Christian Life
God’s Ways in our Trials
It’s strange to reflect that I haven’t been able to attend church in over 21 years, despite being a member of the body of Christ for almost as long as […]
God’s Ways in our Trials
It’s strange to reflect that I haven’t been able to attend church in over 21 years, despite being a member of the body of Christ for almost as long as […]
Today’s Quick Word
Judges 20:27-28 And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there, with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministering […]
Book Review: ‘Goodness and Severity in Jonah and Nahum’
Review of James E. McCarthy, The Two Prophets to Nineveh: Goodness and Severity in Jonah and Nahum, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2025. In Jonah we see the grace of God […]
Today’s Quick Word
Acts 23:12-13 The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. More than forty men were […]
Today’s Quick Word
Psalm 2:7-12 I will proclaim the LORD’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father. Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the […]
Male Elders Leading All the People of God in Gospel Mission
The following is a lightly edited version of a speech delivered on 15th July 2026 at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New […]
Today’s Quick Word
Jeremiah 31:33-34 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on […]
I am Burning, I am not Consumed (Exodus 3)
My home church: Scots’ Church Fremantle, built in 1890. The Burning Bush is central and high, superimposed upon the Cross. Flagror non consumor French Protestant pastors chose this motto as […]
Today’s Quick Word
Acts 18:12-13 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgement. “This man,” they charged, “is persuading […]
Today’s Quick Word
Judges 13:24-25 The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed him, and the Spirit of the LORDbegan to stir him while he was in Mahaneh […]
World News
UPDATE ON SENTENCING TRIAL OF EGYPTIAN CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY Thank you to those who prayed for our Egyptian brother who had his court date on Monday 15th June. Over 35,000 […]
Today’s Quick Word
Mark 11:8-11 Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is […]
Whom will we follow? The Sydney Morning Herald or the Scriptures
When I worked with Sydney Anglicans I came across what was termed ‘the Sydney Morning Herald test’: Will anything we are going to do land us in the SMH? Well, […]
Today’s Quick Word
Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return […]
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ is a Trojan Horse
How could the Trojans have been so naive? Like so many others, I have always been fascinated by Homer’s poem, The Odyssey, especially how Odysseus so cleverly outwitted the Trojans […]
Today’s Quick Word
Acts 14:8-12 In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at […]
