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Can Satan Help Grow Your Church?

Well, can he? The parables of the weeds in Matthew 13 certainly suggests that your church can grow with the help of Satan rather than God.

Graham Heslop

3 Reasons We Love Stories About Monsters

Len Ritchie

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Like Most Stories, God’s Has A Villain: Do You Know Him?

Thomas Hinson

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Should We Be “In The World, But Not Of The World”?

Daniel Abrahams

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One Selfish Reason To Stop Lying, And Tell The Truth

Graham Heslop

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Pastor, You’ll Burnout If Your Idea Of Hard Work Is Worldly

John Koning

Paul wasn’t shy of hard work. He laboured immensely, exhorting pastors to do likewise. Only we mustn’t define this hard work by 21st century pace or rhythms.

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Pastor, You’ll Burnout If Your Idea Of Hard Work Is Worldly

John Koning

Do All Africans Become Ancestors? Examining Hope In ATR

Lucky Mogakane

The greatest hope in most ATRs is to become an ancestor, thus entering God’s house at death. But this is restricted to the aged, who led exemplary lives.

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Do All Africans Become Ancestors? Examining Hope In ATR

Lucky Mogakane

Do You Have Jesus’ Roadmap For The Blessed Life?

Tarryn Jade Evans

Jesus taught about being blessed; he provided a roadmap to the blessed life. Unfortunately, most of us look for it everywhere other than where he said it is.