The Essence of Christianity
Every now and then someone pops up on media and declares the essence of Christianity to be …. (fill in the blanks with your favourite cliché). We don’t need to […]
Christmas in Bethlehem
Christmas in Bethlehem Christmas is unlikely to be much in Bethlehem this year. The city of Jesus’ birth has about 30,000 people, of whom about 9,000 identify as Christan. They […]
Easter Disruption
Easter Disruption The world of strategic planning includes reference to ‘disruptor events’. Chat GPT defines this as: ‘a significant occurrence or incident that dramatically changes the normal course of operations, […]
Motivation in Ministerial Vows
The Vows of Office – Motivation This is a further instalment in a series on the vows of Presbyterian Church of Australia ministers and elders. For the earlier articles see […]
Worship and Government
The Vows of Office – Worship and Government This is a further instalment in a series on the vows of Presbyterian Church of Australia ministers and elders. For the earlier […]
That Baby!
Movies give us one picture of a hero. ChatGPT puts it like this: Heroes are strong, brave, confident, determined and inspiring. They wear capes. If that’s the picture, Jesus is […]
Call from the Moderator General to “Walk for Life”
David Burke, the moderator general for the Presbyterian Church of Australia, has called on all people of Christian faith to defend the rights of the unborn by participating in “Walk […]
A Philosophically ‘Enlightened’ Easter
The Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) famously declared that the resurrection of Jesus did not happen. His logic was simple: the resurrection is a miracle, and miracles cannot happen, and […]
Christmas Message
Christmas on my street A woman was very recently murdered just 300 metres from where I am writing this. Her attacker was a stranger recently released from a mental health […]
CHRIST AND CULTURE IN REVERSE GEAR
Christ and culture in reverse gear The relationship between God’s church and its surrounding culture is complex, dynamic, and fluid. Most of today’s global believers, along with most believers in […]
Why Write to a Politician
Jesus calls us to be salt and light in the wider community and to love our neighbour (Matt 5:13-15; 22:39). One way of doing this is by speaking Christian truth […]
Review article: TEE for the 21st Century
Book details: TEE for the 21st Century, Langham Global Library, 2021, 574 pages and available through https://langhamliterature.org/tee-for-the-21st-century, along with Amazon and Book Depository. If ordering from Langham in October, use code TEE21-30 […]
The Vows of Office – the Doctrinal Standard
This is a further instalment in a series on the vows of Presbyterian ministers and elders. For the earlier articles see https://ap.org.au/category/ministry/ No creed but the Bible? You may have heard […]
The Vows of Office – Scripture
This is the third in a series of articles on the vows of Presbyterian ministers and elders. For the earlier articles see https://ap.org.au/category/ministry/ Jesus Christ is the heart of the […]
THE VOWS OF OFFICE – LET ‘YES’ BE YES.
This is the second in a series of articles on the vows of Presbyterian ministers and elders. For the first article see here. Along with other churches and Christian bodies, the Presbyterian […]
The Vows of Office
We take promises Day by day we make promises. Many of these are at the level of ordinary commitments to ordinary things such as “Sure, I’ll collect the kids from […]