Book Review: Where to Start with Islam (Samuel Green)
Sydney: Matthias Media, 2019 In learning of their own faith, Muslims learn something of Christianity – however erroneous that turns out to be – but Christians are not necessarily raised […]
Today’s Quick Word: 6-12 April 2020
Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. … … Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get […]
Leisure to Consider the ESV
As I write this, I am half-way through my self-isolation, following my return to Australia from Malaysia, nine days ago, and taking advantage of this opportunity to read books which […]
World News: Pygmies face persecution, virus
A group of Pygmies from the Democratic Republic of Congo – already fleeing violence – are set to face further devastation as Coronavirus enters the nation, according to a report […]
Book Review: John Newton’s Diary, 1764 (Edited by Marylynn Rouse)
The John Newton Project, 2020 1764 was the year in which John Newton took up his ministry at Olney, and this is his diary. Those who have appreciated the earlier […]
Dr Catherine Hamlin: A Beautiful Life
In all the media turmoil surrounding COVID-19, you may have missed the passing of Dr. Catherine Hamlin, aged ninety-six. Dr. Hamlin’s gynaecological work in treating Ethiopian women suffering from obstetric […]
World News: Boko Haram murder 92
Ninety-two Chadian soldiers have been killed in the deadliest attack ever by Boko Haram jihadists on armed forces in the country, President Idriss Déby Itno said on Tuesday. The attack […]
World News: Nigerian Christian escapes
Sadiya Amos, aged 17, went missing from north central Kaduna in northern Nigeria in January. Two days later some men came to force her father Amos Chindo to attend a […]
Living in an Age of Anxiety
In 1965 E. R. Dodds wrote an historical work entitled Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety where he dealt with the period between the Roman Emperors, Marcus Aurelius, […]
Why Living a Gospel-Shaped Life isn’t Complicated – Just Hard!
There are lots of things in life that are relatively simple to explain, but hard to actually pull off. Swimming is just a matter of pulling with your arms alternately […]
The Curse of Plague: The Blessing of Faith
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 19 March 2020 Dr Samuel Johnson is supposed to have written to a hopeful would-be author: ‘Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part […]
AP March 2020 – 8-Page Printable Edition
Why Living a Gospel-Shaped Life isn’t Complicated – Just Hard! Better than Star Wars – Bunyan’s Holy War An Admirable Church Is Folau a Modern-Day Eric Liddell? Review of Meredith […]
World News: Indian Christians Attacked
Church leaders have called for increased protection for religious minorities in India after Christians were targeted in a spate of at least ten attacks in the days leading up to […]
World News: Hindu pressure mounts
An Indian national extremist group known as the VHP has launched a ‘re-conversion campaign’ in the country’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, encouraging religious minorities to follow strict Hindu practices. […]
Paedocommunion: Children at the Lord’s Table?
There are many things in life that remind us that we look through the glass darkly. We wish we understood more than we do. The classic Presbyterian view is that […]
World News: Ancient temple uncovered
Just 4 miles northwest of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, an archaeological discovery has been made of a massive cultic structure. Dating from about 900 BC and in use until […]
