Today’s Quick Word: September 9
2 Samuel 3:1, 36-37 The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker […]
Today’s Quick Word: September 8
Psalm 50:16-21 But to the wicked, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? You hate my instruction and cast my words behind […]
The Vows of Office – Scripture
This is the third in a series of articles on the vows of Presbyterian ministers and elders. For the earlier articles see https://ap.org.au/category/ministry/ Jesus Christ is the heart of the […]
The Jesus People Met
In the first chapter of John’s gospel the disciples of Jesus, with one exception, come to him via another person. Andrew comes via John the Baptist, Peter comes via Andrew […]
Today’s Quick Word: September 7
Ezekiel 10:4 Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and moved to the threshold of the temple. The cloud filled the temple, and the court was full of the […]
Today’s Quick Word: September 6
1 Corinthians 11:11-12 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. […]
Imam Rasheed finds Jesus
Rasheed (not his real name), a middle-aged imam, looked out of the window as the bus travelled through the busy traffic of the city in Pakistan that had become his […]
I Remember … When We All Lined Up For The Salk Polio Vaccine
When I was a child, polio was one of the scourges of childhood, and it was very personal for me. My mother had contracted it in 1919 when she was […]
“Father, I’m scared”
Australia is in the grip of fear. It’s palpable. Some cities and states may be feeling it more than others, but no one can doubt that our nation is afraid. […]
Today’s Quick Word: September 3
1 Samuel 27:11-12 [David] did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he thought, “They might inform on us and say, ‘This is what David did.’” […]
Today’s Quick Word: September 2
Psalm 42:4 These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy […]
The Christian Cancer of Celebrity Culture
Kissing Reformed-Evangelicalism Goodbye… One of the best examples of long-form journalism and modern day ‘story telling’, is Christianity Today’s twelve-part podcast, The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. Produced and hosted by Mike Cosper, […]
Afghan Christians in terrible danger
The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, completed with the fall of Kabul on Sunday 15 August, creates great danger for Afghan Christians, all of them converts from Islam or the children […]
Christian buried alive in ant mound
Muslim relatives of a former Islamic teacher in Uganda who became a Christian set a trap for him last month, hiring killers to bury him alive in a large ant […]
Today’s Quick Word: September 1
Ezekiel 4:1-2 “Now, son of man, take a clay tablet, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works […]
The Subtle Art of Deception – C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters (Part 3)
One of the devil’s most subtle temptations is dealt with in Letter 7 where Screwtape instructs Wormwood concealing the presence of devils. Moderns mostly regard devils as comic figures in red tights. […]
