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Carl serves university students at UNSW by teaching the Bible and leading the Campus Bible Study staff team. Carl is married to Jenny and they have two children at school, and two at university. In the early hours of the morning you will find Carl out on a bike and when Saturday rolls around Carl loves working on his 'farm'—alright, it is only a backyard, but he loves using it to grow food in the form of chooks, bees, vegetables and fruit.

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Time management advice from Ephesians 5

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 by Carl Matthei

In last week’s article we looked at Paul’s instruction to “redeem the time” in Ephesians 5:16-17. I tried to let these verses speak for themselves. We saw that Paul is not endorsing our modern day fascination with time efficiency.…
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What does it mean to “redeem the time”?

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 by Carl Matthei

Are you ever tempted to think that time efficiency is next to godliness? If that belief is true, then I am one of the winners and my poor wife, Jenny, is one of the losers. I am naturally an efficient person and Jenny is naturally… um… less efficient.…

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