Why it’s dangerous to have a New Testament God
- Ruth Baker •
- 3 December 2018
Some Christians may think, since there is only one God, that he was angry and vengeful in the Old Testament but loving and compassionate in the New.
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.
Your gut is wrong
- Mike Leite •
- 5 December 2018
When we teach on some passages, such as God’s good design for human sexuality and the role of men and women, our initial gut reaction is often anything but positive.
"Pastor, are you okay?"
- Peter Ko •
- 29 November 2017
Some suggestions for how you can help your pastors when they’re not doing so well.
Making Friends
- Murray Campbell •
- 19 June 2015
Yes, I’ve watched The Lego Movie... Its famous song touches on something that we know intuitively to be true: working together, being part of a team, having someone to rely on and trust, is a good thing.
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.
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.
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