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HUGH LATIMER: GOSPEL PLOUGHMAN

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 by Mark Earngey

For preaching of the gospel is one of God’s plough-works, and the preacher is one of God’s ploughmen.[1] So proclaimed Hugh Latimer (c. 1485-1555) on a rainy eighteenth day of January during the winter of 1548. This sermon – the famous ‘Sermon…

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Christian LivingYouth & Kids

Interview – Bible Reading with the Leite Family

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 by Mike Leite

Emily and Mike, Can you tell us a bit about who is in your family? And what does family Bible reading and prayer currently look like in the Leite household? We have four active kids, two boys (aged 11 and 5) and two girls (aged 9 and 7). Currently we…

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Christian Living

On the Giving of Gifts

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 by Jocelyn Loane

Back in the 90s the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman came out. The ideas in that book are something I still hear people talk about today. The premise is that people express and receive love in five key different ways. They include words…

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It’s Advent, Time to Prepare!

November 26, 2022November 28, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Time to prepare! This Sunday marks the beginning of the season of Advent. While many of us are wrapping up our work for 2022 and wrapping up our presents for Christmas, a new season begins. In fact, a new year begins. Not a civil calendar year, but…

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Christian LivingYouth & Kids

Interview – Bible Reading with the Colgans

November 24, 2022November 28, 2022 by Phil Colgan

Victoria and Phil, can you tell us a bit about who is in your family? And what does family Bible reading and prayer currently look like in the Colgan household? We have a young adult son, a teenage daughter who has just finished high school and another…

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Christian LivingMinistry

‘But God…’

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 by Ben George

One of the great privileges of my year has been the recent baptism preparation classes that a colleague and I have taken for those getting baptised earlier this month. It has been wonderful speaking with these men and women who are from different…

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Christian Living

Thinking Through Modern Day Mysticism

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 by Brooke Hazelgrove

When I was growing up, Mum and Dad were pretty honest with me about the origin of Santa. They were also pretty clear that things like ‘lucky numbers’, the Zodiac, and other paraphernalia around fortune telling held no power, and that they weren’t…

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