Simple resources for local churches

Shared resources for bible teachers, for teaching the bible in a reformed and evangelical context, tried and tested in real live churches.

Nehemiah – Diary of a disaster

Phil Campbell If you read Nehemiah you’ll be struck by the sense of despair and…

Ecclesiastes – Life under the Son

Craig Tucker Ecclesiastes is a book with a strategy – and that’s probably its most…

Lamentations – Crosswords

Bryson Smith The anguish is crippling. The pain is all encompassing, dark and suffocating. Life…

Habakkuk – Grappling with God

Grant Thorp You’re probably thinking it was about time to preach on Habakkuk again. Grant…

Colossians – The Centrality of Christ

Grant Thorp Much of modern Christianity focuses the spotlight everywhere but on Christ: the Toronto…

1 Kings – When The Balloon Bursts

Bryson Smith Life is full of things we have love-hate relationships with. Things that give…

Isaiah 40-66 – From darkness to dawn

David McDonald In Isaiah 40 to 66, Isaiah calls the people of Judah to trust…

Joel

Grant Thorp Joel by Grant Thorp is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0You may distribute, remix,…

1 Timothy – Practise being Godly

Craig Tucker These days not just corporations but individuals are encouraged to develop personal mission…

Series-in-a-box

Sermon series that work through a book of the bible.

Seasonal resources

Make the most of Christmas, Easter, and the seasons your church lives in.

Essential reading

Book reviews

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The purpose of Perspective resources is to be a help and encouragement to biblical ministries, and the desire of the authors is to see the resource freely used in such ministries.

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the basics

Essential Reading

Healthy ministry starts with getting the fundamentals right. These five great books help us see how the gospel mission shapes our ministry.

What am I doing?

By the Spirit-backed power of the Word, God is making disciples of the Lord Jesus, who make disciples. The Trellis & The Vine helps us see our part in this mission.

How do I do it?

Wisdom in Leadership won’t make Christian leadership easy. But it will make it easier.

Teaching the bible

Saving Eutychus offers fresh, honest, faithful, and practical insights into preaching the whole word of God, Sunday by Sunday, without being dull.

Teachers of the bible

Train leaders who can teach the bible and pray with other Christians, with Growth Groups.

Readers of the bible

One activity that is so simple and so universal that it meets the discipleship needs of every different person at every different stage of discipleship, even non-Christians! One to One Bible Reading.

Perspective, the journal, started out in the early 90’s as a newsletter circulating between six or eight friends, designed to share resources for bible teaching.

About Perspective

History

The journal grew to 300+ subscribers scattered around Australia and the world. But the people who made Perspective the journal happen, were also all in demanding ministry roles, and meeting the deadlines became harder and harder.

In 2006, Perspective became a simple resource archive.

The old Perspective resources are maintained here – many of them are still exceptionally helpful! – alongside some newer content.