Proverbs – Day 11
Day 11: Reputation and Integrity – part 1 Once lost, few things are more difficult to recover than a bad name. These proverbs teach us that the name of the […]
Readings in Proverbs – Day 10
Day 10: Laziness and work – part 2 There is nothing like hunger as a motivator for work (Prov. 16:26)! The sleep of the labourer is sweet (Ecc. 5:12) and […]
Readings in Proverbs – Day 9
Day 9: Laziness and work – part 1 The Bible has much to say about laziness and work. Work is something that is good, given by God. In the garden […]
Book Review: Elisabeth Elliot
Review of Lucy S. R. Austen, Elisabeth Elliot: A Life, Wheaton: Crossway, 2023 Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) is amongst the best-known American Christians of the past century. By the early 1990s […]
Readings in Proverbs – Day 8
Day 8: Righteousness and Wickedness – part 4 In God’s common grace, sin is often universally recognised (Prov. 14:34). These proverbs show us that righteousness promotes blessings, such as exalting […]
Readings in Proverbs – Day 7
Day 7: Righteousness and Wickedness – part 3 The Scriptures everywhere testify to the fact that in the end the righteous will stand, but the wicked will fall. In these […]
Readings in Proverbs – Day 6
Day 6: Righteousness and Wickedness – part 2 The promise of sin is abundant pleasure, freedom and happiness. The reality is that it is slavery. Jesus said, “everyone who practises […]
Readings in Proverbs, Day 5
Day 5: Righteousness and Wickedness – part 1 Ill-gotten gain at first glance may look like a superb feast, but soon the food turns rotten, becoming infested with maggots! It […]
Readings in Proverbs, Day 4
Day 4: Wisdom and foolishness – part 4 Wisdom cannot be bought or sold, as it is more valuable than a precious jewel (Prov. 20:15) and we pray to acquire […]
Readings in Proverbs, Day 3
Day 3: Wisdom and foolishness – part 3 If we fear the LORD, then our lives will be marked by a determination to seek His wisdom. These proverbs tell us […]
Readings in Proverbs, Day 2
Day 2: Wisdom and foolishness – part 2 The book of Proverbs is God’s wisdom for living in a broken and sinful world. The foundation of wisdom is the fear […]
Readings in Proverbs – day 1
Introduction Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) famously wrote a book entitled John Ploughman’s Talk. The title, he said, was appropriate, because a ploughman’s task is to break up the fallow ground. In […]
DOWN THE SLOPE OF EUTHANASIA
EUTHANASIA AND THE SLIPPERY SLOPE Evil has a way of begetting evil and gaining momentum (Prov.11:27). Once the door for euthanasia was opened, ‘bracket creep’ was inevitable. In 2017, the […]
NSW EUTHANASIA LAWS
AN INTERVIEW WITH GRAHAM BARNES, PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER AT WALCHA 1. Why are you opposed to euthanasia? The Sixth Commandment is clear: “You shall not murder (Exodus 20:13).” But apart from the Scriptures, […]
Review of John Woods, His Presence could not be Hidden: Proclaiming Jesus in the Middle East, Stanhope Gardens: Eider Books, 2020.
Christians from far away can look at the trouble in the Middle East and pray, “Lord, did any good come from the Arab Spring? What of the thousands of people […]