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In late July (2026), I wrote an article on here asking: ‘Should we be governed by the Scriptures or by the Sydney Morning Herald?’ https://ap.org.au/2026/07/29/whom-will-we-follow-the-sydney-morning-herald-or-the-scriptures/ I was using the SMH […]
The lady was quite insistent on speaking to me. She wanted to tell me what was wrong with my sermon. “I was going along fine until you brought politics into […]
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, […]
The Presbyterian Church of New South Wales has decided to go along with all the other Presbyterian churches in Australia by upholding the biblical teaching that only men can be […]
Next week (14-17 July 2026) the New South Wales Presbyterian Church will be holding its annual General Assembly. I am a commissioner and I should be looking forward to it. […]
Western culture can be summed up with three words – cancel, consumer and counsel. In a week where a well-known TV journalist was cancelled because he interviewed someone the establishment […]
The Australian Christian Freedom IndexA significant event occurred in the parliament in Canberra today (Thursday 28th May). It was not broadcast live on the ABC. I doubt that you will […]
The first parts of this correspondence can be found here – This is the third and final exchange of letters: Dear David, I like your metaphor of a sermon in […]
This is part two of my dialogue with a former women elder. Part one is here – https://ap.org.au/2026/05/08/a-real-consultation-a-dialogue-with-a-female-elder/ My friend’s comments are in italics. For those who asked – yes […]
The NSW Presbyterian General Assembly is holding a ‘consultation’ about the issue of women elders. The consultation is itself a bit of a farce – with some regarding it as […]
Setting the Context – A Clear and Present Danger to Presbyterianism in NSW The Presbyterian church in NSW is facing a real existential crisis. There is a clear and present […]
Changing the Lock – A Response to Andrew Jaeger Andrew Jaeger has written a lengthy and interesting paper on the current situation in the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales […]
A New Hymnal for Australian Presbyterians? The lady was upset. “Why are you throwing out the old hymnbooks?”, she asked, as we continued the spring clean of the church. The […]
A response to recent discussions on evangelism in Australia. There seems to be a change in the cultural atmosphere in much of the West. It may be that people are […]
Where is Jesus now? And what is he doing? At Easter Christians all over the world repeat the joyous affirmation of faith: ‘Christ is risen. He is risen indeed.’ But then […]
J. D. Vance on Scotland – Some Lessons for Australia (An article adapted from my Christian Today article here ) The US vice-president, JD Vance, recently caused quite a stir […]