Government persecution rises around the world
Government restrictions on religion are at a global high. Social hostility toward religion, however, is at its lowest level worldwide since ISIS. So says data analysed by the Pew Research […]
Chinese Bible sellers jailed
Chinese authorities have found four Christians who sell audio Bible players guilty of running “an illegal business”. The business owner, Fu Hyunjuan, was sentenced to six years in prison and […]
12 Christians Murdered in Nigeria
Suspected Fulani militants have killed 12 people during a raid on Peigyim village in Kaduna State in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. The attack happened during heavy rain on the evening of […]
Dr Megan Best: No to Euthanasia
The People Jesus Met
In his gospel the Apostle John sets characters side by side, inviting the reader to compare and contrast. One such couple is Nicodemus (Ch 3) and the woman by the […]
The Joys and Heartbreaks of Hospital Chaplaincy
My name is Sally Trethewey, and I’ve been the Presbyterian Chaplain at the Cancer and Haematology Ward at the Royal Hobart Hospital since 2019. This is a strategic ward for […]
GOD’S COVENANT COMMUNITY
Times of lock down do highlight what the Bible says about God’s covenant community. Throughout the Bible, God unfolds covenants with His people – a covenant of works with Adam; […]
Review article: TEE for the 21st Century
Book details: TEE for the 21st Century, Langham Global Library, 2021, 574 pages and available through https://langhamliterature.org/tee-for-the-21st-century, along with Amazon and Book Depository. If ordering from Langham in October, use code TEE21-30 […]
MANDATORY VACCINES AND RAPID ANTIGEN TESTING: A WAY FORWARD?
The lockdowns associated with COVID-19 have had the effect of straining relationships in a number of places, and the church has not escaped. The threat that worshippers in NSW churches […]
Review of Emily Maurits, Thomas Clarkson: The Giant with One Idea, Fearn: Christian Focus, 2021.
Many people will have heard of William Wilberforce, the great English evangelical parliamentarian who laboured for decades to bring Britain’s involvement in the slave trade to an end. Thomas Clarkson […]
Predestined to Life
The doctrine of predestination will always be accompanied with controversy, disagreement and possibly even the covering of ears, the raising of arm hair and the chilling of spines. Let me […]
A Narrow Definition of Conscience Is Dangerous
There is a concerning attempt by some leaders in the church to limit the definition of freedom of conscience to solely religious beliefs (as long as these do not directly […]
The Threat to Australia’s Women
It was an unusual event. At the height of Germaine Greer’s power and influence, the debating society of the University of Edinburgh held a debate for secondary school pupils who […]
The Vows of Office – the Doctrinal Standard
This is a further instalment in a series on the vows of Presbyterian ministers and elders. For the earlier articles see https://ap.org.au/category/ministry/ No creed but the Bible? You may have heard […]
Today’s Quick Word: September 16
2 Corinthians 5:4-8 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so […]
Today’s Quick Word: September 15
2 Samuel 11:4 Then David sent messengers to get [Bathsheba]. She came to him, and he slept with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she went back home. The […]
