Articles for tag: Australia

September 25, 2018

Communion & Lord's Supper Theology & Bible

He’s Right Here

By Mandy Smith Outsiders watching Christians take part in the Lord’s Supper over and over might feel sorry for us. We take a tiny piece of bread and a tiny sip of juice and remember someone who had a real meal with his friends a long time ago. It might seem foolish or sad that we keep doing this. “Jesus is gone,” they might say. “Move on.” But they don’t know what we know. We know that when Jesus left, he promised he would never leave. It’s a strange truth, but it’s what he said. Although he stopped walking around

September 18, 2018

Christian Standard

Communion & Lord's Supper Theology & Bible

Awaiting a Wedding Feast

By Mandy Smith First Corinthians 11:26 says: “For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” So simply by taking this bread and juice today, we remember and retell the story of Jesus’ death, every time, over and over again. We keep telling the story as we eat the bread and as we sip the juice. We tell it to ourselves as we taste it and we tell it to each other as we do it together. Christians have been doing this for thousands of years, and Christians will do this

November 20, 2014

Christian Standard

Mission & Evangelism

Of Oz and Opportunities

By T.R. Robertson An unexpected career path has opened many doors for this minister to a church and community “down under.” Rob Branham frequently begins his day by playing a game of Jenga with a middle school student. The boy”s teachers were having difficulties dealing with his behavior. He was arriving at school angry nearly every morning because of a troubled home life. So now he stops by the school chaplain”s office for a “pit stop” and a friendly game to help him calm down before classes begin. When Branham began his college journey at his hometown Central Christian College

October 18, 2013

Christian Standard

Culture & Public Square

Flash Mob

By Mandy Smith On a seemingly ordinary morning, in a busy Belgian train station, the announcements of arrivals and departures were suddenly interrupted by Julie Andrews”s familiar voice intoning, “Let”s start at the very beginning . . .” A few commuters paused for a second to wonder why the train station would air “Do-Re-Mi,” before returning to their morning rush. Then, in the center of the atrium”s tiled floor, a single man started to dance, and before long a passing little girl had joined in. A crowd began to form to watch the spectacle but, at each measure, members of

August 20, 2006

Jeff Vines

Apologetics & Worldview

How Can You Claim That God Is Good and Loving . . . ? (Part 2)

Conversations With Skeptics features Jeff Vines responding to three major questions about evil, suffering, and Hell. Includes download details and a short sample excerpt from the first article.

August 13, 2006

Jeff Vines

Apologetics & Worldview

How Can We Believe in God with So Much Evil in the World? (Part 1)

Jeff Vines recounts a tense dinner in Brisbane where skeptics challenge his faith with hard questions about evil, suffering, and hell—an excerpt from the resource “A Conversation With Skeptics.”