Goodness and God
In 1797, with the battle against the slave trade under way, William Wilberforce wrote the first of his three books, with the imposing title A Practical View of the Prevailing […]
Today’s Quick Word: 18 March 2021
Exodus 29:14 But burn the bull’s flesh and its hide and its offal outside the camp. It is a sin offering. This is an interesting part of the complex instructions given […]
I Remember … When We Set Up PresAID
I was sitting as Guest of Honour in the Blantyre Synod of the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian, in Malawi in 2005. On my right sat Rev Joseph Juma, General […]
Today’s Quick Word: 17 March 2021
Galatians 3:1-3, 13 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: […]
Isabella Price and Consumption
With Covid-19, just breathing in and out can be dangerous. The breath spreads the contagion just like with another disease common in the 19th century and for which there was […]
Frayed about the Edges
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 15 March 2020 It is a common failing of any writer, teacher or preacher to impose one’s individual circumstances on a whole community – to assume […]
Today’s Quick Word: 16 March 2021
“Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, … She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her […]
Today’s Quick Word: 15-21 March 2021
She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, […]
What is the Christian View of Sex Education and Consent?
It’s easy enough to be against something – but what are we for? Last week https://ap.org.au/2021/03/03/is-more-education-the-answer-to-australias-sex-abuse-crisis/ we saw that the only answer our society has on sexual relationships is to teach […]
Freudian Psychology and its Opposition to the Gospel of Jesus Christ
According to Christian theology, sin and guilt are the result of Adam’s transgression of God’s moral law, and are passed down and become ours individually by imputation. Sin can only […]
A Biblical Perspective on Pandemics with Peter Barnes (Profiles in Christian Living Podcast, Season 2 Episode 6)
Needed: Holiness – The Lesson from Ravi Zacharias
It is sadly becoming a common story – Christian celebrity falls. The latest in the never-ending line is Ravi Zacharias, the globally popular Christian apologist who died last May. Ravi […]
Truth in Literature: A Christian Response to the Homosexuality of Virginia Woolf
A classic is best defined as the effective communication of universal truths. It is the search for propriety, moral truth and self-reflection. Thus, as Christians seeking to glorify God through […]
Book Review: The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (Carl R. Trueman)
Wheaton: Crossway, 2020 In recent years, there have been sweeping changes in the way personal identity, sexuality and politics have been thought about in Western culture. What was considered common […]
The Spiritual Benefits of Scripture Journaling
One of the best pieces of advice I ever received about preaching was to first write out the passage by hand. It seems quaint and maybe even simplistic, but it […]
Today’s Quick Word: 8-14 March 2021
When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: … Genesis 41:1a As we read through the events of this chapter we are left in no doubt that the […]
