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 …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
June 2007
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
Calvin commented that the mind of man is ‘a perpetual factory of idols’. Certainly, people can usually think of a multitude of excuses not to believe in Christ. Crusaders against God tend to be rationalising their …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
May 2007
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
Together with Timothy, Paul addressed his epistle to the Philippians to ‘all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons’ (Phil.1:1). The saints were not the super Christians on the …
Editorial
From the Newsletter of Revesby Presbyterian Church
April 2007
Rev Dr Peter Barnes
One can easily tell when Easter is upon us in the West – it is that time of the year when the stores are trying to sell millions of chocolate eggs and when the media will …
