Bryan Chapell expands on various sermons which apply his Christ-Centered Preaching motif in his new book Christ-Centered Sermons. The fundamental principle: We should always observe biblical texts through spectacles containing the lenses of these two questions: How is the Holy Spirit revealing in this text the nature of God that provides redemption? And how is …

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This graphic features Open Door’s 2014 ranking of the fifty countries where persecution of Christians is most severe. You download a (larger image size) pdf copy with further information here. More information at this page.

David Cook, Moderator-General of the Presbyterian Church of Australia has his own page at the PCA website. It seems like there’s a post there every couple of weeks. Like this Christmas themed piece. Well worth checking out. I’m sure someone may make the page able to be subscribed to at some point. It’s not quite …

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A local church exists for ministry and mission. It doesn’t exist to sustain programs or groupings that began with ministry and mission in mind, but which are no longer capable of achieving that purpose. As 2013 comes to a conclusion and our thoughts turn to 2014 our planning for next year is not simply to …

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