Assessing Maturity
If you were designing a maturity survey for your members, what questions would you ask? Let me suggest one vital question: ‘What Christian preachers and writers are your members attracted to and why?’ (From 2016)
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If you were designing a maturity survey for your members, what questions would you ask? Let me suggest one vital question: ‘What Christian preachers and writers are your members attracted to and why?’ (From 2016)
The bottom line is that there are some critical parts of human communication and development that require close contact. Distance is distance, and as great as the modern tools are at closing the gap, I do not think anything fully substitutes for students and teachers being together in the same place at the same time. (From 2016)
Whilst some of the insights and challenges scattered throughout Practicing the Way might be helpful, Comer’s lack of convincing answers leaves much to be desired.
God’s peculiar love that uniquely belongs to him, once revealed to Moses, is perfectly expressed in Jesus’ death for us sinners. The cross of Christ is the ‘irrefutable proof that God loves us.’
In an age when mission becomes everywhere to everywhere; when we are now all called “missionaries” ... let us not blur the lines between going to people in our own culture and going to people who are completely foreign to us. Pretending that Brisbane is Dhaka, Bangkok or Jakarta is not only naïve but incredibly ignorant. (From 2016)
Growing together in God’s Word is key to maturing together as disciples. We are joined in this episode by Annabel Nixey to talk about how to do that.
Growing together in God’s Word is key to maturing together as disciples.
At every stage of our Christian development, and in every sphere of our Christian discipleship, pride is our greatest enemy and humility our greatest friend.
A podcast conversation with English Christian singer-songwriter and kids musician Michael J Tinker.
Julius Kim, TGCA Victoria
Julius Kim, TGCA Victoria
Part of a 2021 national campaign encouraging people to explore the historical evidence for Jesus Christ.
From a series of videos, originally released on our Facebook page in 2020, where Christians enjoy conversation with one another—discussing life and faith during COVID-19.
From a series of videos, originally released on our Facebook page in 2020, where Christians enjoy conversation with one another—discussing life and faith during COVID-19.
Trueman places the drive for a historically grounded faith and expression of that same faith in the right place: God himself. The wrong driver for any historic grounding of faith and expression would be the tradition-seeking fad that news and online discourse would have us believe is increasingly hoovering up young people. But fads fade. God doesn’t.
Clarity is also an act of love. It refuses to hide behind jargon or intellectual display. Instead, it removes unnecessary obstacles so that people can encounter Christ in the word.
I can’t think of a writer who has summarised the sheer volume of data so helpfully. Firth succinctly and persuasively demonstrates God’s valuing of women and their active participation in his purposes. Both sides of the debate can praise God for ... the way [he] has used many women to save his people.
As you minister the word of God in your church, make it a labour of love. Make time for it. If you’re preaching on Sunday, don’t leave your prep until Saturday. Start on Monday, or better still start the week (or weeks) before. God’s word was never intended to be fast food. Take it slow and savour the flavours.
Whilst some of the insights and challenges scattered throughout Practicing the Way might be helpful, Comer’s lack of convincing answers leaves much to be desired.
God’s peculiar love that uniquely belongs to him, once revealed to Moses, is perfectly expressed in Jesus’ death for us sinners. The cross of Christ is the ‘irrefutable proof that God loves us.’
Growing together in God’s Word is key to maturing together as disciples. We are joined in this episode by Annabel Nixey to talk about how to do that.
