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Football, Christmas or Jesus – Which Can Really Unite Us?

Football, Christmas or Jesus – which can really unite us? As I write I have just finished watching another match of the Football (aka Soccer) World Cup. The real Football World Cup! (Cheeky, I know, but I couldn’t resist). For this World Cup, FIFA has run an advertising campaign around the theme, football unites. If
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A Feast of Restoration & Redemption

A Feast of Restoration & Redemption

Christmas is full of feasts. People gathering together in joy and laughter. It is an imagery of God’s restoration and the redemptive work of the Gospel. Clare Steele, CEO of Compassion Australia shares her thoughts about Christmas.

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What if Jesus was not born that first Christmas?

Have you ever thought of what would have happened if Jesus was not born that very first Christmas? Our own Gregorian calendar based on the birthday of Jesus. What about schools and hospitals? What could the world be like if Jesus, the Son of God, did not incarnate as man?

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Sharing is Caring

Sharing is Caring

When we talk about caring by sharing, we often think about sharing what we have — belongings, time, joy. But what about sharing the Gospel? Do you consider that an act of care? Vision’s technician shares his best Christmases in India.

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Mary, Did You Know?

Mary, Did You Know?

The song ‘Mary, Did Your Know’ with its lyrics juxtaposed with a slightly sad melody creates this tension that makes Mary’s journey our own.

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The Greatest Love Story

The Greatest Love Story

It’s not the Hallmark romcoms. It’s not the soapy romantic novels. The greatest love story was that baby that laid in the manger, exposed and vulnerable. God was laying bare His heart to us.

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Go Tell It On the Mountain

Go Tell It On the Mountain

A song born out of the dark ugly past of slavery that nearly did not get sung. A song that saved a university. A song used powerfully by God — Go Tell It On the Mountain

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Present of His Presence

Present of His Presence

There was good food, there were presents. But these didn’t satisfy Barbara growing up without Christ. Then she received the greatest gift of all.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas

There was a climactic scene in the Emmy award-winning A Charlie Brown Christmas that nearly didn’t make the cut. Just what brilliant gospel message did Sunday school teacher and Peanuts creator Charles Schulz include that was deemed too religious?

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Gloria, in Excelsis Deo!

Of all the well-sung carols, “Angels We Have Heard On High” is one of the grandest. What does “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” mean and how is the whole scene of angels singing to shepherds Good News?

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Hope is Born

Celebrating CHRISTmas series. Waiting is hard. Waiting in silence even harder! But when hope is birthed, everything changes.

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Stand in the Gap This Christmas

Stand in the Gap This Christmas

Christmas won’t be normal for many Australians this year, but for Ron and Mary, Christmas isn’t even on their minds. They’re in full-on survival mode.

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