Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
April 2008
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
It is worth asking the question: What difference does it make to believe in the resurrection of Christ, as opposed to not believing it? Death is clearly the great reality and the great leveller of life. …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
March 2008
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
I was sitting in the manse lounge room with my Muslim friend who was trying to convince me that Islam is a religion of grace because Allah simply forgives. He declared that all who repent are …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
February 2008
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
Trekking for nine hours a day in the Himalayas leaves one with a bit of time to think, in between admiring the scenery, watching one’s step, and trying to breathe. On our recent expedition, I took …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
January 2008
Don Kerr
Too Wise to Be Mistaken, Too Good to Be Unkind:
Christian Parents Contend with Autism
Author: Cathy Steere, Publisher: Grace & Truth Books, 1999, revised 2005.
Reviewed by Don Kerr.
For many parents, receiving a diagnosis that their …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
November 2007
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
In the prologue to his Gospel, the apostle John writes of the one who is both divine and human. So we read in John 1:14, ‘The Word became flesh and dwelt (or, literally, ‘tabernacled’) amongst us, …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
November 2007
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
In The Closing of the American Mind, published in 1987, Allan Bloom lamented that virtually all American college students believe that there is no absolute truth for all truth is relative. He goes on to …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
October 2007
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
What is the explanation for the evil in the world? Some people will be quick to point to the wrong political party which won the elections, others might complain about the education system, while yet others …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
September 2007
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
The Psalmist tells us that it is the fool who says in his heart that there is no God (Psalm 14:1). Indeed, the Psalmist finishes the verse by attributing this atheistic conclusion not to the power …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
August 2007
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
One of the most affecting lines I have ever read appeared, of all places, in the New York Times of 20 May 2007. A man called Richard Guthrie received a number of those irritating phone calls …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
July 2007
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
Every so often, the word ‘conscience’ parades across the public stage. In recent times this has been associated with the practice of occasionally allowing a conscience vote in the state parliament, although it is not immediately …
