you. But we wanted to show just how versatile
I'm reading the latest Briefing magazine, and my family had a discussion over lunch today about the feature article The Work of the Lord, and it made it clearer for all of us. So what is the work of the Lord? What is Jesus' work, and when
Last year my wife Fiona and I led a growth group together at church. It was a wonderful experience but also very challenging. My chemo cycles meant that I tended to be absent roughly one week in three, and sometimes I wouldn’t know how I’d be until that
Home groups start off as a bunch of strangers gathering together to read the Bible, but the hope is that they will grow to be more. Our ideal home groups are places where people care for one another, they are open and honest with each other and they do
So you thought your job was simply to read the Bible passage? That’s easy—you check you have the right passage, you look over it a couple of times and then you get up and read. Surely that’s all there is to it. But I’d like to suggest that there’s a
I love turning up to church and seeing every seat full. Nothing fills me with greater joy than seeing my fellow brothers and sisters gathered and ready, eager to learn from God’s word. I love it when every member of our home group shows up, Bible in hand, and fills
In Isaiah 62, God says he is on the move: “I will not keep silent because of Zion, and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem...” * He is going to do something big. A nation that is “deserted” and “desolate” will soon “be called My Delight is in