Those of you involved in worship services tomorrow could try to include (or suggest the inclusion) of the new Alice Springs Presbyterian Church in corporate prayers. Pray for Keith and Jenny Bell. Pray for the folk who’ll join them in the infancy of this work. Pray for conversions in the community. Why a Presbyterian Church …

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Mockingbird blog has posted this devotional on John 5:5-8, where Jesus encounters a paralytic by a pool, and why an enquiry about wanting to be made well is neither callous or obtuse, but rather a penetrating means by which the man is challenged to set aside preconceptions which were both hindering and harmful. A central …

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I appreciated this article by Tullian Tchividjian. He considers Jesus’ parable about the Good Samaritan and presents an interpretation which emphasises the fact that it was told in the context of a discussion about eternal life. I think Tchividjian helpfully points out that to contend that Jesus’ lesson is that eternal life is gained by …

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