“Two Sons, one who kept the rules religiously and one who broke them all. One Father who loved both lost sons beyond anything they could have imagined” It sounds like the trailer for a Hollywood blockbuster. No, it’s a retelling of an old familiar parable but with a very powerful and challenging twist.
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The Prodigal God
Faith Stories
A Faith Sharing DVD Course by Red Earth Films and the Queensland Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia.
“Faith Sharing” is an Australian made small group resource designed to encourage disciples of Jesus to authentically share their faith stories with non Christians. It is an eight week DVD based curriculum which comes as a 8 [...]
PLAN BE
Last year Christian social activist and development worker Dave Andrews published, Plan B, a small book exploring the Beatitudes and their invitation to Christians to live in the light of these teachings of Jesus. Subtitled “Be the change you want to see in the world”, the book explores Jesus’ eight “blessed are” statements. Andrews articulates [...]
A community of disciples
Tom Bandy said that adult faith formation is the ‘bubbling cauldron’ at the heart of a missional church. Putting aside images of Macbeth’s witches huddling over a big crockpot, I believe Bandy got it right. I can’t imagine a church without mission firing it from within. And I can’t imagine a church without disciples who [...]
“Simply Christian”
As a pastor of a congregation I like to keep my eye open for resources that help me to equip our people, not just in terms of discipleship, but in terms of understanding their faith and the relationship they have been brought into by God. I have recently completed the “Simply Christian” DVD course at [...]