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To glorify God in response to His grace by making disciples of Jesus Christ.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Gospel-centred counselling / How People Change



Two practical seminars to help you and help others in your ministry develop a biblical understanding of how the gospel can transform us from within and affect our communication and relationships with each other.

The first day will focus on gospel-centred counselling, and is aimed primarily at pastors, elders and church leaders although anyone is welcome. We will think about how whether such a model is possible in the local church, how it influences other areas of church life, and how a church can facilitate such counselling.

The second day will reflect extensively on the question of how people change, and is for everyone. This is especially if we feel stagnant, or tired of the same old problems. This seminar will refocus us back on the gospel, and how the gospel enables us to meet everyday relational challenges such as family conflicts, exasperation with children, past hurts, loneliness and singleness, anger, co-dependency and so on.

These will be led by Timothy Lane, president of the Christian Counselling and Education Foundation in the United States, and Janet Nygren, who also works for CCEF.

You can register here (for one or both days). We look forward to seeing you!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The First Christmas: Myths and Realities

We know the Christmas story. Or do we? How much of it do we learn from children's book, from songs, from repeated "facts", and how much of it from the Scriptures themselves?

Read about the first Christmas, the surrounding myths, and the realities.

Friday, December 16, 2011