Retreat Groups are a peer-facilitated, intentional, short-term process aimed at the renewal, refreshment and spiritual growth of the participants. Over a three-year cycle the participants enter into a covenant of confidentiality and support, hear each other’s life stories, discern where God is leading us in our own spiritual growth and engage in intentional exercises and …
I’m sitting at Mount Gambier Airport, waiting to board a flight to Melbourne, then another on to tragically fire-stricken Sydney for a couple of days training as a retreat group facilitator. We’re told our group accommodation facility is nowhere near the fire zone. This also provides time to see a few familiar faces, including the …
While known primarily for his background in counselling, Jay Adams is a great teacher of preaching. The Institute for Nouthetic Studies is posting articles by Adams on preaching each Friday. They will be refreshing for experienced preachers or instructive for novices. Preaching With Purpose was the initial text from which I learned to preach. This …
Ligonier Ministries have just hosted a ‘Google Hangout’ with Sinclair Ferguson. Start listening and you’ll hear the dulcet Aussie tones of Nathan Bingham, then a forty-five minute open conversation with Sinclair on pastoral ministry, some of the concerns facing the evangelical church, and an update on what ministry looks like for him since his retirement. …
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