Prepared for our local newspaper, the Border Watch. Even though the date changes from year to year, the name ‘Ash Wednesday’ gives rise to powerful memories that abide more that thirty years after the fires raged through the affected areas of South Australia and Victoria. Having moved to this region over a decade ago it …

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Daniel Hyde (accompanied by others) has relaunched the blog Meet The Puritans at Reformation 21. One feature is Wednesday @ Westminster, a weekly commentary on the Westminster Larger Catechism. This week is Question 1. Brief, helpful, well referenced and practical.

The following questions come from an article by Karl Vaters about decluttering the body life of local churches. Any church that’s been around for a while has long-standing ministries that are loved and used all the time. They’re front-and-center. But we also have ministries that have not aged well. They’ve stopped working, but they still …

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Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 6 Q & A 15 Q What is the work of creation? A The work of creation is that wherein God did in the beginning, by the word of his power, make of nothing the world, and all things therein, for himself, within the space of six days, and …

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