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When nothing will stand still #2: Reflections on Hebrews 12

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 by Emma Newling

Back in April, Emma shared how she was feeling when life suddenly changed with Covid-19, and her plan to go back to a familiar passage. Here is the next episode of her raw reflections on Hebrews 12… … looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter…

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Christian Living Doctrine

“…and the books were opened.”

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 by David Ould

This morning saw the release of a set of 45 year old documents, previously kept as secret as secret can be since 1975. The ‘Palace Letters’ were the correspondence between the then Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr and the office of…

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Evangelism Ministry

Sharing Jesus with the Deaf: An interview with Darren Kirkegard

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 by Darren Kirkegard

What would it be like to share the gospel with someone who can’t ‘hear’ the gospel? ACR talks to Darren Kirkegard about ministry among the Deaf community*. 1) How did you come to be involved in ministry with the Deaf? Entirely God’s plan.…

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Christian Living Evangelism Ministry

The “new normal” and the same old story: Evangelism in a virtual world

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Lionel Windsor

“I just want to see my friends!” This was the frustrated—and completely understandable—cry from one of our teenagers as we entered another week of isolation with no clear end in sight. Although these friends had been chatting (and gaming) online,…

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Christian Living Doctrine

The bread and butter Christian – Psalm 136

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 by Ben George

How much is thankfulness part of your life as a follower of Jesus? How much, in our current situation, are you tempted to grumble? How much do you focus on the negative and lose sight of the positive? These questions are significant because giving…

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Ministry

A new culture of one-to-one ministry under lockdown

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 by Stephen Anderson

“How can we stick resolutely to our marching orders, now that proper ‘churching’ in person is impossible?” Like every other church, we asked numerous such questions as the global pandemic gathered its eerie pace in what now seems almost another…

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Christian Living

You are enough, and other lies we like to swallow

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 by Jocelyn Loane

I don’t know about you, but the recent months of school at home exposed some pretty ugly cracks in the façade I’d created for myself of being a good mother. It’s much easier, it turns out, to parent your children when they aren’t in the same physical…

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