All is Vapour (Ecclesiastes Part I)
By James Jeffery If you were to describe life in one word, what would it be? Tragic? Meaningless? Joyful? Burdensome? Painful? In many ways, our life experiences shape how we […]
Preaching the Beauty of God
Preaching the Beauty of God The children leaned forward. They crowded around my knees as I read. Their faces were full of wonder. This is what a teacher lives for […]
Review: The (Not-So-Secret) Secret to Reaching the Next Generation
Book Review: Kevin DeYoung, The (Not-so-Secret) Secret to Reaching the Next Generation. Wheaton, Il: Crossway, 2024. 28 pages. I’ve just completed my first six months at Scots’ Church in Fremantle. […]
World News
HUMAN RIGHTS DEMANDED FOR 11 PASTORS HELD AFTER ‘SHAM TRIAL’A human rights organisation has called upon the Nicaraguan government to protect the lives of eleven pastors jailed on “sham charges”, […]
Studies in Acts, no.20
Studies in Acts In Pisidian Antioch (Acts 13:13-52) Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos to Attalia, a seaport in Pamphylia, on the southern coast of modern Turkey. From there […]
Talking Back to Death
One of the most anguished stories I’ve ever read was about what happened to Martin Luther’s daughter Magdalena. Barely fourteen years of age, she was stricken with the plague. Broken-hearted, […]
World News
UGANDA CHRISTIANS UNDER ATTACK BY ISLAMIST TERRORISTSChristian communities on Uganda’s western border are vulnerable to attacks by Islamists from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. One of the worst […]
BOOK REVIEW: Teen Devotions by Paul Tripp
New Morning Mercies for Teens By James Jeffery Author: Paul David Tripp Publisher: Crossway Year: 2024 Over the past few years, I have come to love Paul Tripp. His books […]
Acts Studies, no.19
Studies in Acts Barnabas and Paul on Cyprus (Acts 13:4-12) Verses 4-5: Notice again that it is the Holy Spirit who drives the actions in the book of The Acts […]
Studies in Acts, no.18
Studies in Acts The death of Herod Agrippa Acts (Acts 12:20-13:3) “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall,” says Proverbs 16:18. That shows us Herod’s end […]
Book review: Patient Ferment, part 2
Part 2 of 2 of Review of Alan Kreider, The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016 In this second part of a 2-part review, having recorded […]
Book Review: Patient Ferment of the Early Church
Part 1 of 2 of Review of Alan Kreider, The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016 This work of Alan Kreider’s has been without doubt one […]
Christian Meditation
Christian Meditation A Beginner’s Guide “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts […]
Studies in Acts, no.17
Studies in Acts Peter’s miraculous Escape from Prison (Acts 12:1-19) Verses 1-5: This event happened at the same time as when Agabus foretold the great famine, and the church of […]
Jesus, the True Vine (Part VII)
Jesus: The True Vine By James Jeffery “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, […]
World News
World News AID NEEDED IN MAZAMBIQUEAn Anglican bishop in Mozambique has made an emergency call to Sydney’s Anglican Aid. This follows a jihadist insurgency, linked to Islamic State, bringing terror […]