Spring is in the air, and once again the thoughts of progressives turn to euthanasia and/or assisted suicide. At the time of writing, the NSW Parliament is expected to deal with what is called the ‘Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017’. One is treated to the usual words of comfort and …
The fuel that drives so much of modern society seems to be a form of bravado, expressed in terms of confidence. Confidence is one of those many terms which can be enhancing or destructive; it may enable us or disable
us. Even more than that, it may give us strength …
Many people will appeal to the so-called Golden Rule as their guide as to how they conduct their lives – or how they think they conduct their lives. It is found in the Sermon on the Mount: ‘So, whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to …
By David van Gend
A SUBVERSIVE IDEA
Senator Penny Wong assures us that nothing will change with same-sex ‘marriage’: “The sun will still rise, and children will still eat more ice cream than is good for them.”1 That is not what her fellow lesbian activist Masha Gessen told the …
While being distracted by a number of battles – all of them which I believed to be valid, and still do so believe – I came to Spurgeon’s exposition of ‘One Thing Needful’, from Jesus’ words to Martha (Luke 10:42). A number of issues had just risen to the surface …
In 1923 J. Gresham Machen wrote his devastating critique of liberal theology in Christianity and Liberalism. With precision and logic he showed that Christianity and liberal theology were two different religions although they often used similar terms. One often neglected point that he made was: ‘It concerns the question not …
A few weeks ago, in a Scripture class, we drifted off the topic onto ‘the attributes of God’. In answer to a question, I referred to Acts 17:24-25, ‘The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made …
Prophecy is a hazardous business for the uninspired, but recent events in NSW might indicate a change for the better with respect to abortion laws in Australia. Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory have passed some of the world’s worst abortion laws, and Queensland came very close to following …
Recently I had someone confront me quite vigorously with the question: ‘Why believe in God?’ Pilate famously asked, in the presence of Christ: ‘What is truth?’ but he does not seem to have waited for an answer (John 18:38). Nor did my dismissive friend, who barely gave me a second …
Seeking to be succinct, the apostle Paul told the Corinthian Church: ‘For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified’ (1 Cor.2:2). His basic message was about a person: Jesus the Christ (or Messiah, the Anointed One) and His work (He was put to death …
