Tony Payne

Tony is the Publishing Director at Matthias Media; editor of The Briefing; author of Islam in our Backyard, Fatherhood and numerous other Matthias Media resources; husband to Ali; father of five teenagers; and an avid consumer of books and almost any televised sport.

Posts by this author

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The Sola Panel is dead; long live the Sola Panel! 2011.08.26 4
One more sip of the coffee 2011.06.20 8
Disproving God 2011.06.06 29
Why the Bible is like a newspaper 2011.03.10 13
The editor’s fault 2011.02.16 39
Watching the detective 2010.12.24 0
How to think about multi-site churches 2010.10.08 22
Two exciting opportunities 2010.10.06 0
What do you think of this? 2010.07.31 15
Dear SP readers 2010.02.17 2
Why I’m still sayin’ nuttin’ 2010.02.13 14
Why I’m sayin’ nuttin’ 2010.02.11 22
So what does the gathering look like? (Part 5) 2009.10.16 0
So what does the gathering look like? (Part 4) 2009.10.13 3
So what does the gathering look like? (Part 3) 2009.10.09 1
So what does the gathering look like? (Part 2) 2009.10.06 4
So what does the gathering look like? (Part 1) 2009.10.02 12
What ministry is about 10 2009.09.29 2
What ministry is about 9 2009.09.25 10
What ministry is about 8 2009.09.22 2
The conference of the blog series of the book 2009.09.16 7
What ministry is about 7 2009.09.16 1
What ministry is about 6 2009.09.11 3
What ministry is about 5 2009.08.26 3
Hot off the press at Matthias Media 2009.08.21 0
What ministry is about 4 2009.08.19 6
What ministry is about 3 2009.08.14 5
What ministry is about 2 2009.08.11 5
What ministry is about 2009.08.06 15
Stirring the affections 2009.07.25 2
Why we don’t sing 2009.07.18 23
The natural salesman 2009.07.14 7
Thinking about emotions (Part II) 2009.07.07 6
Wisdom for church planting 2009.07.02 4
Thinking about emotions 2009.06.30 18
So why do we gather? 2009.06.25 3
If I said I wasn’t a hypocrite, would you believe me? 2009.06.04 2
The double cure 2009.05.26 7
Gen Blank 2009.05.22 23
An offensive God 2009.05.09 3
Ministry in the year of swine flu 2009.05.05 12
An abominable word 2009.04.25 3
More on generosity 2009.04.16 9
The fear of man 2009.04.07 1
Is Jesus all about life? 2009.03.28 12
On being generous 2009.03.19 24
Truth in labelling 2009.03.05 4
No use crying 2009.03.03 7
The comfort of fear 2009.02.27 1
Regulative or normative? 2009.02.20 14
This is not a real church 2009.02.17 21
Jesus and the Piranha brothers 2009.02.12 10
Media to blame, says Angry Middle-Aged Man 2009.02.07 14
Actually do it 2009.02.03 1
Not a clue 2009.01.24 3
What’s our message? 2008.12.16 20
A biblical theology of response 2008.12.06 1
What are we doing anyway? 2008.12.02 12
Christian ministry and normal Christians 2008.11.27 19
The five-word antidote to grumbling 2008.11.12 24
Nervous about the mystery 2008.11.04 1
Is God a mystery? 2008.10.23 8
Demons: a sonnet 2008.10.05 1
Jensen on Driscoll 2008.10.01 7
The strategy of God 2008.09.28 1
What the church is 2008.09.21 0
Driscoll: original and good 2008.09.12 13
The Word and the Bible 2008.09.07 0
Is church for evangelism? 2008.09.04 23
But what about the Spirit? 2008.08.31 0
Self-immolation in ministry 2008.08.27 4
When too much Word is never enough 2008.08.24 0
Nowist Left and Right 2008.08.23 0
The indivisibility of truth 2008.08.17 4
Dread, joy and Morning Prayer 2008.08.16 5
The evangelical inferiority complex 2008.08.10 3
Christians and writing 2008.08.07 8
Psychosomatic wellness 2008.08.03 2
The ethics of everyday evangelism 2008.08.02 7
Shifting to the personal 2008.07.29 0
Charismatic culture 2008.07.27 5
Serendipity 2008.07.23 0
What if individualism isn’t really the problem? 2008.07.23 5
Thoughts after GAFCON 2008.07.18 7
GAFCON final day: Making a Statement! 2008.07.01 21
GAFCON Day whatever-it-is: Acceleration 2008.06.29 2
GAFCON Day 4: Identity 2008.06.28 0
GAFCON Day 3: What, where, why? 2008.06.27 1
GAFCON Day 2: Finding Jesus 2008.06.26 3
GAFCON Day 1: A second Reformation? 2008.06.25 3
In the lobby at GAFCON 2008.06.24 8
Virtues we dislike 2008.06.20 10
Sola Sabbath 2008.06.09 3
What does ‘social action’ look like? 2008.06.07 7
The last refuge of irony 2008.06.03 1
Global warming and secular religion 2008.06.02 12
Social action and the Last Day 2008.05.29 6
Free Briefing subscription offer. But hurry! 2008.05.27 3
Of coffee, gospel and social action 2008.05.23 14
Smell the coffee 2008.05.15 67

Books by this author

Fatherhood: What it is and what it's for Fatherhood: What it is and what it's for
Guidance and the Voice of God Guidance and the Voice of God
(with Phillip Jensen)
Prayer and the Voice of God Prayer and the Voice of God
(with Phillip Jensen)
Islam in Our Backyard Islam in Our Backyard
Pure Sex Pure Sex
(with Phillip Jensen)
Going the Distance

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The Sola Panel is dead; long live the Sola Panel! by Tony Payne (4 comments). Regular Sola Panel readers will no doubt have detected a little slowness and quietness over the past six weeks or so. … more

Kids’ culture watch spot: Facing fear by Gordon Cheng (3 comments). By popular demand (two people asked), here is my next script for a culture watch spot I did with the kids … more

Daniel 2-7, Harry Potter and Narnia by Gordon Cheng (1 comment). It's a Sunday as I write this, and I'm speaking on Daniel 2 and 7 later this morning at a friend's … more

A constituent on same-sex marriage by Sandy Grant (34 comments). Last year, the Australian Parliament agreed that its Members of Parliament (MPs) should seek the … more

A tribute to John Stott by Sandy Grant (2 comments). Friends, I'm not ashamed to say I shed a tear when I opened up my computer on Thursday morning to read … more

Talkin’ ’bout my generation (part 3): On giants’ shoulders by Scott Newling (26 comments). This is the third post in this series; you can read part one, and more

Bible reading with kids by Sandy Grant (0 comments). I was asked for recommendations for resources that would encourage parents to read the Bible with their kids, especially … more

Talkin’ ’bout my generation (part 2): Stepping aside (not out) so others can step up (not in) by Scott Newling (3 comments). This is the second post in this series; you can read the first post, Unassuming … more

One more sip of the coffee by Tony Payne (8 comments). Sandy Grant is a man of integrity. Back in the early days of Sola Panel, I wrote a post … more

Talkin’ ’bout my generation (part 1): Unassuming generations by Scott Newling (30 comments). There is a model of ‘intergenerational theological decline’ that has been doing the rounds of late, and perhaps you … more

Tony Payne

Tony Payne

Paul is one of the Staff Editors at Matthias Media. He is married to Cathy and has three fantastic kids. He loves student ministry, reading, writing music and playing the saxophone, and is looking forward to meeting Jesus face to face.

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