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Do not judge!

  • 1 March 2009

What do you think is the best known verse in the Bible? Without a second thought, most of us would say John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life”. Almost every Christian

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The obedience of faith

  • Christopher Ash
  • 1 February 2009

Evangelism is a call to faith, but what exactly is faith? Following on from his article on justification by faith in Briefing #352 (January 2008), Christopher Ash investigates. ~

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Cold Turkish evangelism

  • Ben Pfahlert
  • 1 February 2009

The phrase ‘walk-up evangelism’ stirs up, in most Christians, feelings of dread. But, as Ben Pfahlert points out, at the heart of all evangelism lies extremely good news. What do you think of when you hear the words ‘walk-up evangelism’ (WUE)? The high-pitched whine of a dentist’s drill? Let

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Review: "Preach the Word: Essays on expository preaching"

  • Nigel Fortescue
  • 1 February 2009

Preach the Word: Essays on expository preaching: In honor of R Kent Hughes Edited by Leland Ryken and Todd Wilson Crossway, Wheaton, 2007, 304pp. I find preaching to be an enormously heartbreaking experience: just when you think you know what a passage means, it is always more complicated than

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Review: "The Gospel and Personal Evangelism" by Mark Dever

  • 1 February 2009

The Gospel and Personal Evangelism Mark Dever Crossway, Wheaton, 2007, 128pp. There is much to commend about The Gospel and Personal Evangelism. It is warm, engaging and theologically accurate, and it left me encouraged to speak to friends about Jesus. However, it also left me with questions about

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A truly reformed pastor

  • 1 February 2009

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Job and prayer

  • 1 February 2009

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Sunday school gone postal

  • 1 February 2009

I’m the children’s worker at St Mark’s Anglican Church in Oakhurst, in Sydney’s western suburbs. I don’t see my role as a job; I see it as a wonderful God-given opportunity to support the other people in our children’s ministry team and to share the gospel with people in my

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