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Women’s sporting bodies excluding men identifying as women
Once you start ‘tinkering’ with God’s law, inequality starts to sneak in from the back door.
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Online Dating: Pornography for the Heart
The biblical message is paradoxically encroached by reaping the hardship of sin while being confronted by immeasurable grace upon grace. Paul put it simply by proclaiming in Romans chapter 5 verse 20, “Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more” (ESV).
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Clarity in vision
A pair of glasses can significantly change a life. The child, struggling at school, no longer falls behind in learning; the elderly man is able to read once again; a mosaic of blurry shapes and colours is restored to the sharp definition of traffic lights, cars, trees and pedestrians. Sight is important, and sometimes we need some help to see.
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When worldviews collide – why millennials are less generous with their finances
As a millennial working in the not-for-profit sector, I regularly have people asking me why young people don’t seem to give as generously as previous generations.
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Language is an art form
The 'art of language' is the tool of authors, speech-writers, playwrights and writers of television and film scripts. It is the reason we remember some 'classics' and yet others fall by the wayside. This 'art', whether written or spoken, is in reality very important as language conveys more than words of clarity, as it can also convey sentiment and emotion.
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Story of Heidi
I distinctively remember, when I five years old asking my mum if I could please have a horse. At that stage, I lived in a small suburban house and we had no means of financially being able to afford horses.
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Music in Churches Should Always be Changing
Raising our voices in praise to the Lord is a constant throughout scripture, so music in churches certainly has precedent as to why it holds such a high place in many of our gatherings. Out of the many aspects of singing praises together the expression of unity which we share in our Salvation has been on my mind recently and I wanted to share my thoughts on why changing music is an important part of expressing our unity.
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Lessons from a Mission Trip in Japan
In April this year, I went to Japan for a short-term mission trip. This was not my first time going to Japan but it was my first time on an overseas mission trip.
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Living in courage
When I was eleven years old I had a mental breakdown which was birthed out of a medical disorder that I was born with. This was an intense time for me where I all I want to do was end my life at this stage of my journey. I had a spirit of fear and anxiety in my life. I didn't know what would be next for me. I was in a midst of a journey of constant bullying and I had no success at school where
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Choose joy – hit snooze
I am extraordinarily late to the bandwagon, but I recently discovered something revolutionary – the snooze button.
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Persons of Faith – Graham McLennan
“Be doers of the word, not hearers only’ came to mind as I researched the life and times of Dr Graham McLennan and his wife Pam. “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians chapter 2, verse 10) a verse inspirational for the McLennans.
