×

Love and Lust in the Book of Proverbs

“But that is where the attraction ends. When the mystery is unveiled, what is revealed is only disaster. ‘In the end,’ the father warns his son, ‘she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. Her feet go down to death.’” (From 2016)

Alternatives to Structuring a Sermon Around a Big Idea

A big idea approach to a section of Scripture that tells a story usually digests the meaning of the story, and then structures the sermon around more general principles that are manifested therein—“the faithful cry out to the Lord”, “the Lord is mighty to save”, and so on. However, a narrative sermon can be unified and structured around the story itself.

A Brief Theology of Property Stewardship

Our stewardship is not primarily of our buildings but of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, a stewardship that is enabled, in part, by our buildings. The church doesn’t exist to preserve its buildings; its buildings exist to serve the church’s calling.

Search Our Resources

The Latest

We Need More Churches

We need more churches. Melbourne needs more churches. Australia’s cities and towns need more churches. New churches are starting and other church are revitalising, but we are far from the point where church growth is stemming the tide of church decline.

Reading Scripture Panoramically

I don’t think grammatical-historical method is enough, especially when narrowly applied or to the exclusion of other methods. Our consideration of the biblical literary context—that is integral to grammatical-historical exegesis—needs to be larger than a paragraph or small literary unit.

Rest for Busy Christians

Hill encourages the reader to seek rest — described as Sabbath rest — from the hand of the Lord. This Christian view of rest is more than what our unbelieving friends and neighbours hope to gain from their next holiday.

Alternatives to Structuring a Sermon Around a Big Idea

A big idea approach to a section of Scripture that tells a story usually digests the meaning of the story, and then structures the sermon around more general principles that are manifested therein—“the faithful cry out to the Lord”, “the Lord is mighty to save”, and so on. However, a narrative sermon can be unified and structured around the story itself.

A Brief Theology of Property Stewardship

Our stewardship is not primarily of our buildings but of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, a stewardship that is enabled, in part, by our buildings. The church doesn’t exist to preserve its buildings; its buildings exist to serve the church’s calling.

Loading
More Articles