On a balmy spring night in Sydney the Chinese Presbyterian Church, Surry Hills, was comfortably full to witness the commencement of the 48th Session Of The General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church Of Australia. We were encouraged by a brief address from outgoing moderator-general David Jones and the keynote sermon from incoming moderator-general David Cook. …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 36 Chapter 21 – Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day (Cont.) Paragraphs 7-8 VII. As it is of the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in his Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 35 Chapter 21 – Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day (Cont.) Paragraphs 4-6 IV. Prayer is to be made for things lawful, and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter; but not for the dead, nor for those of whom it may be known …

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