The slow barge, pack mule and carrier pidgeon have come through again. The August Australian Presbyterian examines the theme of Reforming the Church. While the Protestant Reformation is primarily associated with the issue of salvation by grace alone through faith alone there was also a tremendous amount of reform in the life of the church …
I’ve been singing the Lord’s song in two strange lands for twelve years now. New Directions is the newspaper of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland. It helps know what’s been going on in the place we used to call home. The passing time means that while there are lots of familiar places and many familiar …
I’ve had August’s Briefing for a couple of weeks. ‘The Bible On The Blues’ is the cover article and Paul Grimmond tackles the amazingly difficult job of making ‘Some biblical reflections on depression and anxiety’. The complexity of the subject is compounded by the fact that depressive situations arise from both biological and environmental causes. …
New Scientist magazine’s website features an online version of an article entitled ‘Ten Things We Don’t Understand About Humans’. Despite the article’s title they really try to have a crack at explaining them anyway. The ‘Things’ they don’t understand about the human body are interesting, as are the principles they bring to bear in providing …
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