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The influence of fathers

  • Tony Payne
  • 2 October 2017

There are startling figures about the influence of a father on the church-attending patterns of his children.

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Dealing with repeated failure

  • Gordon Cheng
  • 27 September 2017

We know the apostle Peter’s reputation as the biggest and best disciple because he shows moments of true greatness. He is the first disciple named in Matthew, Mark and Luke’s gospels.

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Good theology that makes you glad in suffering

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 25 September 2017

The New Testament calls believers to counter-intuitive and unnatural activities. Perhaps one of the hardest is this: rejoice in suffering (Rom 5:3).

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Evangelistic opposition: Are we up for it?

  • Stephen Liggins
  • 20 September 2017

In Acts—regardless of the speaker, regardless of the audience, regardless of the dominant response in a particular situation—gospel proclamation always leads to opposition.

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Raising ministry support: My experience

  • Bec Young
  • 18 September 2017

Last year, as I contemplated resigning from my job and commencing a ministry traineeship, few ideas filled me with more dread and uncertainty than the idea of raising financial support.

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Book review: When Santa Learned the Gospel

  • Jean Williams
  • 13 September 2017

The Christmas message according to Santa: I guess you tried to be good.

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Reading the Bible together while apart: WhatsApp and the Swedish Method

  • Peter (Pedro) Blowes
  • 11 September 2017

Getting people to read their Bibles, and keeping Christians connected, is a great challenge across large distances and for people who are unable to access good Bible teaching.

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Leading a growth group with non-Christians in it

  • Richard Sweatman
  • 6 September 2017

Nothing shakes a growth group up like new members, but what if those new members are non-Christians? How should you lead in that situation? How do you manage the good things and the difficulties?

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Making burdens light without making light of burdens

  • Ruth Baker
  • 4 September 2017

“A problem shared is a problem halved”—but sometimes a problem shared is a problem now two people have.

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The leader’s joys

  • Simon Flinders
  • 30 August 2017

How likely are we to say that being a pastor means joy upon joy?

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