And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.Genesis 1:3-4Growing up I had a friend who lost his mum at the age of 9. It left him with a Dad and two younger brothers. A house of three bo...  Read More

Salvation is all of grace and all of God. Life must come from God before the sinner can arise from the grave.Joel R. Beeke, Living for God’s Glory: An Introduction to Calvinism (Lake Mary, FL: Reformation Trust Publishing, 2008), 137.I doubt I will ever forget the moment when my whole view of salvation changed. I was in our lounge room. Reading. I think Allita was making dinner or something like t...  Read More

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,“Never will I leave you;    never will I forsake you.”Hebrews 13:5As I write the front cover of the Sydney Morning Herald is dominated by the conversation around poker machines. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimates that in any given month approx. 40% of Australians will participa...  Read More

  I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth    And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord    Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary  Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell    The third day he rose again from the dead    He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty...  Read More

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God1 Corinthians 1:18A crucified God? A King who gives up power for the sake of love? Salvation from sin and a sinful nature? The message of the cross is foolishness to a world drunk on power, pleasure and false hopes.But to us who are being saved, the message of the cross is th...  Read More

The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”...  Read More

    I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth    And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord    Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary   Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell    The third day he rose again from the dead    He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almig...  Read More

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.Philippians 4:6Life is full of problems to be solved. Little problems like what to eat for dinner. Big problems like family or work conflict. Sometimes, particularly these big problems, they consume us. We begin to lose sleep. We can’t think of anything else.Do you have...  Read More

“Faith lays hold of Christ and grasps Him as a present possession, just as the ring holds the jewel.”Martin LutherWhat makes Christianity so different from every other religion? What is perhaps the greatest difference between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism? It is this, that salvation is found in sola fide (faith alone).In every other major religious system, it is your works or merits which de...  Read More

For you created my inmost being;    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;    your works are wonderful,    I know that full well.My frame was not hidden from you    when I was made in the secret place,    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.Your eyes saw my unformed body;    all the days ordained for me were written in y...  Read More

I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth    And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord    Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary   Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell    The third day he rose again from the dead    He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty...  Read More

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. John 3:36John the Baptist’s words are some of the simplest when it comes to articulating the gospel. There are only two possibilities when it comes to human standing before God. We are either under wrath and condemnation for sin. Or we are in eternal life.In which of these ...  Read More