Passion in Preaching
One of the Church’s greatest needs is for preachers who feel the power of the doctrines they expound. We need preaching that is imbued with passion. I am, of course, […]
World News: Extremist Group Reborn
Banned Indonesian extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HTI) has reincarnated and has returned under a different guise, moderate Muslim organisations have warned. The group, which wanted to see the establishment of […]
World News: Fulani slaughter Christians
Fulani herdsmen have killed at least 32 people in an attack on a Christian area of north-central Nigeria on February 26, sources said. The early morning assault on villages in […]
When God Interrupted my Day: Lessons I’ve Learned About Personal Evangelism
It was Monday. I was having one of those mornings. The kind that seems as though everything is conspiring against you to get out the door on time. The phone […]
A Cord of Three Strands or a Rope of Sand?
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 1 March 2019 The proverb says: “A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Meaning: it’s better to work together than alone. Rope is made […]
Sliding into Heresy
As is well-known now, the Revoice conference took place in a Presbyterian Church in America church in St Louis, USA in July 2018. The conference attempted to integrate into the […]
World News: Turk Protestants Suffer
Turkey’s high-profile criminal case against Protestant pastor Andrew Brunson has triggered a significant increase in public hate speech against the nation’s small Protestant community, World Watch Monitor reports. The case […]
Singing Theology
What do the songs that you sing reveal about your theology? It’s been said that the DNA of the local church is reflected in what we sing. In September 2018, […]
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 […]
