Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
November 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
One of the most obvious and devastating effects of the Fall in Genesis 3 is that we human beings are unable, spiritually speaking, to see and hear properly. We usually manage to see other people’s sins …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
October 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
Stumbling blocks are necessarily present in a fallen world, yet the person who is a stumbling block is responsible before God, and Christ pronounces a solemn ‘Woe’ upon him (Matt. 18:7). This issue actually surfaces quite …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
September 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
In his Lectures to My Students, Charles Spurgeon cites the early Church Father, Ambrose of Milan as saying: ‘I adore the infinity of Scripture.’ This is a splendid saying. In dealing with the love of …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
August 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
Many people in the Christian Church have wondered how the Old and New Testaments are to be connected. Partly this is because of the widespread teaching of the German liberal Protestants who had no idea how …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
July 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
The Bible tells us that Satan disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Cor.11:14). Therefore, when we hear of moves to press on with legislation in favour of anti- discrimination, freedom of religion, and a …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
June 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
The well-publicised rugby league scandal with regard to players involved in group sex has provided an insight into how modern secular Australia views issues of sexual morality. Almost all expressed some kind of outrage, either at …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
May 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
From 1831 to 1836 Charles Darwin was involved in the voyage of the Beagle, which surveyed South America and the Pacific Ocean. This was a momentous voyage for Darwin himself. After the publication of his …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
April 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
It is frightening that these days the case for non-abusive corporal discipline is invariably dismissed without much argument. So far as public policy is concerned, this has come about in just a few short decades. It …
Without doubt, the issue of the ordination of women has proved most contentious in the churches in recent decades. In fact, in most churches the issue has been won by now – by the wrong side. It does not matter what the Anti-Discrimination Board says; we must seek first what …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
March 2009
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
On 25 October 1933 John Stam and Betty Scott were married in China where both of them were already serving as missionaries. On 11 September 1934 Betty gave birth to baby Helen Priscilla Stam, and one …
