Book Review: Being Sam (Morag Zwartz)
Melbourne: Parenesis Publishing, 2018 Being Sam tells of an experience for which, in Morag Zwartz’s own words, “there were no made-roads” (p. 63). In his short life, her son Samuel […]
Banning the Holy Spirit and Chaining the Word
As Western societies lurch from one disastrous fad to another, there have been increased efforts to ban what are called gay conversion therapies. Hollywood has naturally offered its obligatory contribution […]
A Tale of Two Lives…
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 3 February 2019 Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities, is a classic. It spans two countries, bringing them together through Dickens’ engaging characters embedded in their 18th century lives […]
Book Review: Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (John Bunyan)
Review of John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1666, reprinted 2018. In 1666 Bunyan, who was to spend twelve years in prison for […]
Interview with Mark Jones: The God With Whom we Have to Do: Knowing Christ (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2015)
Rev Dr. Mark Jones in the minister of Faith Vancouver Presbyterian Church (PCA), and also the Lecturer in Dogmatic Theology at John Wycliffe Theological College, South Africa. Mark Powell interviews […]
On the Precipice: David Robertson talks to Mark Powell
Australian Churches, 10 years behind Scotland’s decline, must return to basics. David Robertson is a Reformed Scottish minister, blogger and podcaster. He has been minister of St. Peter’s Free Church […]
A Surprising Hunger: How Systematic Theology Classes have Blessed a Tasmanian Congregation
By Campbell Markham Nearly two years ago a Christian couple arrived at Cornerstone, and almost immediately urged me to begin teaching systematic theology to the church. The husband is a […]
Forgiveness Requires Repentance: Unconditional Forgiveness Risks Treading Underfoot the Justice of God
By Ron Norman The topic of forgiveness is of fundamental importance to all Christians because it relates to our relationship with God and with our fellow man. Theologically there are […]
World News: November 2018
US admits fewer refugees The United States, under President Trump, has admitted 40% fewer Christian refugees in the past year, US broadcaster NBC News has reported. As the Trump administration […]
God Forsaken: An Ancient Heresy is Flourishing Again in Australian Churches
By Ken Stebbins From the earliest days of the church Christians wrestled with the wonderfully mysterious nature of our triune God. The truth, as taught in the Bible, is clear […]
Iran’s Courageous Christians: Iran’s Church is Growing Fast, but Christians are the First to Suffer in Times of Trouble
By Barnabas Fund Iran’s Christian converts face persecution, prison and potential execution. The country’s hard-line Islamic leadership has tried to repress the convert Church. But since the founding of the […]
A Treasure for Eternity: God’s People Belong to Him as Surely as His Power and Wisdom
As Jesus was teaching in the temple in the lead up to His crucifixion, certain spies were sent by His Pharisee enemies to ask the Lord a loaded question: “Is […]
Heroic Missionaries: How God Wrought Marvellous Works through John and Phyllis Mercer
John and Phyllis Mercer served with CMS in the remote mission station of Numbulwar, on the Gulf of Carpentaria, during the 1950s and ’60s. Both John and Phyllis were born […]
Raising the Dead: A Humbling but Powerful Lesson for a Sunday School Teacher
Teaching Sunday School to a bunch of five-year olds can be a humbling experience. I found this out one Sunday morning when I was abruptly interrupted mid-way through a dramatic […]
An Unexpected Danger: Family and Friends Provide Both Solace and Risk
Two of the most wonderful consolations in a sin-sick and decayed world are friendship and family. The only thing that was declared not to be good before the Fall was […]
Evangelicals Unchained: Evangelical Christians Profoundly Influenced Australia
Stuart Piggin was director of the Centre for the History of Christian Thought and Experience at Macquarie University and head of the Department of Christian Thought of the Australian College […]
