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Does ‘bearing fruit’ include numbers?

  • Sandy Grant
  • 15 June 2017

Does Colossians 1:5-6 mean that our churches should be getting bigger?

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Video: What it means to be a disciple

  • Tony Payne
  • 12 June 2017

Tony Payne, co-author of The Vine Project, explains about what it means to be a disciple and what it therefore means to ‘make’ disciples.

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How to pastor irregular growth group members

  • Richard Sweatman
  • 8 June 2017

We’ve all missed growth group now and then for various reasons, but sometimes people seem to be absent as often as present. Pastoring such irregular group members is one of the most common challenges of group leading.

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Review: Friends of Calvin

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 5 June 2017

While I’ve loved and admired Calvin’s theology and ministry for a couple of decades, up until relatively recently my perception of Calvin’s personality was rather negative. I looked at him as the theological equivalent of Batman.

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How to teach 'sin' to children

  • Bruce Linton
  • 1 June 2017

Childhood is not too early to teach complex theological ideas; it's a fundamental time! This short video will help you get the concept of sin across to children.

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Broaden your evangelism repertoire

  • Stephen Liggins
  • 29 May 2017

Scripture indicates that the apostle was flexible in his approach to sharing the gospel. Different contexts, it seemed, encouraged him to broaden his repertoire.

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The cultural mandate and the unwanted zucchini garden

  • Hannah Ploegstra
  • 25 May 2017

What do we typically think of as human “fruit”? Discussions centre on topics like nature, technology, and, of course, culture—art, music, sports, architecture, literature, science, etc. Other people, taking the text at face value, believe that Genesis 1:28 is simply a command to have babies—and lots of them.

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Do Catholics and Protestants believe in the same Trinity?

  • Mark Gilbert
  • 22 May 2017

When Protestants describe the Roman Catholic Church as ‘Trinitarian’ and ‘creedal’, it can obscure the differences between Catholics and Protestants, confuse Christians, and inhibit evangelism of Catholics.

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The greater judgement

  • Lionel Windsor
  • 18 May 2017

James 3:1 doesn't mean what you think it means.

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Loving your annoying family

  • Ruth Baker
  • 15 May 2017

Sometimes it feels like it would be easier to be non-Christians with the freedom to just ignore annoying people. As Christians, however, this ‘freedom’ to cut people off is replaced with a call to treat people with love, honour and respect. But it’s hard work!

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