The hard work of preparing pre-prepared Bible studies
So I read Tony Payne’s recent email (The death of the self-prepared Bible study) and I can’t help but feel something’s not...
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The sleep of the just(ified)
This is an excerpt from Geoff Robson's book Thank God for Bedtime. One of the traps of regular Bible reading...
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How to encourage your group leader
My son and I recently started playing a new video game. It does involve shooting—but I’ve made him promise he’ll...
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10 years of changing church culture
They say publishing is like firing a shotgun out a window and hoping that a bird flies past. I’m not...
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How could you make Christmas truly joyful?
Joy. It’s a word that starts appearing everywhere in the lead-up to Christmas. Christmas is the season of joy (and...
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The death of the self-prepared Bible study
With all the fresh-eyed insight that returning missionaries often bring, a visiting friend of mine recently asked me why no-one...
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Avoid meaningless Bible study
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity!” says the Preacher in Ecclesiastes. In this case, I prefer the NIV: “Utterly meaningless!...
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Put-your-sunglasses-on bright evangelism
One of the fun things about being married to my wife is hearing her “guess what happened today” stories. They...
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Don’t call God ‘Yahweh’
From time to time, I hear preachers refer to ‘Yahweh’. Preachers often explain Bible translations and point out that ‘the...
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Where do you park your car at church?
What would your church look like to a person coming for the first time? For long-time attendees, sometimes going to...
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Excerpt from Forgiven Forever
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Excerpt from Subjects and Citizens
