Worshipping and Evaluating
Maintaining a spirit of worship and evaluating all things is well-nigh impossible, even for regenerate Christians. In a sermon on 2 Samuel 5:24, delivered on 31 May 1857, Charles Spurgeon […]
Christ College
Subject: Career Opportunity: Christ College Lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament Christ College is seeking a Lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament to join our committed team in raising up […]
The Lord of History Tested by History
LORD OF HISTORY YET TESTED BY HISTORY The triune God who made heaven and earth and to whom all flesh shall come in the judgment is clearly the Lord […]
THE APOSTLE PAUL AND THE JEWS
Any Christian with a touch of sensitivity knows that it is difficult these days to respond to the Jews. We live in the aftermath of the Holocaust, and the collective […]
The Degradation of the West: Amended to Death
THE DEGRADATION OF THE WEST: AMENDED TO DEATH Over recent years each of the Australian states has passed abortion laws designed to make the killing of the unborn even more […]
Book Review: Joni on ‘Songs of Suffering’
Review of Joni Eareckson Tada, Songs of Suffering: 25 Hymns and Devotions for Weary Souls, Wheaton: Crossway, 2022. In this work, Joni seems to progress to yet another level […]
Book Review: The Unfaithful Bride and the Faithful Groom
Review of Neil Cullan McKinlay and D. Rudi Schwartz, The Unfaithful Bride and the Faithful Groom: Covenant Making, Breaking and Renewal, Queensland: Weemac, 2023. For details re. purchasing, write to […]
Book Review: David Robertson, ‘Seek’
Review of David Robertson, SEEK: More Real World Questions/More Real World Answers, Fearn: Christian Focus, 2023. David Robertson intends to write a trilogy based on Matthew 7:7, entitled ASK, […]
Welcome to Country?
WELCOME TO COUNTRY, ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY: THE ISSUES AT STAKE The practices of ‘Welcome to Country’ (WtC) and ‘Acknowledgment of Country’ (AoC) have become used widely, to put it mildly, […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH
Review of Terry L. Johnson, The Christian Sabbath, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2021. Rarely has so much been packed into a 60 page booklet. Nicholas Bownd took over 450 […]
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EVERYTHING IN ITS SEASON
EVERYTHING IN ITS SEASON Life under the sun, without God, is ‘habel’, which is a Hebrew word which describes what is ‘vanity’, ‘meaningless’, or ‘vaporous’ (Eccles.1:2-3). The Christian will […]
ANNOUNCEMENT: PY SUMMER CAMP IN NSW
PYNSW Summer Camp – young people (Year 6 up to 23 years old) gather at Stanwell Tops to enjoy a week of great teaching, fun and fellowship. December 27 to January 1. Our speaker this year is Alex Kim. He will be talking to us about what it means to be a disciple according to Matthew’s gospel, and about three disciples […]
SPEAKING WITH TWO VOICES
SPEAKING WITH TWO VOICES In John Bunyan’s classic, The Pilgrim’s Progress, there is a character Mr Facing Both Ways who lives in the village of Fair Speech. Bunyan is […]
Review of J. C. Ryle, ‘Christmas Thoughts’
Review of J. C. Ryle, Christmas Thoughts, ed. by Andrew Atherstone, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, reprinted 2022. J. C. Ryle was an unusual clergyman in that he could preach […]
Review of Spurgeon, ‘No Tears in Heaven’
Charles Spurgeon, No Tears in Heaven, Fearn: Christian Focus, 2021. Here are seven sermons from Charles Spurgeon which reveal him as his sermonic best. They are all to do […]