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When nothing will stand still #1: Reflections on Hebrews 12

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by Emma Newling

Monday, 23 March 2020, 23:09 I’ll be honest with you, I’m drinking more coffee. Nespresso pods do not seem to be in short supply… yet. Many things I regularly fail to navigate well in family life have been… amped up. And almost everything I love…

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Christian Living Youth & Kids

Hot off the press: Resources for Easter

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by ACR Team

Today is Maundy Thursday. The Easter weekend this year is going to look very different to what all of us were anticipating, isn’t it? In my household, there will be plenty of lament as there will be noticeably fewer chocolate eggs as the usual visits…

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Christian Living Evangelism

Good news in the COVID-19 season

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 by Ben George

This COVID-19 season has been intense. Everything is changing, anxieties are raised, people are suffering and death is having an impact on all of us. And significantly, it is not something that we can escape. In close to the last hundred years,…

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Christian Living Doctrine

Dying Well

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by Andrew Leslie

A few years ago, in my work and wider church context, we seemed to be confronted with what seemed like an inordinate amount of death. Several people tragically lost infants in the womb. Colleagues and neighbours were suddenly struck down in the…

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Christian Living Doctrine

Fear or Faith | COVID-19

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 by Tawanda Masango

It doesn’t matter which news site you turn to, COVID-19 is making the headlines. It is changing people’s lives. It is shaking up the global financial markets. It is hardly possible to have a conversation with someone before it becomes the subject…

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Christian Living Doctrine

My afflictions, your glory (Ephesians 3:12–13)

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by Lionel Windsor

As Paul writes Ephesians, he can see there’s a crisis approaching. He’d often written letters when groups of believers faced crises. Sometimes, the crisis involved false teaching. Sometimes, it was persecution. There had also been moral…

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Christian Living

My Coronavirus Meltdown Moment

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 by Jocelyn Loane

Have you had a Coronavirus meltdown yet? Today I had an ugly cry in Coles. I am feeling pretty embarrassed about it. As I jostled my way through the crowds and past empty shelf after empty shelf, I felt myself growing increasingly anxious. We have…

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