Changing the Lock
Changing the Lock – A Response to Andrew Jaeger Andrew Jaeger has written a lengthy and interesting paper on the current situation in the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales […]
World News
ATTACKS ON EASTER SERVICES KILL 12 CHRISTIANS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA Fulani terrorists killed 12 Christians in attacks on two worship services on Easter Sunday (April 5) in Kaduna state, […]
Why Competency never Trumps Character
Donald Trump recently published a picture on Truth Social—which has since been deleted—in which he is clearly presented as being someone like Jesus Christ. It’s impossible not to view this […]
Fish Must Fish
Jesus makes disciples who make disciples (Matthew 4:18–22). Cruise liner or battleship? Rest home or fort? Resort or gymnasium? What is the Christian Church supposed to be? Though our forebears […]
Book Review: ‘Sing!’
Review: The Sing! Hymnal Keith & Kristyn Getty, Creators and Chief Editors. Crossway: Wheaton IL, 2025. 1,020 pages. $42.99. When I started pastoring my new church in 2023 the congregation […]
Anti-Religious Bias in Treating Australia’s Convict Past
My wife and I recently went on a Franklin River cruise on Tasmania’s west coast where we disembarked to the infamous former penal settlement of Sarah Island. Located in the […]
Today’s Quick word
Numbers 34:16-18 The LORD said to Moses, “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son […]
I Remember When … I was seven
I REMEMBER … When I Was Seven … and in Sunday School we used to sing ‘Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, to shine for Him each day, in every […]
Social Media and Spiritual Warfare: Part 2
Social Media and Spiritual Warfare (Part II) Social media as a whole is a powerful weapon. Like all weapons, it can be used for profound good or tremendous evil, depending […]
The Attack on Sydney Anglicanism
Sydney Anglicanism has been, and continues to be, a great blessing for the Church in Australia. Its commitment to biblical truth and to mission is well known. But for how […]
HELLO DARKNESS
Hello Darkness Crouched alone on the floor of the dim bathroom in his noisy college dorm, Paul Simon sought the solace of this only refuge available to him. And it […]
Lines Written Above Earth While Flying From Melbourne To London
Tom Blunden, our history teacher at Newcastle Boys’ High School used to decry the fact that the school’s curriculum was structured in such a way that we could take either […]
BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT
Christians live between life here on earth and the life to come. Sometimes life here seems rather mundane – we are washing dishes, picking up the washing, taking out the […]
Longing for my children
(I have changed names and details to protect identity) Zahrah knew she would soon be dead if she didn’t leave. She pressed her one-year-old son to her breast, while the […]
Review: God’s Way of Holiness
Review of Horatius Bonar, God’s Way of Holiness: Finding true holiness through true peace, Fearn: Christian Focus Publications, 1999. Sometimes we need to be reminded of classic works that have been republished. […]
A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
At Thessalonica, Paul and the early Christian evangelists were accused of being men who had ‘turned the world upside down’ (Acts 17:6). Actually, they were trying to turn it right-side […]