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In the spitting image of God

December 20, 2022December 19, 2022 by Bronwyn Windsor

This year on my birthday I received one of those DNA test kits – and I was so excited, I couldn’t wait to do it. I’d been wanting to do one of these for ages. The instructions directed me to spit into a little test tube and mail it off to the lab. It felt…

Christian Living Doctrine

The worst of all nightmares!

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 by Mike Leite

What is your worst nightmare? We all have those trivial nightmares. Falling into an endless pit. Being encircled by sharks. Waking up with a nest of spiders on you (which happened to me for real at beach mission one year!). But if I were to ask you…

Christian Living Youth & Kids

Bible Reading with Ruth Baker

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 by Ruth Baker

Ruth, can you tell us a bit about yourself, how you came to follow Jesus and who is in your family?I’m 50 years old, living in western Sydney and I’ve been a Christian for about 15 years. I’m a single mum of two boys aged 10 and 12, and two dogs aged 1 and…

Christian Living Evangelism Ministry

The only qualification you need to speak about Jesus

December 8, 2022December 6, 2022 by Lionel Windsor

Are you qualified to talk about the message of God’s grace at Christmas time? This Christmas, various officially qualified people will have messages for the season. Bishops and archbishops will get some airtime on the news channels and social…

Christian Living Youth & Kids

Interview – Bible Reading with the Leite Family

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 by Mike Leite

Emily and Mike, Can you tell us a bit about who is in your family? And what does family Bible reading and prayer currently look like in the Leite household?We have four active kids, two boys (aged 11 and 5) and two girls (aged 9 and 7). Currently we…

Christian Living

On the Giving of Gifts

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 by Jocelyn Loane

Back in the 90s the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman came out. The ideas in that book are something I still hear people talk about today. The premise is that people express and receive love in five key different ways. They include words…

Christian Living Church History International

It’s Advent, Time to Prepare!

November 26, 2022November 28, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Time to prepare! This Sunday marks the beginning of the season of Advent. While many of us are wrapping up our work for 2022 and wrapping up our presents for Christmas, a new season begins. In fact, a new year begins. Not a civil calendar year, but…