God in his grace and kindness entrusts us not just with errands to run, but with resources to invest. God wants us to think creatively, ambitiously, and laterally about the work of the kingdom. In a world of finite resources we should think about where our time, energy, and attention goes.
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a 4-part series from Peter Adam exploring one of the longest and most important issues facing Australia. My aim is to help us to understand and respond to a legitimate cry for justice from the Aboriginal people of Australia, and to expound a Biblical call to action on these issues. I want to encourage Christians to take a lead in these matters, and I want to encourage all Australians to think about what God calls us to do through his written word, the Bible. There is an old English proverb: “Old sins cast long...
“Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them?” From the Delphic hamlet that is The Australian, Greg Sheridan has given Australian Churches an oracle. According to Sheridan, Australia’s Christian churches are in crisis, on the brink of complete strategic irrelevance. It’s not clear they recognise the mortal depth of their problems. The churches need a new approach to their interaction with politics and the public debate, and to keeping themselves relevant in a post-Christian Australian society. The churches cannot recognise and...
