Missional Living

How to live out the Christian faith at work, at play, at rest, and even at church, in order to engage others with the gospel message.

What does it mean to be “evangelical”?

What does it mean to be “evangelical”?

There is often uncertainty or misunderstanding, these days, about what it means to be “evangelical”. Dr Stuart Lange explains that the term is simply about the New Testament Gospel, which across the world has been so immensely life-giving.

Removing rage from our public debates

Removing rage from our public debates

Rage against the machine. Stick it to the man. If you’re not for us, you’re against us. They’re familiar sayings, and sometimes comforting ones, especially when our nation is in the thick of debate about issues that really fire people up—euthanasia, cannabis, and most recently, abortion.

A universal mission

A universal mission

The events described by Luke in the opening chapters of The Acts of the Apostles remind us that the end goal of God’s purposes in human history is the ingathering of a multi-ethnic global church: ‘from every tribe, language, people and nation’

Does God favour boys?

Does God favour boys?

Is it true – does God prefer boys? Has he saved up all the gifts of leadership and teaching for just boys? Does he really want women to be seen and treated as less than men, even less than human?

New Zealand goes to prayer

New Zealand goes to prayer

Nothing calls for prayer as much as sudden disaster and death. So it happened today, exactly a week to the hour after the terror shootings of Muslims at prayer in Christchurch last Friday, that New Zealanders were called to prayer to reflect on this horrific event and on all that has happened since.