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The big 3 issues in church music

Historically, evangelicals have been better at using singing to engage directly with Jesus and to respond to what he has done "“ but still tend to envelop it in worship language.

Music sounds mission alarm

New church plants struggle to deliver the popular soft-rock genre of Christian music. So can we better resource smaller congregations to have an effective music program? How do we recruit and develop more musicians? Jodie McNeill argues that we need a 'smaller music to match smaller congregations. Graham Toulmin says the answer is writing music in easy keys and providing charts all musicians can play. Both men will be involved in our featured discussion forum this week.

Do you love your church?

Would you wear a T-shirt or put a bumper sticker on your car that said "I love my church?" My guess is that if you are a typical Sydney Anglican then even if you had the courage to wear this slogan, you still may not believe it.

Easter for Kids

The Easter for Kids resource book is packed with ideas to make Easter a memorable and Christ-centred experience for kids. It contains a variety of teaching material including scripts, songs and activity sheets.

#58 Climate change Part 1: steadying ourselves

Few of us have much grasp of the scientific details of the case for climate change; we cannot easily follow the spin-off arguments about emissions trading schemes, alternative energy sources, and the economic consequences of making changes; and we have little power over the solutions. We can easily feel helpless and a little depressed over the whole of the subject of climate change. Therefore we aim to produce several briefings on it throughout the year.

Americans given deadline to repent

Dr Peter Jensen, the Archbishop of Sydney, has described an ultimatum sent to the US Episcopal Church as an 'answer to prayer.

The Skin Gods

A serial killer is haunting the streets of Philadelphia. He is brutally creative, modelling his crimes after famous movie murder scenes. What is a Christian to make of novels such as this?

Dinky-di Dinka Bible studies

Bible League Australia and St Pauls, Wentworthville have joined forces to reach Dinka-speaking Sudanese living in Sydney.

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