Living Before our Creator and Judge
“We have a vaccine!” And so the world rejoices and looks forward to getting back to normal. “There has been a tremendous cost this year because of Covid – firstly […]
Release From a COVID Christmas
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 12 December 2020 The book of Isaiah is commonly understood to contain four Servant Songs, the best-known being Isaiah 52:13-53:12, which is that of the Suffering […]
Come Let Us Hum
“Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with […]
Does the End Justify the Means?
We are all familiar with the phrase ‘the end justifies the means’, which is often used in politics and business but also applies to our social lives. The attraction to […]
The Vaccine Revealed!
Where will the vaccine come from which will spell the end of this powerfully infectious Covid-19? Once it has been discovered life can return to normal, back to the life […]
Book Review: God and the Pandemic (N. T. Wright)
London: SPCK, 2020 Having just read a collection mainly of Puritan sermons from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries on Godly Directions in a Time of Plague (Crossville: Puritan Publications, 2020), […]
Pressing On or Treading Water?
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 20 April 2020 There is still a strange eerie feeling about the community at the moment. It was present during the bushfires, and it is still […]
Understanding the Novel Corona Virus wisely
The religious question some people ask from this particular pandemic is “Why does God allow such devastating suffering?”. The first thing to note about Covid-19 is that God did not […]
Christians Responding to the Pandemic
Moderator’s Comments – Posted 14 April 2020 It seems that there is but one topic of conversation these days: COVID-19. If we are not suffering from the virus, we must […]
How COVID-19 is Producing Prayer
During the current pandemic, something of a spiritual revival occurring which the mainstream is starting to acknowledge. And that is, a significant number of people are turning to God in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]