World News
‘WE TRULY WITNESSED A MIRACLE’: FREED PASTOR HAS A BIG PRAYER REQUEST Zion Church is China’s largest independent Protestant house church network. While Zion Church was originally founded in Beijing, […]
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 […]
Reaching the Unreached
It is a privilege to share with you of the ongoing ministry of Australian Presbyterian World Mission. I was commissioned to the role of National Director of APWM in December […]
A Plea for Biblical Discussion at the Assembly
Next week (14-17 July 2026) the New South Wales Presbyterian Church will be holding its annual General Assembly. I am a commissioner and I should be looking forward to it. […]
A Plea to the Men
On a Sunday morning while living in Sydney, I woke to a brisk winter day. I jumped at the opportunity to wear my purple felt cloche hat to church. Why? […]
A Life and Death Struggle
A mother seeking to end her pregnancy stumbles on a statement by Jesus that presents her with a terrible dilemma. The female out-patients’ department buzzed as usual with over 100 […]
The Danger of Ongoing Sin
The works of the Puritan divine John Owen (1616-1680), especially his works on the Mortification of Sin, are well worth the reading but they can be deeply challenging to 21st […]
An Apocalypse of the Local Church
An Apocalypse of the Local Church, The One Great Hope for Our World A sermon from Revelation 1, preached at the opening of a new church building for Mandurah Presbyterian […]
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CHRISTIAN AID IN THE FOREFRONT IN VENEZUELAN TRAGEDY Back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela within a minute of each other on June 24. The second quake reached 7.5, making it the strongest […]
Today’s Quick Word
Psalm 126:1-2 When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the […]
Counsel Culture and the Church
Western culture can be summed up with three words – cancel, consumer and counsel. In a week where a well-known TV journalist was cancelled because he interviewed someone the establishment […]
A Look at the Women in Judges 4
The Presbyterian Church of NSW is currently debating whether women can be elders in the future. An elder is a member of Session and a senior leader of God’s church. […]
The Five Points and Faith (The Six-Point Calvinist)
The idea of ‘faith’ may be implied but not specifically included in the Five Points of Calvinism formula. That is largely because they are an expression of a particular response […]
Jesus, the Mercy Seat of God
Jesus and the Wrath of God I was recently preaching through the book of 1 Samuel when I discovered a theological connection which I had never noticed before, but I […]
World News
CHINA’S NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWN ON CHRISTIAN CHURCHESZion Church is China’s largest independent Protestant house church network. While Zion Church was originally founded in Beijing, its hybrid online-offline network expanded to over […]
Book Review: ‘In All Things Thee to See’
Book Review: In All Things Thee to See by George Herbert, edited by Stephen Witmer, (Crossway, 2026) I will admit that as far as I can remember, I have not […]