The talks from WinterCon are available in the talk archive!
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At long last!
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Just beware the files are fairly big so if bandwidth is an issue for you it’d probably be better to download them rather than stream them.
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But they’ll work either way….
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You can find them here
http://www.newcastlechristianstudents.org/bible-talks/?series=30
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Enjoy 
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photo credit: Photo Extremist
In the lead up to NTE, you may have a spare hour here or there. Why not listen to some classic NTE talks? A great way to bolster your joy in Christ! You’ll find them all recorded on the AFES website here:
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Talks by Date, Scripture or Preacher
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I’m listening to Leon Morris preaching on ‘unity’ from Ephesians (NTE 1979!), and it’s funny that not all that much changes. He still punches home that we’re saved by grace, that Jesus has destroyed all barriers of separation, and he even has a stab at the average hygiene levels of the male members of the audience…
So I noticed a link to this article on facebook this morning. As many of us are just about to head off for a wonderful week of In Christ, I thought I’d share it with you.
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http://www.afes.org.au/article/nte-5-things-pack
The Coffee Club is now open for business!!!!
photo credit: SuperFantastic
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Give up a coffee a week and support the training of the next generation of gospel workers.
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For more information click here.
Here’s an article I found on the AFES website about how to make the most of the week.
In short, prepare, pray, share, serve and ask!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
Sometimes it seems like I can’t do anything right. I can’t find the words to write an assignment, my room looks like a bomb exploded in it and I turn up to class only to discover that I should be at a group meeting in the library.
On days like this I need more than a bag of minties to encourage me to keep going - I need parts of the Bible like this one.
As I read through Ephesians 2 I find that I’m dead in transgression, that I’m separated from God because of my sinful nature (Great, yet another thing to add to the list!). But then I come to the verses above and everything begins to look up.
For it’s in these verses that we see that, although we were dead in transgressions, God still loved us. It is because of this great love for us that God sent Jesus to the cross to die and take the punishment for sin. Then, as Christ was raised again, we were also able to be raised with him and made alive again.
So when everything seems to be turning out for the worst I can always find comfort knowing that I’m not saved by my own ability to do anything right but rather it is by this amazing act of grace that I have been saved.
What is more satisfying: only doing the few things that you can do perfectly all of the time? Or living with the knowledge that while failure is imminent, God’s grace has been displayed on the cross for your salvation?