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Chosen Team

Lessons From Chosen: How To Keep Your Teens In Church

Every two years, 75 teens aged between 14-16 from all over Australia spend a week together because they are CHOSEN. Each teen, who has shown leadership ability in their local church, are handpicked by their pastors and church boards to be a part of this unique program. They demonstrate leadership potential through their involvement in church activities, their…
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7 Ways To Raise A Child With The Faith Of Doss

What is it about Hacksaw Ridge's Desmond Doss that inspired him to be faithful no matter what? How can we instil the same Christian values in our children?
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3 Steps To Becoming A Radical Adventist

A church member joked that the personal fundraising effort involving their pastor skydiving would raise more money if he did it without a parachute. That pastor is Casey Wolverton of the Glenvale Adventist church in Toowoomba. Wolverton is a “radical” pastor not because he has critics—that’s an occupational hazard for most pastors. Nor is he…
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How Faith FM Is Working: Four Incredible Stories

There’s no doubt about it, since its inception, Faith FM is having a major impact around Australia. When church members from two country churches in Gippsland Victoria asked God for greater opportunities to reach people for Christ eight years ago, an explosion of opportunities rose in the area of radio that was beyond what their…
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How To Be A Disciple-Maker Like Jesus

It continues to amaze me that while Jesus lived only 33 years, the first 30 were spent in personal preparation and only three and a half years were given over to ministry. Yes, he did minister to the crowds but during these short years, most of the time was devoted primarily to twelve hand-chosen disciples…
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Is Discipleship Just A Fad?

From mullets in the 80’s, to Spice Girls in the 90’s, or MySpace in the noughties, fads come and go leaving little to show for it, except perhaps, nostalgia. Not wanting to be left behind, the Adventist church has done its very best keeping up with the Fad-ashians. Slide projectors in the 70’s, red folders in the…
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How To Find Your Way Out Of Consumerism

I usually don’t tell people that I follow Lorna Jane on Instagram and ask my wife to pick up her catalogues as we walk past the ladies’ active wear store. But I can justify it by saying its part of my consumer-culture research. Sure, it might be good active wear—I don’t really know—but I am intrigued by the spiritual…
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How To Be Less Judgmental

We as people can do a lot of things really well. We all have different skills, abilities and talents that help us leave our mark on the world. And while we love to recognise the good parts in ourselves and in others, there’s another thing that we do really well but don’t often want to admit.…

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