The Story beneath the Story
No matter the story, there is usually a story beneath the story. Every news item is seldom as straightforward as it seems, whether it be domestic violence, fraudulent practice or […]
Today’s Quick Word: 20 July 2021
Judges 3:5-8a The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their […]
Dane Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly; The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, Wheaton: Crossway, 2020.
Dane Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly; The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, Wheaton: Crossway, 2020. Matthew 11:29 tells us that Jesus is gentle and lowly of heart, and […]
Today’s Quick Word: 19 July 2021
Jeremiah 15:16 When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty. Poor Jeremiah found himself in a […]
The Western Australian Thought Police
Most Australians have never lived under an authoritarian dictatorship, and therefore we are largely ignorant of how quickly dangerous situations may descend on us. This is why many turn a […]
JULY
This is the month of Julius Caesar’s assassination, the seventh month of the year, the first month of the new financial year and the middle month of winter. Despite its […]
Laura Tingle and The Twitterisation of Civic Society
This week I was reminded of just what a cesspit Twitter is. So what? Those of you who are on Twitter or know it, will be well aware of what […]
HISTORY AND THE HUMAN HEART
Heresies do not appear as mushrooms overnight. The Presbyterian Church in America – a body whom we would regard as a sister Church – has gone through a few disturbances, […]
Today’s Quick Word: 14 July 2021
For a long time now – to this very day – you have not deserted your brothers but have carried out the mission the LORD your God gave you. … return […]
Today’s Quick Word: 13 July 2021
Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says: “See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?” As we […]
Today’s Quick Word: 12 July 2021
Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights above. Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his heavenly hosts. Praise him, sun and moon, […]
Today’s Quick Word: 16 July 2021
[Jesus, the Christ (Messiah)] must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. For Moses said, “The […]
Today’s Quick Word: 13 July 2021
So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. Who then is the faithful and wise servant, […]
Book Review: All My Hope – Remembering, Reminiscing And Reflecting On 50 Years Of Ministry
All My Hope – Remembering, Reminiscing And Reflecting On 50 Years Of Ministry, Bob Thomas. Published by Eider Books, 2021. (123 pages including index and endorsements.) PDF available at no […]
Paul’s Argument in Galatians is Covenantal
Before his conversion on the Damascus road (Acts 9.1-19), the apostle Paul would have found the idea of a crucified messiah abhorrent because of Deuteronomy 21.23 (‘for he that is […]
World News
Tithing now a crime in China Chinese police handed Elder Zhang Chunlei’s wife a formal notice in early May. As Yang Aiqing read the document, she noticed authorities arrested Elder […]
