Andrew Jones at Tall Skinny Kiwi (a blog worth following) posted the following graphics and background on a survey on Australian attitudes to Christianity/the church. The last one is a bit of hoot with Aussies tested about their awareness of whether a saying is correctly attributed to Jesus. I was sort of hoping for a …

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I studied (and failed) preaching at the then Queensland Presbyterian Theological Hall in the early 1990s. Back then the class motto was ‘iron sharpens iron’, or something like that. If you mention that phrase around the guys who studied there in that period you’ll probably find a few automatically hit the floor whimpering in the …

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David Robertson, pastor of a presbyterian congregation in Dundee, Scotland recently suffered a catastrophic health breakdown. Last Sunday, for the first time in months, he preached before his church family. In this blog post he offers some observations about his illness and recuperation. On October the 14th last year, after conducting a wedding in St …

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Here’s a short video interview with Daniel Marcal, current moderator of the Evanglelical Presbyterian Church of Timor Leste (East Timor). Interview conducted by Robert Benn (LL), during a recent round of meetings in Sydney. Video courtesy of Kevin Murray and the Australian Presbyterian World Mission.