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Prophets play a very significant role in both Islam and Christianity. The claims of Islam are not mild in this regard. Modern Islam almost invariably asserts that there were about […]
Review of James E. McCarthy, The Two Prophets to Nineveh: Goodness and Severity in Jonah and Nahum, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2025. In Jonah we see the grace of God […]
Charles H. Spurgeon, What Depth of Love: Devotions on the Cross and Resurrection, edited by Geoffrey Chang, Greensboro: New Growth Press, 2026. Lent has an ambiguous status in Reformed circles, […]
Review of John Newton’s Diary, 1791 & 1794, edited by Marylynn Rouse for the John Newton Project, http://www.johnnewton.org 2026. On 15 December 1790, Newton’s beloved wife, Mary (whom he […]
A review of J. C. Ryle, The Christian Race and Other Sermons, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1900, reprinted 2025. Here we have a collection of 24 sermons from J. […]
On 10 December 2025 the Australian government brought in age restrictions for those wishing to use social media – the age being sixteen. Predictably, there were outcries of ‘Censorship’, […]
Review of Catherine Halsall, Epistles from Perpetua: Praying Through a Pandemic, Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2025. As one of the martyrs in the period of the early Church, Perpetua […]
On 22 October 2025 the Libertarian Member of the NSW Legislative Council, John Ruddick, introduced a private members bill which is designed to outlaw sex-selective abortion, and even punish it […]
In writing to the Christians at Colossae, the apostle Paul sets out the parameters of life as a Christian: ‘If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things […]
Douglas Milne, The Letter of Paul to the Romans, New Delhi: Masihi Sahitya Sanstha, 2024. This is a commentary which is specifically designed for readers on the Indian sub-continent, […]
There are many ways to lose friends. We live in days when everybody is an expert, with or without expertise. There is much that is decidedly unhealthy about the zeitgeist. […]
Today seemed a typical day as news of current events flooded in, presumably for our edification. Senator James Paterson reassured us that the Federal Liberal Party had changed under Angus […]
A QUESTION FOR MUSLIMS: WHAT DOES ‘MESSIAH’ MEAN? Muslims believe that Jesus is the Messiah It may surprise some Christians but Muslims are supposed to believe that Jesus is the […]
Southern Presbyterian Church – Hobart CongregationTasmania, Australia Seeking a Pastor / Interim Pulpit Supply Who we are The Hobart congregation of the Southern Presbyterian Church of Australia meets at 9 Timsbury Road, […]
The Cruelty of Compassion (Proverbs 28:13) In the Bible God clearly sets out His principles for dealing with human sin: ‘Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who […]