The Curse of Plague: The Blessing of Faith
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 19 March 2020 Dr Samuel Johnson is supposed to have written to a hopeful would-be author: ‘Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part […]
AP March 2020 – 8-Page Printable Edition
Why Living a Gospel-Shaped Life isn’t Complicated – Just Hard! Better than Star Wars – Bunyan’s Holy War An Admirable Church Is Folau a Modern-Day Eric Liddell? Review of Meredith […]
World News: Indian Christians Attacked
Church leaders have called for increased protection for religious minorities in India after Christians were targeted in a spate of at least ten attacks in the days leading up to […]
World News: Hindu pressure mounts
An Indian national extremist group known as the VHP has launched a ‘re-conversion campaign’ in the country’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, encouraging religious minorities to follow strict Hindu practices. […]
Paedocommunion: Children at the Lord’s Table?
There are many things in life that remind us that we look through the glass darkly. We wish we understood more than we do. The classic Presbyterian view is that […]
World News: Ancient temple uncovered
Just 4 miles northwest of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, an archaeological discovery has been made of a massive cultic structure. Dating from about 900 BC and in use until […]
Religious Discrimination or Religious Revival?
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 2 March 2020 In any society the legal system plays an important role in steering people in the way we should treat one another. Increasingly, in […]
World News: Court protects Dalits
India’s top court has restored provisions of a law designed to protect socially poor indigenous and Dalit people from atrocities, eliciting applause from Christian leaders and rights groups. The Supreme […]
World News: Militant murders continue
Eighteen people, including a Christian nurse, were murdered by militant gunmen in Lamdamol village, Burkina Faso, in an attack that began late on the night of 1 February. The unidentified […]
Joy in the Morning
“In the evening, weeping comes to stay,But for the morning, a shout of joy.” Psalm 30:5 The Bible loves contrasts and this is a vivid one, but if we are […]
Today’s Quick Word: 1 Corinthians 1:5-7
1 Corinthians 1:5-7 For in him you have been enriched in every way – in all your speaking and in all your knowledge – because our testimony about Christ was […]
Today’s Quick Word: Job 12:5
Job 12:5 Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. Although the general thrust of Job’s response in Chapter 12 to the […]
Today’s Quick Word: Mark 15:43-45
Mark 15:43-45 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Pilate […]
Today’s Quick Word: Romans 13:14
Romans 13:14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. When we realise our need of […]
Reformers Recommends: Books About God
What will you be doing in the new heavens and new earth? You won’t be fighting sin. You won’t be trying to work out how to relate to other people. […]
Old, Bewhiskered Wimp Who Cannot Stand a Little Pain or Beloved Christian Mentor: Stumbling Through the Valley of Death
There is something of a tradition of Christians facing death and producing significant reflections. So I wondered what might come out of my cogitations over my recent adventures. What has […]
