‘Whom shall I fear?’: Psalm 27 in a security vacuum

by John McClean “Our farming business has never felt more vulnerable.”  I heard these words from a young lady as she reflected on high diesel costs, lack of fertiliser, rising interest rates and uncertain rainfall. People in every part of the country have their own...

Fake News is Old News: A review of ‘Truth Be Told’

by Timothy Wonil Lee Do you find it hard to trust news reports? Do you see conflicting stories and images shared on social media? Are you fed up with lies being told in the public square?  Well, fake news is old news. And that’s not a good thing. We’re not even...

An opportunity for sacrifice

by Benjamin Shuhyta Every one of us has some talent. Most of us work hard. But there’s one thing that will shape our future more than either of those. And we have far less control over it than we think. In January 1916 the call went out for Army recruits, and when the...

Christians in the Public Square

by Stephen McAlpine So used are we to high profile Christians receiving a battering in the public square from non-Christians that it was somewhat surprising and not a little dismaying recently, to witness the social media shredding of a national Christian politician....

Our responses to the Bondi terror attack

by Kamal Weerakoon On Sunday 14 Dec 2025, two gunmen motivated by militant Islamism murdered fifteen Jewish people who had assembled to celebrate Hanukkah at the Bondi Pavilion. As the Presbyterian member of the NSW Government’s Faith Affairs Council (FAC), I had the...

Synthetic Selves?

Technology is changing how we think about our world and our selves. Christians need to think through how to respond in a way which is faithful to God’s revelation in the Bible.  This challenging proposition was the focus of a GS&C field trip to Berry, NSW, where...