Ministry
Passion in Preaching
One of the Church’s greatest needs is for preachers who feel the power of the doctrines they expound. We need preaching that is imbued with passion. I am, of course, […]
Book Review: The Westminster Confession
Edinburgh, The Banner of Truth, 2018 The Westminster Confession of Faith was produced over a number of years, from 1643 to 1647. It derived from meetings (1,163 of them!) in […]
World News: Fulani slaughter Christians
Fulani herdsmen have killed at least 32 people in an attack on a Christian area of north-central Nigeria on February 26, sources said. The early morning assault on villages in […]
World News: Turk Protestants Suffer
Turkey’s high-profile criminal case against Protestant pastor Andrew Brunson has triggered a significant increase in public hate speech against the nation’s small Protestant community, World Watch Monitor reports. The case […]
Singing Theology
What do the songs that you sing reveal about your theology? It’s been said that the DNA of the local church is reflected in what we sing. In September 2018, […]
Book Review: Being Sam (Morag Zwartz)
Melbourne: Parenesis Publishing, 2018 Being Sam tells of an experience for which, in Morag Zwartz’s own words, “there were no made-roads” (p. 63). In his short life, her son Samuel […]
Banning the Holy Spirit and Chaining the Word
As Western societies lurch from one disastrous fad to another, there have been increased efforts to ban what are called gay conversion therapies. Hollywood has naturally offered its obligatory contribution […]
A Tale of Two Lives…
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 3 February 2019 Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities, is a classic. It spans two countries, bringing them together through Dickens’ engaging characters embedded in their 18th century lives […]
Book Review: Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (John Bunyan)
Review of John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1666, reprinted 2018. In 1666 Bunyan, who was to spend twelve years in prison for […]
Interview with Mark Jones: The God With Whom we Have to Do: Knowing Christ (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2015)
Rev Dr. Mark Jones in the minister of Faith Vancouver Presbyterian Church (PCA), and also the Lecturer in Dogmatic Theology at John Wycliffe Theological College, South Africa. Mark Powell interviews […]
On the Precipice: David Robertson talks to Mark Powell
Australian Churches, 10 years behind Scotland’s decline, must return to basics. David Robertson is a Reformed Scottish minister, blogger and podcaster. He has been minister of St. Peter’s Free Church […]
A Surprising Hunger: How Systematic Theology Classes have Blessed a Tasmanian Congregation
By Campbell Markham Nearly two years ago a Christian couple arrived at Cornerstone, and almost immediately urged me to begin teaching systematic theology to the church. The husband is a […]
Forgiveness Requires Repentance: Unconditional Forgiveness Risks Treading Underfoot the Justice of God
By Ron Norman The topic of forgiveness is of fundamental importance to all Christians because it relates to our relationship with God and with our fellow man. Theologically there are […]
World News: November 2018
US admits fewer refugees The United States, under President Trump, has admitted 40% fewer Christian refugees in the past year, US broadcaster NBC News has reported. As the Trump administration […]
God Forsaken: An Ancient Heresy is Flourishing Again in Australian Churches
By Ken Stebbins From the earliest days of the church Christians wrestled with the wonderfully mysterious nature of our triune God. The truth, as taught in the Bible, is clear […]
Iran’s Courageous Christians: Iran’s Church is Growing Fast, but Christians are the First to Suffer in Times of Trouble
By Barnabas Fund Iran’s Christian converts face persecution, prison and potential execution. The country’s hard-line Islamic leadership has tried to repress the convert Church. But since the founding of the […]
A Treasure for Eternity: God’s People Belong to Him as Surely as His Power and Wisdom
As Jesus was teaching in the temple in the lead up to His crucifixion, certain spies were sent by His Pharisee enemies to ask the Lord a loaded question: “Is […]
