NAILED TO THE CROSS

In Galatians 6:14 Paul writes of three crucifixions: ‘But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.’ Then in Colossians 2:14 Paul says that the law was set …

RU486 : A Deadly Cocktail

RU486 is in the news lately, as the Federal government determines as to whether it should be made freely available to the general public. It takes its name from the French pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf, which was licensed to sell it, after some pressure from the French government, in 1988. Since …

EXPLAINING THE RIOTS

The vicious riots that began at Cronulla beach on Sunday 11 December spilled over into payback outbursts of violence in and Sans Souci the next night, and continued to splutter and fizz for the next few days. We were all confronted with some ugly scenes. Both sides – mainly drunken …

OVERTURE IN RELATION TO WOMEN IN THE ELDERSHIP

To the venerable Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales.

Whereas:

1. The inerrant Word of God recognises men and women as equal in creation and redemption in Jesus Christ (Gen.1:26-27; Gal.3:28);

2. Women played a recognised and crucial role in supporting the …

THE TRUTH THAT SETS FREE

A news report the other day told of how some sniffer dogs – the kind that are used at airports to detect drugs – had accidentally been trained to detect talcum powder and not cocaine. Apparently, during the training of the dogs, the trainers had unwittingly been using the wrong …

THE DA VINCI CODE – FACT OR FICTION?

Introduction
Dan Brown’s ‘historical’ novel The Da Vinci Code was published in 2003, and has been at the top of the best-seller lists ever since. A year after its publication, it had sold almost six million hardback copies. The movie is on the way, directed by Ron Howard. The book …