“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23, ESV)

Posts from 2016

2016 Christmas Giving – Middle East Reformed Fellowship (MERF)

This year’s Christmas giving will be for the works of Middle East Reformed Fellowship (MERF). Mission History: Middle East Reformed Fellowship (MERF) is an evangelical Christian missionary organisation which serves in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia on behalf of Reformed and Presbyterian Family of Churches and believers worldwide. In 1971 three young believers from various nationalities met in Beirut, Lebanon.  They…

Christmas Day Service, 2016

This year’s Christmas Day service will be held at 9 am on Sunday, 25th Dec.  There will be no evening service on Christmas Sunday.  Otherwise, all services, morning and evening service will be held as usual in Dec. and Jan. at 10 am and 5 pm.

Memory Verses – November 2016

Test Date: 27th November Titus 2:11–14 (NKJV) 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself…

The Pulse – Nov. 2016/Feb. 2017 Issue

November 2016 – February 2017 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: Allowah, Our Hospital for kids like Brendan:  Why it urgently needs your help The GAA 2016:  What happened and how it affects you Same-Sex Marriage:…

Memory Verses – September 2016

Test Date:  25th September Revelation 1:5–8 (NKJV) … To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who…

The Pulse – September/October 2016 Issue

September – October 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: Gosford’s long serving treasurer Bob Reid:  Is he a record-breaker? General Assembly 2016: Four pages of reports Women’s Ministry: Reports & opportunities Gaol Chaplaincy: Jericho Road…

The Bolt Report

On Wednesday, 24th August, I agreed to appear and be interviewed on the Bolt Report on the Sky news channel, regarding same sex marriage. The interview was about 10 minutes of which Andrew Bolt took half that time in introducing the issue. I had much more to say, but the constraints of national media, made…

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…