Down-under round-up: 7 October 2015
- Sandy Grant •
- 7 October 2015
Sandy Grant's links on mental health, sacrifice, comfort/suffering, Proverbs 22:6, and religious radicalisation.
The hidden hours of ministry: Prayer
- Peter Tong •
- 13 June 2016
We know that prayer should form the backbone of Christian ministry, but often we fail to put this knowledge into practice. Peter Tong presents four helpful thoughts on prayer to encourage us to make it our foundation stone.
Down-under round-up: 17 February 2016
- Sandy Grant •
- 17 February 2016
Sandy Grant's links of the weeks include discussion on anti-bullying schemes in schools, quiet time with God on loud days, the passing of a Christian Aboriginal, death and the prosperity gospel, Jesus and women, and praying for Richard Dawkins.
Keeping the cross front and centre
- Philip Griffin •
- 8 September 2015
Recently I was talking with a neighbour about church, and he asked me “So what is church all about?” He was curious, and wanted to know what I think is central to what we believe, sing about, pray about and how we relate to one another.
Down-under round-up: 12 August 2015
- Sandy Grant •
- 12 August 2015
A new anti-religion-in-schools billboard, what has happened to penal substitutionary atonement, the darker side of predestination, a reminder to keep evangelism on the table, and a Psalm of encouragement for those who are suffering.
Learning godliness from Scripture and a sister
- Winnie Chan •
- 19 January 2016
As a first year MTS (Ministry Training Strategy) apprentice at my church, St Paul’s Anglican in Sydney’s north-west, I get to help make disciple-making disciples as my full-time job. One of my main ministries and highlights of the week is meeting up with different women in my congregation to read the Bible together and pray for each other, with each other. I also meet up with my trainer, Bon, who pastorally cares for me and teaches me from God’s word as I seek to do the same for others.
A matter of priority
- Mike Leite •
- 25 March 2016
Mike Leite argues for the importance of ‘priority’ and how it relates to the ministry of the word and prayer.
Beyond the guilt of not evangelizing
- David Phillips •
- 1 December 2015
Your group has just finished a study on Acts 8:26-38, the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. In a single conversation, the latter goes from a stranger to being baptized as a believer. It’s an exciting part of the book of Acts—until the study leader asks the awkward (if obvious) question that comes from the passage.
But you're wrong!
- Jennie Baddeley •
- 29 September 2015
How do we disagree with each other? If you’ve been around any church for more than 12 months you’ll know that there are many disagreements. Sometimes these are fairly small and trivial. In every church I’ve ever been in there’s been an argument about the colour or type of the furnishings. And the carpet is a small issue compared with some of the wider ones that impact on life, like who Jesus is, how God saves, and other major doctrinal truths.
Classics from the archives: Better church
- 4 May 2016
In this "Briefing" classic from the archives, Tony Payne looks at the how and why of running church services.
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