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What are we unable to stop speaking about?

February 23, 2023 by Mike Leite

Every time I read Acts 4:20 I am struck by how the message about Jesus should work. As the book of Acts begins, what Peter makes clear in each of his first Christian sermons is that Jesus is both Lord and Messiah. For example, Acts chapter 2 and the…

Ministry In Chile – Interview with Pato Oyarzun

February 6, 2023 by ACR Team

Having trained originally at Moore College, Pato is now the head pastor of Iglesia La Trinidad de Reñaca and leads a city movement in Viña del Mar, Chile. The ACR spoke to Pato to hear about his ministry journey over the past two decades. Pato, can…

Supporting Christian mums returning to paid work

February 2, 2023 by Ruth Baker

Mum guilt. It’s a term most of us are familiar with and it’s something that can permeate through lots of parenting choices, from the style of discipline a mum might opt for, even to taking time out of the chaos to have a coffee. But the guilt seems…

The problem with personal Bible reading

February 6, 2023January 24, 2023 by Kirsten McKinlay

Let me be clear from the start: I think personal Bible reading is of inestimable value. In fact, as we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation this year, we should be all the more aware of the immense privilege it is to pick up the…

Make 2023 the year of truly knowing Jesus

January 19, 2023 by Ben George

There is a time for everything, the Teacher of Ecclesiastes tells us. Whether it is a time for birth or for death; to plant or to uproot; to weep or to laugh; to mourn or to dance – understanding the time in which we live as we enter 2023 really matters.…

The only qualification you need to speak about Jesus

December 8, 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…

HUGH LATIMER: GOSPEL PLOUGHMAN

December 6, 2022 by Mark Earngey

For preaching of the gospel is one of God’s plough-works, and the preacher is one of God’s ploughmen.[1] So proclaimed Hugh Latimer (c. 1485-1555) on a rainy eighteenth day of January during the winter of 1548. This sermon – the famous ‘Sermon…