Our struggle each day can be summarised in this way: “Do we follow our own will, or do we follow the will of God?”

Our Lord Jesus went through this same struggle, a contest outworked in his final hours in the Garden of Gethsemane. As he faced the terror before him, conscious of the weight of ...

There are four occasions in the New Testament where the words, “Lord, Lord,” appear, and the context of each provides a sober reminder of the grave responsibilities we have in Christ.

The first occurrence is in Matthew 7:21-22. Jesus is bringing his discourse on the mount to a conclusion. He ...

A recent article appeared in Vox magazine, written by its environmental correspondent, Benji Jones, which explores the uniqueness of a particular vine found in South America. These are the main points drawn from his article.

“More than a decade ago, a plant ecologist named Ernesto Gianoli went ...

This series is an abridged version of the notes for the Australasian Youth Conference to be held in April, 2025, God willing. May we all encourage our young people and each other concerning the topic of 1 Timothy.

Summary

The fourth chapter of 1 Timothy warns Timothy of the impending dangers o...

Truth versus Church teaching

Our series has established that the spirit of God works in diverse ways. These have their common origin in God, being “breathed” out of Him. The spirit power of God enabled people to do supernatural things at particular times in history to accomplish God’s will....

The History

Saudi Arabia has traditionally stood united with its Arab peers in their protest against the Jewish state. They even participated in the War of Independence in 1948, and the Yom Kippur War of 1973 against Israel. But out of the blue, Saudi Arabia has put up their hand and expressed a ...

The experiences of the Israelites in exile, following the fall of first Israel and then Judah, are the subject of several books of the Old Testament. The final chapter of 2 Chronicles and the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Daniel, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi all deal with this period. That so ma...

The fifth seal

“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those w...

1We think we have problems with bushfires here in Australia, but Israel is not only fighting fires resulting from the dry summer; fires have erupted in the Golan Heights as the result of rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel by Hezbollah terrorists. Deserted local towns and villages close to Israel...

A violin cannot play a sweet note unless the strings are under pressure, but if you put too much pressure on the strings, they snap. So do you. When the violin is NOT being used, you must release the tension on the strings (Tanya Wheway).

We hear a lot today about the evils of pressure. Pressures...