Tag: christianity
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Why Internship?
In many evangelical circles, programs like the Ministry Training Strategy (MTS) or Metro are usual pathways for those who have been identified to be suitable for pastoral ministry. For those who are less familiar with these programs, they are essentially 2 year pre-seminary (theological college) apprenticeships that enable candidates to have more hands-on ministry experience before they…
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Counsel to Backsliding Christians
I’ve recently been spending a bit of time over the past week preparing a short section on the ‘Benefits of Union with Christ’ for our church’s second leadership training day (leaders ranging from Community Group leaders to Kids Sunday School teachers). In the process of preparation, one particular benefit stood out like a sharp thorn to…
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Momentous May
‘In God’s inside-out kingdom, the irony is that sacrifice will never be in vain, but will only end in gain’ These are the words that I ended my sermon with last week on the 8th of June. That Sunday marked the end of another month’s worth of ministry and study. Upon reflection, the most challenging…
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Re:Thinking with Miroslav Volf
Sydney has been incredibly blessed in 2014 to be able to host a variety of international speakers. Among them is Professor Miroslav Volf from Yale University who came along to speak at Re:Thinking Conference, hosted by the Centre for Public Christianity (CPX) in collaboration with Arrow Leadership and World Vision Australia. I was only able to…
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Pray for ministry trainees
I had the opportunity last night to catch up with two childhood friends. After many years of separation, we finally got to sit down together to share about what God has been doing in our lives over the past years. Apart from sharing about our university studies (Xin Yang aka Pisteos (black shirt) is in his…
Elliot Ku 