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The poison of envy

  • Tanya Ling
  • 20 July 2017

When envy takes root in our hearts, it leads us down a dark road of outwardly looking proper and respectable as a Christian while harbouring evil poison inside.

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Conservative Christian politics, violence, and Habakkuk

  • Tim Escott
  • 17 July 2017

When it comes to Christian ethics, the connection to violence is often politically fraught.

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Memorizing together

  • Simon Flinders
  • 13 July 2017

Often Scripture memorization is seen as a personal discipline that primarily edifies the individual, but we’ve found a simple way to make it a corporate activity.

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Ten misconceptions about practising hospitality

  • Tara Sing
  • 10 July 2017

One of the marks of a Christian is practising hospitality. Whenever it’s mentioned in the New Testament, it is assumed as a staple part of the Christian life. However, lots of people don’t show hospitality to others.

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Welcoming the newcomer

  • Rick Lewers
  • 6 July 2017

This is the second in our two-part series of articles devoted to the practicalities of welcoming people into our churches.

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Engaging a 'problem' child

  • Bruce Linton
  • 3 July 2017

This short video gives you an idea of how to interest a disruptive or antagonist child during a Bible lesson.

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Praying for a train wreck

  • Geoff Robson
  • 29 June 2017

What should I pray for people—adored yet adrift, loved but lost—as I think about wanting to see them come to know Jesus? How will the (humanly) impossible ever happen?

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Meet the new ‘twicer’: The irregular regular

  • Mike Leite
  • 26 June 2017

The average churchgoer attends church just twice a month. I hope you’ll agree that this is rather saddening! Here are three biblical truths to help us break the twicer habit.

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The ministry of welcoming

  • Rick Lewers
  • 22 June 2017

Churches that are growing are doing so because of God's generosity. But that should not stop us from thinking hard and long about what we do in church, how it affects our fellowship and how it appears to outsiders.

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Friendship without burnout: Three foundations for true Christian fellowship

  • Ruth Baker
  • 19 June 2017

Our society tends to act as if there are only two types of friendships, besties and Facebook acquaintances. There is nothing in between. You can’t be besties with all your acquaintances, so you deliberately keep them in the shallow end of the friend pool.

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