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One of the most frequently mentioned attributes of our God is that He is a God of justice. The justice of God is that perfect character that means He is infinitely righteous in Himself and in all He does, the righteousness of the divine nature exercised in His moral government.

For nearly thirty years, until my retirement after 50 years of ministry, I had the privilege of being senior Pastor and Superintendent of Wesley Mission, in the heart of Sydney, Australia, and developed in that time the widest ministry of any church anywhere in the world.

The Blood of the Covenant: A Sermon for Lent 2009 by the Rev Hon Dr Gordon Moyes AC MLC

A Ransom for Many: A Sermon for Lent 2009 by Rev the Hon Dr Gordon Moyes AC MLC

Wounded for Us: A Sermon for Lent 2009 from Rev the Hon Dr Gordon Moyes AC MLC

This week has seen worldwide celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the birth of scientist Charles Darwin on February 12th 1809.

Baptism is a sign of our incorporation into the body of Christ, the seal of regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Baptism is for us a sacrament of grace whereby God makes us a brand new person. It is the act of initiation by which we are gathered into the church.

Grandma Wilhelmina Mary Gordon, my maternal grandmother, had a jam making season. Our first house was at 15 Vine Street, Moonee Ponds, just down the road from the famous Dame Edna Everage. It was grandmother’s home and she had lived there all of her life. It was a wooden workman’s cottage built in the very poor days at the end of the nineteenth century.

This year Boys’ Brigade celebrates it’s 125th year of operation.
From humble beginnings on the 4th October 1883 at the Free College Church Mission, Glasgow the Boys’ Brigade has grown to an organisation with in excess of 750,000 young people the world over.

I have been reading Malcolm Prentis’ new book, “The Scots in Australia”(UNSW Press 2008). He points out that Scottish Presbyterians were on board the ships of William Dampier and James Cook, and that the first Presbyterian worship service in Australia was held in 1793. Their first church, Ebenezer, was erected in 1802 and still stands on the Hawkesbury.