Unique, flexible lay training for women.

Classes start at the end of July at locations across Sydney and the Illawarra.

Daytime classes 10am - 1pm during school terms.

FEE-HELP available for assessment students.

More info: www.mac.edu.au or call MAC on (02) 9569 2418

Mary Andrews College ~ equipping women to serve Christ

Saturday 29 August 2009
St Andrew’s Cathedral
Cnr George & Bathurst Streets, Sydney

More information: www.equip.org.au

17-18 August

Speakers: Mark Dever, William Taylor, Phillip Jensen

More information: mtd.org.au

If you are in full-time ministry or preparing for full-time ministry or really serious about full-time ministry, then do not miss this Intensive.

This year, for two days in August, we have three fantastic speakers in William Taylor, Mark Dever, and Phillip Jensen each addressing the topic of ‘Ministry Today—New Opportunities’.

William will be giving 3 talks and an open question time on ‘Christ and the Christian Worker’. Mark will be giving four talks and an open question time on the topic of ‘The Church and Gospel Ministry’. Phillip, will be working to further apply the talks to our ministry and mission in Australia.

The Ministry Intensive aims to feed, sharpen and empower people in ministry by presenting international and renowned speakers on topics that relate to contemporary ministry matters. This Intensive also provides a great opportunity for those in ministry to network and be encouraged by others in ministry.

In other words, the Ministry Intensive serves those in ministry who are constantly serving others.

Please come. See you in August.

• A Protestant Pope?
• A bad tempered autocrat?
• The Prince of Biblical scholarship?
• The architect of Capitalism?
• A godly pastor?

For 500 years people have had much to say about John Calvin's legacy. But who was John Calvin? and what is his real legacy?

St Andrew's Cathedral invites you to commemorate 500 years of Calvin.

2-5pm Saturday 25th July, 2009

To register call the Cathedral office on +61-2-9265 1661

Registration costs:
Standard $20
Concession $15
F/T Theo Students $5
MTS Apprentices $5
Group discount (10+) $15

with international speaker Rebecca Manley Pippert, author of Out of the Saltshaker.

‘Living Life—surprised by faith in a broken world.’

July 3-5 2009—a real get away weekend at the Collaroy Conference Centre on Sydney's beautiful northern beaches.

Comfortable six and eight-bed cabin rooms all with two ensuite bathrooms.

Life-changing teaching, stimulating workshops reflection and free time and great music ... a chance to be refreshed and challenged.

Bring a group or come on your own or with a friend.

For more info and to book online now, visit www.mac.edu.au or phone Mary Andrews College on 9569 2418.

Short enough to read quickly but long enough to tackle the big questions, this full-colour, 32-page booklet deals with the origins of the gospel stories about Jesus; how they got to us today; and evidence for Jesus from outside the Bible.

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We’re very pleased to announce that we have just release four excellent new sermon series from Phillip Jensen on MP3 CD:

» Matthew’s Gospel (30 talks)
» John’s Gospel (24 talks)
» Galatians (8 talks)
» The Holy Spirit (7 talks)

In this brand new leaflet from Matthias Media, Paul Grimmond makes three telling points in response to an aggressive ‘New Atheism’ that is sweeping the Western world. In so doing, he helps the reader to question the objectivity and rationality of people like Richard Dawkins, and urges them to instead take a look for themselves at the trustworthy person and words of Jesus.

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In this timely, six-page evangelistic leaflet, Gordon Cheng reflects on Luke 12:13-21 (the parable of the rich fool). He points to the reality that, although we can lose our wealth in an instant, whether through stock market failures, death or some other terrible turn of events, there is a greater crash coming; a crash that lies in wait for anyone who dies unprepared to meet God and face his assessment of us.

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Following on from The Free Gift of Life (Romans 1-5) and The Free Gift of Sonship (Romans 6-11), comes this final instalment in Gordon Cheng’s insightful Interactive Bible Studies on Paul’s letter to the Romans.

Download the first study.   Find out more.

23 May | 13 June | 8 August | 29 August | 12 September

Go to www.youthworks.net/events for more details.

For 21 years The Briefing has been publishing articles which are ...

» short enough to read
» long enough to challenge
» real enough to help
» passionate enough to stir

Now imagine that you could mine those thousands of superb articles, easily finding just the right ones that you need, when you need them, on just about any topic you care to mention.

The Briefing CD-Rom makes this possible. Containing all 364 issues from the first 21 years, The Briefing CD-Rom is a great value research tool that you'll use time and time again. Simply use the searchable database to locate an article by author, title, keyword or issue, and then open that article with the click of the mouse. (The Briefing CD-Rom works on both PC and Mac computers.)

Find out more.

27 Feb 2009: Our new 2009 Resource Guide has just come in from the printer. It will be mailed to Australian customers over the coming week or so. But you can also download it as a PDF. (5.74mb file size.)

Download now.

This wonderful new book from John Chapman explores the joy and struggle of the normal Christian life.

As ‘Chappo’ says:

“I have been a Christian for 60 years. That’s a long time to give something a try, and it puts me in a position to strongly recommend it. Over that time, two particular aspects of Christian living have surprised me. One is that it turned out to be so good; the other is that it turned out to be so hard.”

Or listen to an interview with John Chapman in which he explains why he wrote the book:

Find out more.

This review from Mark Barry introduces one of our latest releases:

...it seems that we've never been more confused about who we actually are. We're so quick to transcend stereotypical labels of gender, race, class, work and so on. But how then should we define ourselves? Where should we find our identity and purpose? And in all this, what does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be, well, you?

Into this existential mess comes, YOU: an introduction. In clear, readily-digestible style, Michael Jensen examines what the Creator has to say about his human creatures via his written word. Starting with life and finishing with death and the afterlife, YOU covers some of the multi-facetted aspects of what it mean to be human, such as living in a body, grasping at freedom, negotiating gender, and aspiring to dream. Each chapter introduces the topic, draws out some of the important questions, looks briefly at some alternative answers (eg. materialism, feminism, Buddhism), before proposing a succinct scriptural conclusion.

Read the rest of the review at webSalt.

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This new evangelistic resource combines the benefits of a fresh and accurate translation of Luke's Gospel, with the strengths of Two ways to live, in an attractively presented, and very inexpensive 80 page book.

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This important recent conference was specifically for 'ministry wives', to encourage and help them in their roles as wives of pastors. The three talks, plus the extensive question time, will be extremely beneficial for all women in this situation, and those who may find themselves in this situation in the future.

The talks are available as a 2 DVD set, 4 audio CD set or on MP3 CD. Find out more.

Instead of regarding the Bible as “more to be desired than gold” and “rejoicing the heart”, like David in the Psalms, somehow, for many of us, regularly reading on God's word ends up in the same category as regular exercise: a healthy chore we know we should fit in and that we benefit from, but which is hard to manage amongst everything else, and ends up slipping off the agenda. As the Lord Jesus said of his sleepy disciples: “the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak”.

Whatever your current Bible reading habits (or lack of them), and whatever your level of knowledge and confidence, Six Steps to Reading Your Bible will help you make progress in getting into your Bible. The course is especially designed for use in small groups, and utilizes a mix of video instruction, fun skits, Bible study, discussion, practical exercises, prayer and home assignments that will help you on the road to establishing a new and more enjoyable Bible reading habit.

Here's some early feedback, from Peter Kozushko, Associate Pastor at Countryside Community Church:

I thought you would appreciate some feedback on your new curriculum for learning to read the Bible. Brilliant! Well done! Great work! Thanks so much for creating this. It will serve the church well.

To run this course, you will need one DVD and a workbook. Visit our store page to view the course overview, samples from the workbook, samples from the DVD and our very own blooper reel:

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In the next of our very popular Guidebooks for Life series, Bryson Smith looks at the very significant topic of faith: What is it? What makes it so important? What are we meant to have faith in, and what difference should our faith make to everyday life?

These are fundamental issues for all of us, and Bryson Smith provides extremely helpful, easy-to-read insights into a biblical understanding of ‘faith’.

You can also download and read the first chapter free, along with the discussion questions. Find out more.