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Gospel seriously: The dangerous necessity of goal-driven ministry

April 18, 2024 by Lionel Windsor

What are you aiming for in your ministry? How are you planning to reach these goals? What do you have to change to make it happen? Not just in your rhetoric, but in your action? Not just in your grand visions, but in your daily routines? What good but…

Top 7 stories in 2023 (from heaven’s perspective)

December 15, 2023 by Murray Campbell

It’s the season for reflecting on the year that has been. People are compiling lists of the biggest or most momentous events of 2023. While these lists can be interesting, I want to do something a little different here. Rather than taking the usual…

‘Your truth’ and the true story: How the gospel of Christ transforms our decision-making

October 9, 2023 by Lionel Windsor

“Whatever the cause, my memory is my memory, it does what it does, gathers and curates as it sees fit, and there’s just as much truth in what I remember and how I remember it as there is in so-called objective facts. Things like chronology and cause-and-effect…

BOOK REVIEW: Mental Health and Your Church

October 5, 2023 by Netane Siuhengalu

Struggles with mental health are a common human experience. Yet many in our congregations attest to feeling alone, ‘different’ or ill-equipped to address this reality with Scripture (p 71). How do we even begin to approach such a personal and…

Catechising – A short introduction

October 4, 2023 by Mark Earngey

“Believe me, Sir, the Church of God will never preserve itself without a Catechism, for it is like the seed to keep good grain from dying out and causing it to multiply from age to age.” So wrote the Genevan reformer John Calvin to Lord Protector…

Pride will destroy you, your ministry, and people around you

September 7, 2023 by Murray Campbell

You may be familiar with this famous saying, ‘Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall’. It comes from the Bible, Proverbs 16:18. We have mixed feelings about pride in Australia. On the one hand, we like to run over any tall…

Children of believers belong to God’s family

September 5, 2023 by Jocelyn Loane

May our children never know a day apart from the saving grace of Jesus. I work as a chaplain at a theological college, and I have the joy of hearing dozens of testimonies. One of the things I’ve found really encouraging is hearing the stories of how…

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