Christian Life
Book Launch: Campbell Markham, ‘Marie Durand’
Book Launch for Campbell Markham, Marie Durand: Prisoner of the Tour de Constance, 1730 – 1768: Her Life and Letters, Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2026. Good afternoon. My name is […]
Book Launch: Campbell Markham, ‘Marie Durand’
Book Launch for Campbell Markham, Marie Durand: Prisoner of the Tour de Constance, 1730 – 1768: Her Life and Letters, Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2026. Good afternoon. My name is […]
Moral Codes: The Case of the AFL Swans
I have read tens of thousands of words over the past few weeks about the Sydney Swans’ catastrophe at Melbourne’s Pullman hotel that, despite some valiant efforts, dismantled their season […]
Today’s Quick Word
Psalm 74:18-19 Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name. Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget […]
When Faith Needed Socks
There are times when we may feel disappointed with God, but in due course we may see a bigger picture and that God is forming our character. I ticked off […]
Today’s Quick Word
Ezekiel 25:12-14 Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance on them, therefore thus says the Lord GOD, I […]
Prayerfulness
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” (Colossians 4:2) If you are anything like me, prayer can easily become the thing you struggle to get stuck into. Life is […]
Today’s Quick Word
2 Corinthians 10:15 We do not boast beyond limit in the labours of others. But our hope is that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be […]
Today’s Quick Word
2 Samuel 14:1-3 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart went out to Absalom. And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said […]
Biblical Prophecy versus Speculative Projection
The key to understanding To enter the holiday home where we spent our last summer, we first needed the code for the front-door lock. Once inside, we found a large […]
Today’s Quick Word
Psalm 66:13-15 I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you, that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in […]
A Plea to Preachers to Preach More and Lecture Less
As a young Christian, a long time ago, I remember sermons went about 15-20 mins, were on a text selected by the minister and other than at significant times in […]
Today’s Quick Word
Ezekiel 19:1-2 And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say: “What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared […]
Christians and Litigation
We live in an increasingly litigious society. There is the obvious, though perhaps caricatured, example from the 1990s when a woman sued McDonald’s after being burned by the hot coffee […]
Today’s Quick Word
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the […]
Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition?
One hears a number of recent stories of Protestants jumping ship to either Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy. I don’t know the statistics, but I do hear anecdotally that this […]
Today’s Quick Word
2 Samuel 10:19 And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So […]
