Two Congolese medical workers attending a Christian conference have shared how they daily deal with pack rape and murder as their homeland suffers through the ravages of civil war.

Sovereign Grace is committed to quality songs with strong theological content. Their previous release, Songs for the Cross Centered Life, was excellent. Emu Music has just released the follow-up album, Sovereign Grace Music Live. Happily, it is just as strong as it's predecessor.

We live in an age that demands instant, painless solutions to everything. Speed is everything. Rather than diet and exercise we crave the injection or pill that will solve our obesity problems. Christians and the church are not immune to this attitude of our age with ministry training constantly being 'shaved down' to fit our busy life-styles.

In France, God has been expelled from school for over two centuries. But now, as the French celebrate Bastille Day, Christians are fighting back.

Kel Richard's distinctively Strine take on the Jesus story is reaching so many Australians, he's written a new book retelling even more of the Bible.

Two years ago Adam wandered into Tambar Springs Kids Club and committed himself to Christ; now he attends church without friends or family every chance he gets, even though services are often only once every three weeks. Not bad for a kid in fourth class.

In an extract from an upcoming lecture at Moore Colleges School of Theology (20-21 September), ROBERT BANKS finds God speaks clearly through C.S. Lewis.

A Federal Government push to fund chaplains in public schools should not replace the involvement of local churches in NSW classrooms, says a peak evangelistic body.