Today’s Quick Word: 19-25 April 2021
If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to take it back to him. If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen […]
Wrong Paradigm, Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Solution
Our response to the world needs to embrace more than lament, but a deep malaise has descended upon contemporary Western society. There is a hardness of heart, but a softness […]
The Pastor-Scholar with Rev. Dr. David Burge (Profiles in Christian Living Podcast, Season 2, Episode 11)
Rev. Dr. David Burge works in both academic and pastoral realms. He teaches Systematic Theology and New Testament at Sydney Missionary and Bible College while serving as pastor at Drummoyne […]
Martyn Iles and the Opportunity of the Tweets of Prejudice
Last week’s article on Martyn Iles was already too long before we started dealing with one of the most fascinating aspects of the whole programme – the tweets that the ABC flashed up on the screen. In that unique definition of impartiality that the ABC has, all of them were hostile or mocking to Martyn and Christianity. In the extremely […]
I Remember … A Royal Visit to The Church Of Scotland General Assembly
‘It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed […]
Review of Glenn Sunshine, Slaying Leviathan, Idaho: Canonpress, 2020.
In fewer than two hundred pages, Glenn Sunshine has produced an overview of law and liberty down through the ages. The title comes from Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan in 1651, which […]
Today’s Quick Word: 12-18 April 2021
You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. I urge you, brothers, to submit […]
Review of J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith, Untangling Emotions, Wheaton: Crossway, 2019.
J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith are both well known for their biblical soundness and their vast experience in Biblical Counselling. There are few counsellors with greater insight on […]
Martyn Iles, Q and A and what it tells us about Australia today
The Sydney Morning Herald thought this week’s Q and A was a significant cultural moment – so who are we to disagree?! They compared it with another one in 2008 […]
Christian Singleness and Dating (Profiles in Christian Living Podcast, Season 2, Episode 10)
Review of John Woods, His Presence could not be Hidden: Proclaiming Jesus in the Middle East, Stanhope Gardens: Eider Books, 2020.
Christians from far away can look at the trouble in the Middle East and pray, “Lord, did any good come from the Arab Spring? What of the thousands of people […]
Like a Flower in the Wind -The Life of Charlotte Bronte
‘There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when […]
Today’s Quick Word: 5-11 April 2021
But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt, he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on […]
Drummed In – Drummed Out
A cornerstone of any democracy is a free press. In addition to private owners most Western governments also feel the need for a government broadcaster – which is paid for […]
The Canberra Declaration with Kurt Mahlburg and Warwick Marsh (Profiles in Christian Living Podcast, Series 2 Episode 9)
The Canberra Declaration is the work of many individual Christians, clergy and Christian ministries, representing a wide variety of denominations. This week, hear Mark Powell talk with Kurt Mahlburg and […]
Today’s Quick Word: 31 March 2021
Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. John 21:11 There is […]
