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Equipped and sent out to speak

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 by Ben George

It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with…

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Hamilton, and the drive to leave a legacy

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 by Jocelyn Loane

I’m often late to jump on a bandwagon, so I only recently saw Hamilton for the first time. Now I’m hooked. I loved it. The song lyrics are stuck on repeat in my brain; I even keep waking up singing them! If you haven’t heard of it, Hamilton is the hit…

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The best advent devotional I have read

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 by Kirsten McKinlay

Last year I used the best advent devotional book I have ever read. To be fair, my reading in this category to date hasn’t been extensive. Nevertheless, I thoroughly recommend to you Christopher Ash’s Repeat the Sounding Joy. This book is a daily…

Christian Living Evangelism

Jesus: the light worth celebrating

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 by Ben George

There is a reality in Sydney that we need to be aware of: we are home to many people from the Asian subcontinent! First generation migrants and second-generation children of migrants, these are people who have been educated in various systems,…

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Preliminary thoughts on the Appellate Tribunal ruling

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 by Mark Thompson

It is with great sadness that I note the opinion of the Appellate Tribunal of the Anglican Church of Australia on the matter of proposed services to bless same-sex unions. Setting aside the unanimous advice of the House of Bishops and the unanimous…

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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. Rather…

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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.…