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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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A practical guide to fending off non-Christian men

  • Anonymous
  • 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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Women and the Bible

  • Paul Grimmond
  • 1 July 2009

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Reading the Bible with your eyes open

  • Peter Bolt
  • 1 July 2009

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Review: "Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament"

  • Nigel Fortescue
  • 1 June 2009

Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament Edited by GK Beale and DA Carson Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, 2007, 1,280pp. It always bothers me when the author or editor of a book starts by telling me what their book is not. So it was with

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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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Introducing God to my friends

  • 1 June 2009

I’ve known these girls for over half my life. Our friendship has persisted beyond high school, through tertiary education and into the workforce. We’ve gone on holidays together, we’ve gathered for movies and dinners (and deconstructed those movies over dinner), and the sum total of our paper and electronic correspondence

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