Talk among the local pastors this morning turned to planting churches. The conversation covered various hair-raising stories, and involved church plants which have gone on and others which didn’t take root. Which got us onto remembering that churches are born and grow not according to human will but the sovereign purpose of God. This observation …

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I’m too tired to type a summary of today’s closing session. I’ll do it tomorrow morning instead. But, thanks to the GAA and webmaster Michael Wharton the sermons preached through the week are now available at the Presbyterian Church of Australia website free. Three sermons from J Ligon Duncan. One sermon from Moderator-General David Cook …

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Doug Wolter offers the following wise counsel about supporting others in their suffering. Currently he’s supporting his church through the tragic loss of two high school graduates in a car accident. He’s patterned the advice with a most appropriate acronym: H.E.L.P. The first of these points is very, very important. I’ve been trying to avoid …

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