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Monday, 30 January 2012
| Barnabas Fund
The Christian community in Syria has been hit by a series of kidnappings and brutal murders; 100 Christians have now been killed since the anti-government unrest began.
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Monday, 30 January 2012
| Barbara Deutschmann
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 26 January is Survival Day or Invasion Day. Their sorrow on this day reminds us that all is not well within this nation, that we have some unfinished business. What does the Lord require of us at this time as his people in this place?
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Wednesday, 7 December 2011
| Steve McAlpine
Steve McAlpine asks whether, in an era suspicious of words, we will fall silent for fear of being labelled aggressive, arrogant or rigid. In an age of flabby words, will we stretch “missional” to cover more than it was designed to cover? Are we able to map a path forward in which our proclamation and our practice are in harmony?
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Tuesday, 6 December 2011
| Gordon Preece
Gordon Preece sees the best Christian response to the toils of Christmas in a recovery of the meaning of Advent.
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Monday, 5 December 2011
| Mark Hurst
Mark Hurst looks at the wholistic, liberating message of Christmas
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Monday, 5 December 2011
| Denise Cooper-Clarke
Denise Cooper-Clarke looks at the stories of barrenness and hope that are called to mind during Advent and asks what this means as couples struggle with infertility.
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Friday, 4 November 2011
| Deborah Storie
Deborah Storie asks some uncomfortable questions about our well-intentioned but sometimes poorly thought-out giving at Christmas.
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Friday, 4 November 2011
| Robert Banks
Robert Banks, author of the new book 'And Man Created God', looks at a persistent critique of God-talk and our need to take it seriously.
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Wednesday, 2 November 2011
| Rob Nicholls
People with a disability and their families should get decent support to pursue their life goals as part of their communities.
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Tuesday, 4 October 2011
| Steve McAlpine
How should we evangelise when Christianity is “on the way out” of the culture? Ironically our best chance may be to mirror the church’s evangelism methods when it was “on the way in”.
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