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Rugby conversion will bring us joy
03/09/07 | As the Rugby World Cup (RWC) kicks off in France, we are republishing our interview with Dr John Best, who spent six years in the Wallabies’ inner sanctum. He says churches need to run with the ministry opportunities kicked off by the RWC.
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Dr Strange Love: why hospitality matters
27/08/07 | Recent research shows that fewer lay people believe that ministers are utilising the gifts and skills. So what is the disease behind…
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Could you not stay awake one hour?
27/08/07 | "Our sermons only go for 40 to 50 minutes” said the comment on your.sydneyanglicans.net’s forum. The word ‘only’ hit me like…
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Australia’s Titanic
26/08/07 | The wreck of the Dunbar reminds us it is to Jesus that we must look for our eternal future, for as the disciples said, “Who then…
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Monsters of God: tackling Darwinism
20/08/07 | Science journalist David Quammen, asks in his recent book, Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the…
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Devil’s domino: the penal theory critics
13/08/07 | I don’t know if you noticed, but there is a long-standing practice of critiquing penal substitution and justification by faith as…
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Winning back the 50s boom church
06/08/07 | Older folk do not seem part of most churches vision for growth. This is despite the fact that seniors are already the fastest growing…
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Churches that give newcomers vertigo
30/07/07 | Shellharbour City Centre Anglican Church, in conjunction with Shellharbour Anglican College, are planning to start a new church in…
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Spong and other voices from the margins
30/07/07 | Why is Spong’s book Jesus for Non-Religious — along with other recent sensational claims — likely to gain traction with…
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Saving Anglicanism
30/07/07 | There now exists a Global South Network which is making its presence forcefully felt, especially through its leaders’ presence in…
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Relevant preaching dumbs-down gospel
23/07/07 | As a writer, I do not believe in relevance. I especially do not believe in relevance as a criterion for preaching, when that means…
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Dangers of the therapeutic gospel
16/07/07 | What may be the most famous chapter in all of western literature portrays the appeal of a "therapeutic gospel."
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Road testing Powerpoint alternatives
02/07/07 | Has PowerPoint overstayed its welcome at your church? ANDREW LIM and MARCUS LIM from St Andrew’s Cathedral trialled four of the most…
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Jesus is not my superhero
25/06/07 | One significant issue in children's ministry today is the way a recent spate of superhero films have been enlisted in the task of teaching…
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The problem with Pell
25/06/07 | Last month the NSW Greens moved to send comments of Cardinal George Pell on stem cell research to the Upper House Privileges Committee.…
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A real life parable
25/06/07 | When the prodigal child returns, what happens next?
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Real vision: planning for 2050
18/06/07 | The world — even just the Christian world — has radically altered over the past fifty years and there is no reason to expect the…
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Sermons that hit the mark
11/06/07 | One common challenge preachers face in applying God’s Word is that individuals who experience problems in one pronounced area will…
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