The triennial meeting of the General Assembly of Australia testified to our fundamental unity around the truth of God’s Word and the power of Christ’s gospel. It’s time to reflect and review a most excellent week. A flood of memories rise – highlights being: We engaged in theological debate as to the merit of retaining […]
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Wednesday evening saw the reaffirmation of the Presbyterian Church of Australia’s resolute commitment to uphold the biblical and traditional view of marriage. The Presbyterian Church has always believed and still believes that marriage is the lifelong union of one man with one woman, voluntarily entered into, excluding all others. Through informed and thorough theological debate,
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This is my last column for the website. At the General Assembly of Australia I will report on the state of the denomination, as I see it. Maxine and I are very grateful for the warm reception we have received in each state. I have 5 observations to make, 3 surprises to share and 3
On Wednesday, 24th August, I agreed to appear and be interviewed on the Bolt Report on the Sky news channel, regarding same sex marriage. The interview was about 10 minutes of which Andrew Bolt took half that time in introducing the issue. I had much more to say, but the constraints of national media, made
“A Sovereign Protector I have….. “ The book of Esther is surely a unique piece of literature. Xerxes, the King of Persia, is a named over 100 times; Mordecai, who was to become Xerxes’ Prime Minister, is named 51 times and Esther is named 42 times. Yet, the central character in the book is God
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Tucked away in the catalogue of sins resulting from humankind’s rejection of God, are the words, “they disobey their parents” (Romans 1:30). Children are part of the church, Paul expected them to be present when his letter was read to the Ephesians. He even expected them to be still paying attention as the letter concludes.
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Pauline Hanson and now Sonia Kruger have called for curbs to be placed on Muslim migration levels into Australia. I believe the concern of each has been a seeming lack of integration of Muslims into the Australian community, failing to join Tony Abbot’s, ‘Team Australia.’ I am appalled by the lack of integration seen in
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Genesis 1 records God speaking (‘And God said’,’Then God said) on ten occassions, calling creation into being. In Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, the same speaking God utters ten words ( the ten commandments) by which He defines the shape of redemptive living. These are the commands we receive from the hand of the Lord
There is no use complaining about social media. Like wealth, it is here to stay. Like wealth, it is very useful. When I left SMBC in 2011, the student body presented me with an iPad. Frankly, I didn’t know what I was going to do with such a contraption. Now, nearly five years later, I
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I am about to come home after nine weeks away: three weeks in the US and England, speaking at Bible by the Beach in Eastbourne, at the Sussex Gospel partnership and at a church plant, Christ Church, Southampton. Three weeks with Maxine at PIM’s invitation in Alice Springs, Darwin and with APWM in Timor Leste.
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