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Professor

  • Kel Richards
  • 1 February 2009

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Son of encouragement

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 February 2009

In late 2003, when we were talking to Gordon Cheng about coming to work at Matthias Media, I remember asking him casually about how many of our resources he had used in his many years of ministry up to that point.“Oh, not many”, Gordon replied with his usual unembarrassed chuckle.

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Guilt-edged pages?

  • 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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Making trainees of all people

  • 1 February 2009

We all know that training is a good thing—that it’s vital to the health of the church. At least, that’s what we’re constantly told. So why is it so important? And what is training anyway? Training is vital for two reasons. Firstly, it’s important because the gospel is important.

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A truly reformed pastor

  • 1 February 2009

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A biblical theology of response

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 February 2009

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If a prophet was preaching today

  • Paul Grimmond
  • 11 January 2009

The prophet Ezekiel says some awful things about idolatry and its similarity with prostitution (Ezekiel 23). Israel is described as a whoring wife for worshipping other gods. Surprisingly, in an age when pole dancing is a hobby, I suspect his language would still manage to offend modern sensibilities. It made

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Teaching the Psalms to our children

  • 11 January 2009

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The gospel and the quiet time

  • Paul Grimmond
  • 1 January 2009

Regular Bible reading and prayer constitute the bread and butter of the Christian life, yet these are the things most of us struggle to do from day to day. Paul Grimmond takes another look at the problem, and discovers that quiet times are all about our response to the gospel.

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