Church
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Build Your Imperfect Family: Five Practices for Healthier Relationships
Family is one of God’s greatest gifts—and one of life’s greatest challenges. There is no perfect family, but through prayer, forgiveness, honesty and grace, we can help build healthier families and churches.
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The Church as a Community of Truth: Learning to Discern Together
Many Christians know the Bible well but still struggle to recognise God’s wisdom in everyday life. This article explores why the church exists not simply to teach truth, but to become a community where believers learn to discern, embody, and live God’s truth together.
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What Does It REALLY Mean to Live With Hope?
We live in a world that tells us to trust ourselves, follow our feelings, and create our own truth. Peter offers a very different vision. Real hope begins with repentance, grows through the work of the Holy Spirit, and becomes visible through lives that love and suffer differently. What if hope is not simply something we believe, but something we live?
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Why Following Your Feelings Isn’t Working (and What to Do Instead)
We’re often told to follow our feelings, but the Bible suggests something more complex. Our inner world is shaped by many influences—some healthy, some not—and real life is found not in following every feeling, but in anchoring our hope in God.
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The Church as a Community of Truth: How We Learn to See Together
We’ve never had more access to truth—and yet less clarity about what is true. What if the issue isn’t just what we believe, but how we learn to see? This post explores why the church must become a community of truth, discerning and following Jesus together.
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Why Church Isn’t About You (And Why That’s Good News)
We’ve been taught that church exists to meet our needs. But the Bible paints a different picture. Church exists to shape us into people who love, grow, and live differently together. It’s not about what we get. It’s about who we become—and how that shows the world what God is like.
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Eat With People — But Don’t Hide at the Table
Most meals don’t change anyone’s life. But Jesus changed the world while sitting at tables. In a culture drowning in loneliness, eating together is not enough. Real connection requires welcome, honesty, and courage. Don’t hide behind distraction or polite conversation. Be present. Be truthful. See people — and let yourself be seen.
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Is group decision making possible?
This article introduces a framework for corporate discernment in Baptist churches that moves beyond reactive problem-solving. By slowing down to name where we are, where Jesus is leading us, and how we respond, churches can surface assumptions, attend to Scripture, resist cultural pressures, and learn to listen faithfully together under Christ.
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Ephesians 4: A Vision of Church Most of Us Have Never Seen
Have you ever felt there must be more to church than good music and friendly faces? Ephesians 4 reveals a vision of community that’s deeper, harder, and more beautiful than we imagine—a people united in love, growing into maturity, and reflecting the multi-coloured wisdom of God.
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Why You Can’t Trust Yourself—And What Ephesians 2 Teaches Instead
We’re told to “trust ourselves,” but Paul says otherwise. In Ephesians 2, he uncovers the truth about the world, the flesh, and the devil—and the grace that gives us a new identity in Christ. When we stop building on self and trust him instead, everything changes.
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What the church is meant to be…
The church was never meant to be a service to attend or a hierarchy to climb. Jesus calls us to be His witnesses: a body where every part matters, a family where every member belongs, and a temple where God dwells by His Spirit.
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A Bigger Story: How the Real Gospel Changes Everything
The gospel is more than a quick fix for sin. It’s an invitation to live from a new foundation—God’s reality. These six levels of repentance help us name the tensions we carry and discover a better way to live, rooted in God’s truth, grace, and a vision of new creation.
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How to Change the World
When Paul entered Ephesus, he didn’t bring a strategy—he looked for what God was already doing. Acts 19–20 shows us how real change happens: by surrendering to Jesus, being open to the Holy Spirit, and confronting the idols of money, power, and control. That’s how churches—and cities—are transformed.
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The Heresy That Shaped the Church: How Acts 10 Breaks Down Our Barriers
As culture grows increasingly divided, the church is called to be a counterculture of radical unity. Acts 10 reveals God’s heart to break down barriers and welcome all people. True church isn’t about comfort or sameness, but about diverse people growing together in Christ, reflecting Jesus’ prayer for perfect unity.
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Why Christianity is not safe
Christianity was never meant to be safe. The book of Acts shows us a revolution of love, truth, healing, and surrender. When Jesus is truly Lord, everything changes—our priorities, our relationships, our mission. The early church didn’t play religious games. They lived lives that turned the world upside down. So should we.
