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Don’t protest porn by sharing it

  • Sandy Grant
  • 11 December 2017

Share your anti-porn posts and petitions with me, but stop attaching the pictures!

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Eight ways to become more humble

  • Jane Tooher
  • 6 December 2017

Practical steps to help you fight pride.

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Keep growth group amazing over the summer break

  • Richard Sweatman
  • 4 December 2017

Rest is a good thing and group leaders need it, but it is still worth thinking about how we can care for our members during any break.

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"Pastor, are you okay?"

  • Peter Ko
  • 29 November 2017

Some suggestions for how you can help your pastors when they’re not doing so well.

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Build a team before you plant a church

  • Michael Guyer
  • 27 November 2017

While there is no one church planting model in the New Testament, Paul frequently employs a team strategy in his missionary efforts.

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Real friendships don’t look like sitcoms

  • Tara Sing
  • 22 November 2017

When we base our expectations on the friends in our favourite television show, we are left disappointed because real relationships are much messier than we’d like.

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How to influence your conscience (before someone else does)

  • Mike Taylor
  • 20 November 2017

The normalization and celebration of sin has become so pervasive in the entertainment we have grown up enjoying that it can be difficult for us to discern whether or not God is pleased with our lifestyle.

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The only thing scarier than the wrath of God

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 15 November 2017

For some people, grace is a scarier concept to embrace than the idea of hell and God’s wrath. When we invite people to surrender to God’s grace, to trust his love and depend upon his provision, we may be asking them to do something that life has proven to be perilous and foolish.

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The gospel that turns awkward to awesome

  • Stephen Liggins
  • 13 November 2017

We know what people in our culture will not like hearing, and we prefer to avoid things that are awkward or unpleasant. The problem is that the gospel—literally the best news in the world—contains awkward bits.

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That pile of books

  • Marty Sweeney
  • 8 November 2017

Never let the book you just read lie dormant on your bookshelf.

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