The Growing Challenge to Religious Freedom
AP’s convener Mark Powell talks to Prof. Patrick Parkinson, former Dean of Law at the University of Qld, about the growing challenge to religious freedom in Australia and the West. […]
Today’s Quick Word
Ezekiel 19:14b “This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.” Ezekiel’s love of, respect for, and commitment to the LORD God’s covenant with his people Israel, moved this […]
Clear Writing and Clear Thinking
Clear Writing and Clear Thinking While killing time recently at a secondhand bookstore, I picked out from one of the shelves ‘The Complete Plain Words’ by Sir Ernest Gowers. Having […]
Today’s Quick Word
2 Corinthians 4:5-7 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of […]
Hell
HELL Why write an article on Hell? It certainly could be regarded as a party stopper. Yet hell is often referred to even by the secular media and so it […]
Book review: ‘Evangelicalism Divided’
Review of Iain H. Murray, Evangelicalism Divided, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1982 This is a book I heard recommended by Mark Dever at a Banner of Truth conference at the […]
The Hardest Thing for Christians to Do
The Hardest Thing for Christians to Do With my lips I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth (Psalm 119.13). (Please read Psalm 119.9-16.) WHAT’S the hardest thing for […]
The Abortion Pill
The Abortion Pill, Scientific Blind Spots, and the God Who Sees All When people hear that a drug has been “FDA approved,” they usually assume it’s completely safe. After all, […]
Today’s Quick Word
2 Samuel 7:11b-12 “The LORD declares to you that the LORD himself will establish a house for you: When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your […]
Today’s Quick Word
Psalm 55:16-17 As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me. Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. David’s use of some particular Hebrew […]
An Honourable Approach to Dishonourable Laws
Australian Christians face increasing challenges in balancing our obligations to civil authority and God’s word. The question of when to obey God rather than government has become one of the […]
Judaism and the Trinity
JUDAISM AND THE TRINITY ‘In the beginning, with wisdom, the son of the LORD finished the heavens and the earth.’ This text does not come from a Christian interpretation of […]
Today’s Quick Word
Ezekiel 13:10-12 “Because they lead my people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash, therefore tell those […]
Today’s Quick Word
2 Samuel 2:26-28 Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their […]
Book Review: ‘Paul the Missionary’
BOOK REVIEW: Paul the Missionary by Eckhard J. Schnabel By James Jeffery Author: Eckhard J. Schnabel Publisher: IVP Academic Year: 2008 One of the groundbreaking works on Christian missions was […]
Today’s Quick Word
Ezekiel 7:19-21 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in […]