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Christ’s body: A brief history (Ephesians 4:11–13)

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

Are you a Roman? That is, are you the kind of person who really cares about organisation, strategy, pragmatics, and getting things done? The Roman Empire was famous for those things. And so the Romans ruled the world (or at least the Mediterranean…

Stories from Moore College Mission 2021: learning and partnership

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 by Ben George

“I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold” (Psalm 18:1-2). As King David pens this psalm, he both remembers the…

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Prayer: What are we actually doing? (Ephesians 1:15–16)

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

“A Muslim, a Jew and an Anglican Minister walk into a classroom”. This was the advertising blurb for a local Community College seminar I participated in a few years ago. I joined a Muslim educator and a Jewish academic (who is also a friend of mine)…

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Unprecedented times?

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 by Simon Gillham

About 10 years ago I was in the north of Nigeria, in a region dominated by the Islamic group, Boko Haram. I was locked away in a church compound guarded by the army, training a group of local evangelists. Just down the road a bomb was set off outside…

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Christ: Up there and down here (Ephesians 4:8–10)

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

In late August 2005, “one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history” ravaged the southern coast of the nation. Hurricane Katrina brought about destruction on a vast scale. Winds of up to 280 km/h and a 9-metre storm surge caused flooding…

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Scapegoat

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 by Brooke Hazelgrove

A crisis really brings out something different in us, doesn’t it? Back in the winter of 2019, I was getting worried because there wasn’t any rain. Most of Australia that could be on fire was on fire for the entire summer that followed. Then the rains…

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The blood that brings us close (Ephesians 2:11–13)

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

Every so often, I go to a local community college to watch Israeli films with some of my Jewish friends. Recently, we watched a film called A Borrowed Identity. It’s a beautiful film, based on a touching memoir by popular Israeli Palestinian…