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Memory Verses – August 2016

Test Date:  28th August Matthew 16:24–26 (NKJV) 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to…

Team Australia? Yes and No!

Pauline Hanson and now Sonia Kruger have called for curbs to be placed on Muslim migration levels into Australia. I believe the concern of each has been a seeming lack of integration of Muslims into the Australian community, failing to join Tony Abbot’s, ‘Team Australia.’ I am appalled by the lack of integration seen in…

One True God

Pauline Hanson and now Sonia Kruger have called for curbs to be placed on Muslim migration levels into Australia. I believe the concern of each has been a seeming lack of integration of Muslims into the Australian community, failing to join Tony Abbot’s, ‘Team Australia.’ Genesis 1 records God speaking (‘And God said’,’Then God said)…

The Pulse – July/August 2016 Issue

July – August 2016 edition of The Pulse, news magazine of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales is available at the PCNSW website for download. Open the PDF here. Features: Gospel Opportunities In Our Schools: Part II Assembly 2016 Education Our Way Paul’s Plans You Can Say No ….

Memory Verses – June 2016

Test Date:  26th June John 15 (NKJV) John 15:1–2 (NKJV) 1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. John 15:7–8 (NKJV) 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide…

The Pulse – May/June 2016 Issue

May/June 2016 edition of The Pulse, news magazine of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales is available at the PCNSW website for download. Open the PDF here. Features: Gospel opportunities in our PCNSW schools Moderator’s Federal Election Warning Surrogacy All In The (Barnes) Family From The Bible Celebrating A New Church Plant At Green Square ….

Memory Verses – May 2016

Test Date:  29th May Isaiah 53:4–6 (NKJV) 4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have…

100, 500 Years

There is a college in Oxford dating back to 1379 which has the audacity of being called, New College. Travelling in the UK, one has a sense of one’s own immortality being surrounded by buildings 500, 600 or even more years old. In Australia, 100 is quite an achievement and 150 is remarkable since white…

Emergency Assembly

I have just been to an Emergency Meeting of the NSW General Assembly, which met at Roseville Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, 6 April 2016. The issue, to test the appropriateness of the NSW Trustees’ suspension of the Council of Scots College, Sydney and to appoint a Management Committee to govern the College until the 2017…