Book Review: Hilary Mantel. The Mirror & the Light (2020)
The Mirror and the Light is the third and final volume of Hilary Mantel’s monumental Wolf Hall trilogy.[1] Coming in at just shy of 900 pages, it is without exaggeration...
The Mirror and the Light is the third and final volume of Hilary Mantel’s monumental Wolf Hall trilogy.[1] Coming in at just shy of 900 pages, it is without exaggeration...
While we have been addressing a global pandemic, there is another issue which continues to quietly work behind the scenes. One of the Victorian Government commitments is to introduce legislation...
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary,...
I have been feasting on Philippians in recent months, meditating on Paul’s command to, ‘rejoice in the Lord’, found in 3:1—and then intensified in 4:4: ‘rejoice in the Lord always....
Tuesday 15th September marks International Democracy Day, and there’s a lot of concern over the state of democracies both here and abroad. To reflect on this from a Christian perspective,...
Like so many, Sophie De Witt finally committed her life to trusting Jesus after hearing a series of talks in the UK by the much-loved, Australian evangelist, Chappo. Today, she...
When Sophie De Witt first encountered the gospel of Jesus, she found it strange and unnerving. Despite her initial resistance to what she had deemed intellectually ridiculous - something that would have been reinforced in daily lectures by her uni professor, renowned atheist, Richard Dawkins - Sophie became less convinced of her own position as she encountered more evidence for the truth of the Bible. It was God working through friends and evangelists like Rico Tice and John Chapman that led her to finally put her trust in Jesus. Listen to her story here as she speaks to Taryn Hayes of how she has learned to cling to Christ more and more through many of life’s obstacles.
Dear friend, There are times in life when words fail me, when I don’t know what to say. This may be one of those times. You see, I don’t have...
Akos Balogh, CEO of The Gospel Coalition Australia, chats to Dr Charlotte Hespe and Richard Chin about ‘Living for Jesus in the COVID-19 Age.‘
CEO Akos Balogh talks to Rev Al Stewart (City Bible Forum) and Dr Amelia Haines (specialist in sexual and relational health) on the topic of masculinity. Live Audience Questions include:...
How Should Christians Deal With Anxiety?: TGCA Webinar
David Ould (TGCA) and Thomas Eglinton (Reformers’ Bookshop) talk to Tim Chester about Enjoying God
Tim Challies chats about books and technology with an Australian panel, including TGCA Executive Director Akos Balogh.
Have you ever heard a preacher talk about hell, divine election or holy war as if they were talking about riding a bike or watching a game on TV? They...
The Mirror and the Light is the third and final volume of Hilary Mantel’s monumental Wolf Hall trilogy.[1] Coming in at just shy of 900 pages, it is without exaggeration...
While churches remain closed in Victoria, many Christians in other parts of the country face a new struggle to return to physical meetings… We went to church on Sunday. Physically....
Psalm 103:14 says, ‘For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust’. There’s nothing quite like dementia to remind us of our ‘dustiness’. Today is World Alzheimer’s...
Being in an 9pm-5am curfew, under Melbourne’s strict lockdown, reminds me of our time in the late 90’s while serving in Cambodia as missionaries, except the reason for curfew then...
Every now and then I catch a glimpse of the nightly news. It’s often a fleeting glimpse as I wrangle children to bed, but one evening something caught my eye....
While we have been addressing a global pandemic, there is another issue which continues to quietly work behind the scenes. One of the Victorian Government commitments is to introduce legislation...
