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Learning by doing: Isobel Lin on ministry training

October 22, 2018 by Isobel Lin

Isobel Lin is a chaplain at Moore Theological College, the chair of the EQUIP women’s conference, the wife on Bishop Peter Lin, and the mother of three teenage daughters. As you can imagine, she’s involved in training across lots of different…

The great need of the hour

October 17, 2018 by Kanishka Raffel

This article was originally published in the ACR’s latest journal, which contains lots of helpful reflections on evangelism. You can access the journal in full here. On Friday 9 March 2018, more than 650 people gathered at St Andrew’s Cathedral…

The game-changing question for every evangelistic conversation

October 15, 2018 by Dave Jensen

“Who killed Jesus?” At some point in every single evangelistic conversation I have, I make a point of asking this question. In fact, over the years, I’ve realised that nearly every part of every evangelistic conversation I have is in fact leading…

Have we lost our way on mission?

September 21, 2018 by Nathan Walter

This article was originally published in the ACR’s latest journal, which contains lots of helpful reflections on evangelism. You can access the journal in full here. For someone who enjoys American politics, the last year and a half has been…

Jesus never directly said “I’m God!”: Answering our Muslim friends (Part 2)

August 27, 2018 by Ryan van der Avoort

“But Jesus never directly said he’s God”, says our Muslim friend. How would you answer? Part 1 of this series had us step forward on the front foot against this specific challenge by rejecting the premise and reframing the issue. But if we did…

Jesus never directly said “I’m God!”: Answering our Muslim friends (Part 1)

August 20, 2018 by Ryan van der Avoort

A common objection we hear from our Muslim friends regarding the deity of Jesus is this: Jesus never directly said “I’m God”. How would you defend the deity of Jesus using his own words? Passages from John’s Gospel may readily spring to mind—for…

Being salty in a secular world: An interview with Os Guinness

August 14, 2018August 13, 2018 by Os Guinness

Steve Tong, on behalf of the ACR, had the chance to interview Os Guinness during his recent visit to Sydney. Here, Os shares about the need to connect evangelism and apologetics, and the responsibility of Christians to engage with our world by…