James Snare, convener for the committee, Women in Ministry and in the Presbyterian Church of Australia (WMPCA), recently published in AP a summary of the report which was received by […]

Men and Women in the Presbyterian Church In recent years, it seems as though the question of how men and women are to serve together in the contemporary church is […]

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE CHURCH AND CHURCH GOVERNMENT IN THE APOSTOLIC PERIOD Introduction The existence of the Christian Church comes from Christ. He builds the Church (Matthew 16:18; Hebrews 3:1-6; […]

WRITING AN ARTICLE             Here is some advice from an editor who does not quite fit E. B. White’s double-sided definition: ‘An editor is a person who knows more about […]

THE TRUTH, THE CHURCH AND THE TROJAN HORSE OF CIVIL LAW IN THE CHURCH –  A RESPONSE TO JOHN BUCHANAN. Give Light and the Darkness will Disappear of Itself (Erasmus). […]

THE NSW ASSEMBLY OF 2024, AND WORK, HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION If we would bring non-Christians to Christianity, we must first be Christians (Erasmus). I am yet to meet an […]

LOVE AND THE LAW: A Response to Hugh Prattis Hugh Prattis makes a good and necessary plea that we seek to understand one another.   Amen to that.   And he is […]

Love and Legislation There’s been some debate recently about the interplay between legislation and love. Some people – including me – have claimed that complying with certain legislation is loving, […]

The office of elder is one of the primary components of Presbyterian polity. Importantly, this particular form of church government is founded upon the Scriptures contained in both the Old […]

I REMEMBER … The 2024 UK Banner of Truth Ministers’ Conference AS a victim of a ‘liberal’ theological education in the 1960’s who was brought back from the brink of […]

Preaching the Beauty of God The children leaned forward. They crowded around my knees as I read. Their faces were full of wonder. This is what a teacher lives for […]

Complementarianism or Capitulationism? ‘Oh sister are you licensed to preach? What kind of a church do you belong to anyway, they let women preach in it?’ — John Wayne Rooster […]

SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS AND APPLICATIONS AND ISLAM Illustrations and applications are often part and parcel of preaching and Christian discipleship. They help the truths of God’s word to be understood and […]

There is a curious paragraph in the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF) chapter 25. Often we tend to read over this paragraph without thinking about it. Paragraph two says: The […]

Sunday I feel like I’m experiencing something special attending Sunday morning worship at Kanele prayer house, Lundazi. I know there are Pentecostal-type churches back home with names like “Experience Church”, […]