Christians and Litigation
We live in an increasingly litigious society. There is the obvious, though perhaps caricatured, example from the 1990s when a woman sued McDonald’s after being burned by the hot coffee […]
Today’s Quick Word
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the […]
Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition?
One hears a number of recent stories of Protestants jumping ship to either Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy. I don’t know the statistics, but I do hear anecdotally that this […]
Today’s Quick Word
2 Samuel 10:19 And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So […]
Are the Prophets Sinless and Infallible in Islam and Christianity?
Prophets play a very significant role in both Islam and Christianity. The claims of Islam are not mild in this regard. Modern Islam almost invariably asserts that there were about […]
Presbyterian Church of Australia’s ‘Sex, Gender and Marriage Statement’ – a guide for a morally confused age
The Presbyterian Church of Australia’s Sex, Gender and Marriage Statement remains of the highest relevance to today’s Australia and deserves to be publicised in every PCA congregation. The five-page statement, […]
Today’s Quick Word
Psalm 55:4-8 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. And I say, “Oh, that I […]
Presbyterians at a Crossroad?
In the NSW Presbyterian Church at the moment there is a campaign which has been mounted to seek to get Presbyteries to reject the Assembly’s decision to have male only […]
Today’s Quick Word
Ezekiel 13:22-23 Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to […]
Today’s Quick Word
1 Corinthians 14:2-5 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other […]
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Psalm 50:1-2 The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. […]
The Image of God
What separates us from the animals? Why are we worth more than the flower of the field which fades away? “The image of God,” the Christian may confidently reply. “Humans […]
Today’s Quick Word
2 Samuel 1:11-12 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him. And they mourned and wept and fasted until […]
Book Review: ‘Abolition and Abolitionism’
Review of Peter Barnes and Brett Lee-Price, Abolition and Abolitionism: William Wilberforce, Christian Political Action, and the Abortion Debate, Tulip Publishing, 2026. Two years ago, I asked Peter Barnes what […]
Today’s Quick Word
Ezekiel 7:27 The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralysed by terror. According to their way I will do […]
Not Lost in Space
Much has been written on the bodily resurrection of the dead when our Lord returns. But not so much on the intermediate state, the current condition of believers who have […]
