Promising AFL round cruelled by craven capitulations by North Adelaide and Saint Kilda. They deserve each other this weekend. Promising NRL round cruelled by the whole NRL. Hopefully State of Origin will rectify things. NRL (last round 3/8; season tally 58/88) Short round due to State of Origin Canterbury South Sydney Gold Coast Brisbane AFL …

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From the June 2 edition of Starters For Sunday, published on the Church of Scotland website, offering commentary on Galatians 1:1-12. This is another for the ‘You all think I’m making this up’ file. What makes this example particularly egregious is, in addition to a hamfistedly bad interpretive application, it also manages to acknowledge the …

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The 2013 PCSA General Assembly was conducted on Tuesday, May 28 after a commencement service the evening before. Our venue was the North Adelaide Presbyterian church, Archer Street, North Adelaide. It was a great pleasure to be installed as Moderator by Ian Touzel, my friend and colleague in ministry here in Mount Gambier. Since this …

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Very practical and thoughtful post by Philip Ryken, pastor and college president, who gathers thoughts from friends engaged in a variety of artistic vocations about ways in which the church can discourage artists. His post touches on unhelpful attitudes that Christians can have about the arts, and how artists serve the Gospel in their creativity. …

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