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.
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.
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.
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.
The reluctant Swedish reader
- Carl Matthei •
- 23 May 2015
I am a reluctant convert to the Swedish Method for Bible study. I read the Briefing article all of those years ago and decided to try it out in a couple of Bible study groups. It didn’t work! It didn’t seem to make group members think deeply enough about the passage, and it seemed to promote surface-level easy answers.
Cell group day 1: City University Campus, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Terry Blowes •
- 23 May 2015
It was our first cell group meeting. There was Victoria, a committed student leader in her second year of university; Paula, a new person in her first year of study; and me, the missionary who had arrived to accompany and train leaders. The other people who were invited didn’t come.
Motivated, reproducing, applied Bible reading: The Swedish Method
- Peter (Pedro) Blowes •
- 23 May 2015
Bible reading with ready ears and an open heart is engaging and fruitful. There’s something fresh about letting God speak for himself, especially when you search the Bible yourself, making the effort to hear.
On the wings of the dawn: Top tips for travel
- Stephen Liggins •
- 25 March 2019
Going abroad must be one of the most widely practised but least considered activities in which Christians participate.
Cross-shaped mission (statements)
- Tony Payne •
- 16 June 2015
What we believe deep down always bubbles to the surface, whether in an idle word or in the way we behave. In particular, what we believe theologically will inevitably be expressed not only through what we say but in how we do things. And when we behave inconsistently with our stated convictions, it reveals the struggle that goes on within all of us below the surface—the struggle to believe the truth.
Lifelong sponges for Christ
- Benjamin Swift •
- 27 March 2019
The incredible thing about biblical texts is their ability to continually uncover deeper levels of understanding and insight, despite our having heard or read them many times before.
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