Christian Life
Counsel Culture and the Church
Western culture can be summed up with three words – cancel, consumer and counsel. In a week where a well-known TV journalist was cancelled because he interviewed someone the establishment […]
Today’s Quick Word
Psalm 126:1-2 When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the […]
Counsel Culture and the Church
Western culture can be summed up with three words – cancel, consumer and counsel. In a week where a well-known TV journalist was cancelled because he interviewed someone the establishment […]
The Preacher as an Artist?
Recently, my wife and I, along with four hundred residents of Anglicare, Castle Hill were entertained with a delightful rendition of classical music from Brahms, Schubert, Chopin and Prokofiev by […]
Today’s Quick Word
Joshua 2:3-5 So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out […]
Social Media Bans: Vanity, Vanity
On 10 December 2025 the Australian government brought in age restrictions for those wishing to use social media – the age being sixteen. Predictably, there were outcries of ‘Censorship’, […]
Today’s Quick Word
Matthew 9:37-38 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” […]
The Spiritual Discipline of Sleeping
Sleep and the Gospel It should go without saying—but ironically, it needs to be said—that the reason we can sleep at all is because of Jesus’ death and resurrection. The […]
Today’s Quick Word
Isaiah 58:13-14 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s […]
A Look at the Women in Judges 4
The Presbyterian Church of NSW is currently debating whether women can be elders in the future. An elder is a member of Session and a senior leader of God’s church. […]
The Meaning of God’s Name ‘YHWH’, and Why Jesus Owned It
An exposition of Exodus 3:10–15 God appears to Moses in the Burning Bush, which, though aflame, is not consumed. He hears the cries of his enslaved people, he remembers his […]
Today’s Quick Word
Deuteronomy 29:18-19 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of […]
The Five Points and Faith (The Six-Point Calvinist)
The idea of ‘faith’ may be implied but not specifically included in the Five Points of Calvinism formula. That is largely because they are an expression of a particular response […]
Today’s Quick Word
Matthew 3:3 This [John the Baptist] is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make […]
Today’s Quick Word
Isaiah 54:1-3 “Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labour; because more are the children of the desolate […]
Jesus, the Mercy Seat of God
Jesus and the Wrath of God I was recently preaching through the book of 1 Samuel when I discovered a theological connection which I had never noticed before, but I […]
Today’s Quick Word
Deuteronomy 23:3-6 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, not even in the tenth generation. For they did not come to meet […]
