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How I came to know Jesus – Ben George

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 by Ben George

How would you describe your life before you knew Jesus? In one sense there was not really a time before I knew of Jesus and understood that he was important to my life and my relationship with God. My family has a cultural heritage from Kerala, South…

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Christian Living

Messy Prayers

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 by Brooke Hazelgrove

What is your prayer life like? Are there times when you feel like it’s easier or harder to pray to God? Perhaps you know the feeling of wanting to pray about something, but working out where or how to start is like finding the start of a roll of tape,…

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Christian Living

Spiritual CBT

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 by Bronwyn Windsor

We’re often encouraged in our culture to speak ‘your truth’. Apparently, it’s no longer enough to just speak the truth – the truth is now highly personal! And as well as being personal, your truth can even change or develop over time… in fact it…

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Christian Living Ministry

Thinking things through biblically as a layperson: An interview with Alison Barratt

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 by Alison Barratt

What does your ministry role currently look like? I work at a church in the North East of England and my role currently involves working primarily with women and children. I took over responsibility for the children’s work just as Covid hit us…

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Christian Living

A word from Jeremiah… “Idolatry is for idiots!”

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 by James Sneddon

As God’s people, we’re in a battle to put sin to death and live a holy life. Of course, growth in godliness is God’s work in us by his Spirit. But we’ve got a role to play as well. What ‘self-talk’ do you use in the thick of battle? Perhaps you say… “I want…

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International Ministry

Answered prayers in Uruguay

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Pedro and Joy Oliveira Woolmer

In a previous article, we talked about how much we aged during our first six months as missionaries in Uruguay! They were difficult months, especially having to contend with the effects of Covid19 just six weeks after we arrived. Looking back,…

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ACR Journal

Advance Australia Where?

July 22, 2021July 23, 2021 by Mark Earngey

This article was written for the ACR Journal in the lead-up to the archiepiscopal election of the Diocese of Sydney in 2021. Thus the context is prior to the successful election of Abp Kanishka Raffel and needs to be understood in that chronological…

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