In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. In the account of Jesus entering the city of Jerusalem in the gospel of Matthew, chapter 21, we are given a dramatic story – Jesus enters the city on a humble donkey, is hailed as [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. During the very short amount of time I have spent visiting urban slums in two developing countries there is something that has stood out to me – their social interaction… not the online sort, but [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. The beginning chapters of Genesis make a profound statement about humanity, declaring that we were made in the image of God himself. There are lots of academic discussions about what exactly that means, but all [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. A recent Time article stated that in the past decade, nearly every pillar institution in American society – whether it’s General Motors, Congress, Wall Street, Major League Baseball or the mainstream media – has revealed [...]

Frank interviews Steve Tollestrup about Compassion Day, the current tours and child sponsorship particularly in Haiti

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. As a Christian it’s easy to get caught up in ‘doing Church’ and all the trappings that go along with it – following the traditions and making sure we’ve got everything right in our effort [...]

On April 30th 2008 the Waihopai trio made a raid on the Government Communications Security Bureau in Blenheim – a clandestine mission that had less in common with James Bond than with the bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Adrian, Peter, Sam and their small team of peace protestors had practiced and planned for weeks. They had a truck with a hoist to lift them over the fences. It was going to be a fast, well executed operation. [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. Yesterday we talked about our purchases and aiming to purchase ethically as much as we can as a reflection of God’s concern for all. Today the challenge is different. We live in a society of [...]

The following is a guest post from Philip Church. Philip serves as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Theology at Laidlaw College. Philip completed an MCS from Regent College in 1983 and an ACT MTh in 1996, both in New Testament Studies. He was the Registrar of the former Tyndale College from 1985 until 2000 as well as being a regular tutor for the College. He was appointed Academic Registrar of the Tyndale Graduate [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. Do you ever give much thought to where the things you purchase come from? Have you ever wondered what the chain of people and production looks like from the very collection of the fabric in [...]