So, I turned twenty the month before Margaret and I married in 1983. I think it’s fair to say that the majority consensus among thinking people was that I was an immature idiot of most uncertain means, and Margaret was out of her mind for risking her future happiness on me. Personally speaking, I can …
Phillip Jensen offers a some observations about Samuel Marsden, New South Wales’ second colonial Christian chaplain. To say that Marsden has been a controversial figure in historical evaluation is an understatement. His additional role in the judiciary saw him given the title of the ‘Flogging Parson’. For a time, history recorded something of a disparity …
News from the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales. Download or open the pdf here. Interesting mix of local church happenings along with news about denominational works, both near and far.
There’s nothing more disheartening to me than to have the expectation that I’m going to hear the Bible preached and then to hear a talk full of life principles and moralisms with a few Bible references thrown in for good measure. This article goes on at length about what Gospel and Bible centered preaching should …
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