A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE – A CHRISTIAN RATIONALE
In her own delightful and resilient way, the quadriplegic Joni Eareckson Tada commented, without a hint of self-pity: ‘Perhaps I cannot stand on the shoulders of great saints, but I […]
MATTHEW 19:9 – A Deadly Exception
– A DEADLY EXCEPTION In the Reformed tradition, adultery or deliberate desertion are “sufficient reason for dissolving the bond of marriage”; the innocent may remarry and the guilty party treated as […]
Review of Allan Harman, Amos: The Shepherd Prophet, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2021.
In preparing sermons and studies on the Old Testament, I make a point of reading a few scholars who give me confidence that the English text I am working with […]
Paganism and the Otherness of God
From the cults of ancient Rome to the hippie movement of the 60s, or where east meets west, or positive psychology exchanges ideas with mystical spirituality, the result is paganism. […]
Review of Adam Ramsey, Truth on Fire, (The Good Book Company, 2021).
Should our Christian life be characterised by experience or by knowledge? This reads like a question that creates a false dichotomy. It assumes that an affectionate and experiential Christianity is […]
Today’s Quick Word
Luke 21:1-6 As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “I […]
Today’s Quick Word
Habakkuk 1:12-13 O LORD, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, we will not die. O LORD, you have appointed them to execute judgement; O Rock, you have […]
Today’s Quick Word: December 6
1 John 2:1-2 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in […]
Serving Christ in the Public Square with Eric Abetz (Profiles in Christian Living, Series 3 Episode 2)
Eric Abetz joined Mark Powell on the Profiles in Christian Living podcast, discussing the current bill on Religious Freedom as well as the increasingly vexed issue of Mandatory Vaccination. Be […]
Today’s Quick Word: December 2
2 Chronicles 1:14-16 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. The […]
Today’s Quick Word: December 1
Luke 15:20-24 So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; […]
Kevin Conolly, MP for Riverstone, explains the NSW euthanasia bill.
The euthanasia and assisted suicide bill (formally known as the ‘Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill” 2021) has been passed in the lower house last Friday. Mr Kevin Conolly gives an eye-opening look […]
PRAYER: WHAT CAN WE PRAY FOR?
The shattering news of little Emily’s inoperable brain tumour has dominated my thinking as nothing else could. One issue that arises is obviously ‘What can we pray for?’ Jesus’ disciples […]
Today’s Quick Word: November 30
Micah 5:2, 4-5a But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose […]
Today’s Quick Word: November 29
2 Peter 1:16-18 We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eye-witnesses of his majesty. […]
The Corruption of the Australian University
The Australian universities—especially in the area of the humanities—are failing to educate the next generation. And we are now at a point where the existing tertiary institutions cannot be saved, […]
