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• Stephen Leston
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• 23 January 2014

I have been thinking a lot about counseling lately. I suppose as we move to the post-Christmas season people tend to get a little depressed. When they get down they tend to fight with family members. When they fight with family members they tend to call me. Somehow people want

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• Tony Payne
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• 22 January 2014

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

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• Tony Payne
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• 21 January 2014

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been leading a small-group-with-a-difference at my local church. In fact we don’t call ourselves a ‘group’ at all, but a ‘team’—the ‘Newcomers Team’. Our disciple-making focus as a group is to chase up the newcomers who roll regularly through the door on Sunday

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• Carmelina Read
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• 24 December 2013

I wrote earlier about how it's good for people to pray out loud in our small groups, and then gave a few tips for helping group members to do so. Here are some more ideas for encouragement, modelling, and sharing in prayer. Divide the group into smaller groups of twos or

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• Timothy Raymond
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• 19 December 2013

In the circles in which I run, the command from Ephesians 4:15, to speak the truth in love, is almost universally understood as a call to say true things nicely. If, for example, a friend asks me if his wild faux-hawk hairstyle is appropriate for a serious job interview, speaking

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• Carmelina Read
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• 13 December 2013

I wrote last time about how it's good for people to pray out loud in our small groups: for encouragement, modelling, and sharing our struggles. What I want to do here is outline a few ideas to help draw people out a little, and help them gain the skills to

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• Carmelina Read
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• 10 December 2013

There are lots of reasons why people find it hard to pray out loud in small groups. Maybe English isn’t their first language, or they’ve never prayed out loud before. It could be that they’ve just become a Christian and don’t know what to say. Some people are shy, or

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• Paul Sheely
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• 5 December 2013

Imagine that you have been asked to preach a Bible talk at church. It's a welcome invitation because preaching is something that you enjoy and would like to grow in. You are looking to be equipped and trained. So what happens next? Most commonly, having accepted the challenge you’re

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• Tim Zulker
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• 3 December 2013

So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. (1 Thessalonians 2:8) Have you ever found yourself in the dreaded Evangelism Zone?

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• Ian Carmichael
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• 2 December 2013

Don't get me wrong, I believe in rest. I know the ministry staff and leaders in our churches work very hard during the year, and need a good break over summer. Which necessarily means that many of our church ministry programs close down for 6-8 weeks. But that doesn't

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