One in seven Christians are persecuted globally. That’s 360 million Christians who are denied access to jobs and education, are arrested, attacked, and even killed for following Jesus.
Worst effected according to the Open Doors World Watch List are Christians in North Korea, Somalia, Yemen, Eritrea, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Iran.
What is meant by each of the terms biological sex, gendered behaviors or expressions, sexual orientation and gendered identity? How do the various terms relate?
We talk to former director of Sydney University’s Graduate Program in Sexual Heath, Dr Patricia Weerakoon, Rob Smith, who is head of doctrine at Sydney Missionary and Bible College and Rev Kamal Weerakoon, who has done masters studies in this area.
We take a pulse check on the health of preaching in Australian Evangelical Churches with one of our leading preachers, from Melbourne’s Centre for Biblical Preaching, Mike Raiter.
Mike has just spent a few weeks surveying twenty different Australian Churches - watching their sermons online - and analysing them on type of sermon, biblical genre, who was being preached to, faithfulness to text, length of sermon, appropriateness of application, and how well the preacher addressed the heart?
Major cultural change is making a big impact on Christians and the church. Something radical has changed.
Admitting you follow Jesus ‘weirds people out’ in a way it never has before. And doing church the way we did no longer yields the same results.
Senior minister of Dapto Anglican David Rietfield says there’s fewer new people and the regulars are coming less frequently.
What is the relationship between concupiscence and sexual same sex attraction?
One of the most contentious issues facing the Christian Church at this moment is how can Christians think and speak truthfully, clearly and compassionately about desire and temptation in a way that does not condone or encourage sin?
The tenth of the Anglican Church’s 39 Articles says (in part) that: ‘concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin.’
Are our Gentile Pastor’s Hearts out of step with God?
The Apostle Paul says the gospel should be first for the Jew, but Joseph Stienberg, is calling for a rethink, saying often the western church has as it’s priorities: the gospel being ‘last for the Jew.’
Should we think of Jews as ‘another people group’ or given their special place in God’s unfolding plan, should they have a special place in mission priorities?
In almost every personal conversation I’ve had since returning from Africa I’ve been asked about my personal reflections on the almost four weeks that Catherine and I spent there.
How was Gafcon? What was significant? What stood out? How has Africa impacted you?
This episode features conversations with Archbishop Tito Zavala (Chile), Archbishop James Wong (Indian Ocean), Rico Tice (Christianity Explored), Richard Coekin (London), Vaughan Roberts (Oxford), Michael Charles (Anglican Aid http://www.anglicanaid.org.au), Melina Galiboma (Link Officer, Mara Diocese), Bishop Mwita Akiri (Teremi, Tanzania)
From left: Dr. Vanessa Hawkins sitting in for Michael Keller (Redeemer Lincoln Center); Rev David Bisgrove, (Redeemer West Side, oldest of the spinoffs); Rev justin Ardour, (Redeemer Harlem); Rev Pete Nicholas, (Redeemer Downtown); Rev. Bruce Terrill, (Executive Director of Redeemer East Side, the original church started in 1989).
The five congregations gathered at the Salvation Army HQ Hall, 14th Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan at an evening originally planned to cast the next stage of Redeemer’s Vision, but which became a moment for the church family to grieve and pray after the death of Redeemer founder Tim Keller
Richard Borgonon is the author of Word 1-2-1. He presented at the recent Gafcon Conference in Kigali alongside Christianity Explored’s Rico Tice on how a church might have an integrated evangelistic strategy incorporating both an evangelistic course and a program where members are encouraged to personally evangelise their friends through personal bible reading.
We analyse the Coronation Service of Charles and Camilla theologically and missionally and compare it with the coronation service of Charles’ Mother Queen Elizabeth II with Mark Earngey, Sandy Grant and Brett Murphy.
