Book Review: ‘Goodness and Severity in Jonah and Nahum’
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 […]
Book Review: Spurgeon, ‘What Depth of Love’
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, […]
John Newton’s Diary for 1791 & 1794
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 […]
Learning from the Preaching of J. C. Ryle
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. […]
Social Media Bans: Vanity, Vanity
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’, […]
Book Review: ‘Epistles from Perpetua’
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 […]
SEX SELECTION ABORTION
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 […]
The Difference that Believing in the Resurrection Makes
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 […]
Book Review: Douglas Milne on Romans
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, […]
Pastors, Pulpits and Politics
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. […]
‘Sometimes a Light Surprises’
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?
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 […]
Announcement: Pastor for Southern Presbyterians
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
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 […]
Book Review: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, ‘Matters of the Heart’
Review of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, with Sue Smethurst, Matters of the Heart: A Memoir, Australia: HarperCollins, 2025. Complete with a Foreword by John Howard, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has written […]