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Sick of Bible study? Read on.

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 July 2009

Are you sick of reading the resource talk column each month? I know I'm sick of writing it. Here we are again with another 800 upbeat, encouraging words on some aspect of Christian ministry and the resources we produce to support it. It's tiresome to write and (I feel

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Ministry in the year of swine flu

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 July 2009

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A truly reformed pastor

  • 1 July 2009

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A practical guide to fending off non-Christian men

  • Anonymous
  • 1 July 2009

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Making singleness better

  • 1 July 2009

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The denomination, the pastor and the work of gospel ministry

  • Anonymous
  • 1 July 2009

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If Galatians was published in Christianity Today

  • 1 June 2009

Letters to the editor Dear Christianity Today, In response to Paul D Apostle’s article about the Galatian church in your January issue, I have to say how appalled I am by the unchristian tone of this hit piece. Why the negativity? Has he been to the Galatian church recently? I

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Borers in the pulpit?

  • Rob Smith
  • 1 June 2009

Boring sermons are often the bane of church life. However, it need not be so. Rob Smith offers some reflections on how preachers can minister the word of God more faithfully and more effectively.There's an old joke about churches being afflicted either by borers in the pulpit or white-ants in

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The tract is back

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 June 2009

Quick quiz: of all Matthias Media's different resources—now more than 200 of them—which do you think is the all-time bestseller? Is it:John Chapman's A Fresh StartJohn Dickson's A Sneaking SuspicionRay Galea's Nothing in my hand I bringThe Just for Starters basic Bible studiesThe answer is, in fact, ‘e: None of

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An abominable word

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 June 2009

When I hear the word ‘abomination’, a vivid image comes to mind. Perhaps it’s from a comedy sketch on TV. I see a man dressed in old-fashioned black clothes, with a black hat and, in reference to some aspect of modern culture (perhaps homosexuality), he declares in a slow, but passionate voice, “It is

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