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Epping Presbyterian Visited By APWM And Vanuatu Guests
This morning members and associates of APWM, accompanied by guests from Vanuatu, were guests of Epping Presbyterian Church (Sydney). We were encouraged by both the 9.00am and 10.30am services, at which...
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WEC 100th Anniversary Lunch At MGPC
Today at MGPC at lunch and presentation were held to mark the 100th anniversary of WEC International. Marking a century of work that was commenced by notable cricketer C.T. Studd, today we heard about...
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The Missionfield Of The Next Generation In Our Midst (via David Cook)
David Cook (Moderator-General, Presbyterian Church of Australia) writes about recent visits to Presbyterian schools and offers words of encouragement and challenge about communicating the Gospel to new...
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From The Sun’s Rising – Sunday Songs
Saw lots and lots of friends in Sydney this past week, including Rev Bill Lutton. Bill and Jenny are currently serving in Kingaroy, Qld. When they visited Mount Gambier some years ago (when Bill was...
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Three in ten UK children have not heard of the crucifixion (via Tim Chester)
Gary Ware:My basic feeling is that we may be a generation behind in Australia, that is to say that in about fifteen to twenty years these figures will be true here. If they are not already. Originally...
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Mission As ‘An Explosion Of Joy’ Rather Than A Task
Thanks to Ray Ortlund for posting this quote from Lesslie Newbigin: “There has been a long tradition which sees the mission of the Church primarily as obedience to a command. It has been customary to...
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Thoughts On Day One: Tim Keller Planters & Pastor’s Conference
Just a brief note as we prepare for day two. As they say in the classics ‘he wrote the book.’ The ground covered in Keller’s talks yesterday focussed on the latter content of Center Church. Of interest...
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Thoughts On Day Two: Tim Keller Planters & Pastor’s Conference
Some grabs from yesterday. Contextualisation: Bringing the changeless message of the Gospel to address the particular cultural situation of the audience. Sermon introductions: ‘Open up your Bibles to...
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“I never made a sacrifice.”– David Livingstone
Michael Milton cites this stirring observation by David Livingstone about his labours in Africa. These words are a challenge and an invitation that rings across the generations: “People talk of the...
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How Churches Became Cruise Ships – Parts 2 & 3 (via Skye Jethani)
I linked to the first part of this series a couple of weeks ago. In parts 2 and 3 Skye Jethani expands on his observation of church as destination instead of vehicle. Here’s the link to part 2 “The...
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Being Missional Is Not A Substitute For Partnering In Global Mission
This article from Gospel Coalition Australia challenges a perception that seeing our own localities as mission fields fulfils the local church’s obligation to partner in global mission. From the post:...
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Eric Liddell –“God Made Him For China”
With Usain Bolt’s inspiring third win in the Olympic 100 meter race, a lot of people (especially Christians) might remember the film Chariots Of Fire and the words attributed to Eric Liddell “God made...
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How Christianity Flourishes (via Jared Wilson)
Christianity flourishes at the margins, not when it controls. Jared Wilson: Christian mission has always thrived by surging in the margins and under the radar. When we somehow get into positions of...
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The Living Heart Of Mission In Corporate Worship (via Zac Hicks)
Zac Hicks on corporate worship as true mission activity, perhaps in contrast to being evangelistic activity. The symbiotic relationship between worship and mission means, first of all, that it would be...
View ArticlePerfectionism Is Just Chronic Insecurity In Disguise (via Sam Kim)
Sam Kim writes about the social media fueled anxiety that seems to be eating away at younger generations. Courtesy of Ed Stetzer’s blog: In a culture based on shame and superficiality, the elephant in...
View ArticleOn Praying That God Would Bring In People Not Like Us (via Daniel Darling)
Daniel Darling on church being a snapshot of God’s grace and not homogeneous unit management principles: Sometimes, in our quest to create cutting-edge churches, we sacrifice our long-term futures for...
View ArticleThe Deceit Of Riches (via Mez McConnell)
Mez McConnell reflects on Jesus observation about wealth being an obstruction to entering the kingdom of God and the implications of that for evangelism and church planting: The Danger of Wealth Jesus...
View ArticleThe Unique Selling Proposition (USP) Of Christianity (via Gary Millar at...
Gary Millar reflects that in contemporary culture, making the idea that a local church is ‘just like you’ as central to its efforts to reach out into the community is no longer effective. His...
View ArticleThe Best Thing You Can Do For The Kingdom (via Mez Mc Connell)
Mez McConnell writes frankly about a Christian culture that won’t invest in reaching hard places, but encourages people and churches to spend money based on sentiment or experience for little real...
View ArticleConsidering The Gospel Evidence (via Dale Ralph Davis)
The beginning of Gospel proclamation was not eye-witnesses trying to convince those who had not seen, but one group of eye-witnesses seeking to help other eye-witnesses understand what they all had...
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