St David’s seeks to promote and share biblical teaching for the benefit and encouragement of all. We regularly publish informative articles on current topics by trusted well known Christian authors. You can download a PDF copy of each article below.
2020
May 24 | Pressing On or Treading Water? by Peter Barnes | Download |
May 17 | Sometimes the Life of Faith Is Just Walking, Not Fainting by Trevin Wax | Download |
May 10 | The Opposite of Envy by Tim Challies | Download |
May 3 | Dr Catherine Hamlin – A Beautiful Life by Mark Powell | Download |
Apr 26 | Fortified by Fire by Scott Hubbard | Download |
Apr 19 | Christians Responding to the Pandemic by Peter Barnes | Download |
Apr 12 | The Great Issues of Our Day and the Greatest Issue of All Time by Peter Barnes | Download |
Apr 5 | The Second-Most Important Book for Every Christian by Garrett Kell | Download |
Mar 29 | A Prayer in Fearful and Uncertain Times by Christina Fox | Download |
Mar 22 | The Curse of Plague and the Blessing of Faith by Peter Barnes | Download |
Mar 15 | Should Christians Be Anxious about the Coronavirus? by Todd Wagner | Download |
Mar 8 | Restriction or Revival? by Peter Barnes | Download |
Mar 1 | Child Criminal Now Christian Man by Jake Eakin | Download |
Feb 16 | How to Overlook an Offence by Scott Hubbard | Download |
Jan 12 | Why We Go to Church on Holidays by Melissa Edgington | Download |
Jan 5 | Old Paths for a New Year by Christina Fox | Download |
2019
Dec 22 | Our Times Are in God’s Hands by Peter Barnes | Download |
Dec 15 | Someone Needs to See You Suffer Well by Marshall Segal | Download |
Dec 8 | Be a Parent Worthy of Honour by Tim Challies | Download |
Dec 1 | Ask the Bible Anything by Scott Hubbard | Download |
Nov 24 | Droughts, Fires, and Other Disasters by Peter Barnes | Download |
Nov 17 | How Did Jesus Suffer Eternal Punishment in Only 3 Hours by Andrew Menkis | Download |
Nov 10 | Let’s Be Completely Clear on the Bible and Abortion by Randy Alcorn | Download |
Nov 3 | 11 Reasons You Need to Belong to a Church by Peter Adam | Download |
Oct 27 | Your Church Needs You to Sing by Nick Aufenkamp | Download |
Oct 20 | 8 Signs of True Repentance by Jennifer Greenberg | Download |
Oct 13 | God Will Daily Bear You Up by Scott Hubbard | Download |
Oct 6 | Leave Your Children a Legacy of Grace by Harriet Connor | Download |
Sep 29 | What Should a Church Look Like? by Peter Barnes | Download |
Sep 22 | 5 Biblical Encouragements for Depressed Believers by Blake Boylston | Download |
Sep 15 | Why You Should Keep Taking Your Kids to Church by Emily Carrington | Download |
Sep 1 | How to Read Our Heritage by Carl Trueman | Download |
Aug 25 | What’s Really Heavenly about Heaven? by Randy Alcorn | Download |
Aug 18 | Don’t Trust in Your Christianity by Heather Pace | Download |
Aug 11 | What the Lord’s Day Is by Tim Challies | Download |
Jul 14 | God Does Not Forgive Excuses by Scott Hubbard | Download |
Jul 7 | Where Do You Park Your Car at Church? by Mark Bolas | Download |
Jun 30 | Talking about Islam by Jon Dykstra | Download |
Jun 23 | Why Give? by Randy Alcorn | Download |
Jun 16 | A Christian Response to Global Warming Alarmism by The Cornwall Alliance | Download |
Jun 9 | 5 Reasons to Keep Going to Church with Baby Brain by Susan Rockwell | Download |
Jun 2 | Grumble Free by Scott Hubbard | Download |
May 26 | Ten Biblical Reasons Why I Baptised My Granddaughter by David Robertson | Download |
May 19 | The Staggering Rise of the Church in Iran by Afshin Ziafat | Download |
May 12 | The Christian Heart of Modern Medicine by David Robertson | Download |
May 5 | Pray for Holy Tears by John Piper | Download |
Apr 28 | Say No to the Gospel of Self-Forgiveness by John Beeson | Download |
Apr 7 | God’s Kingdom or Chaos? by R C Sproul | Download |
Mar 31 | Princess PC versus the Colonisation of Education by David Robertson | Download |
Mar 24 | Wrapping Around Foster and Adoptive Families by Jason Johnson | Download |
Feb 17 | Justified by Faith, Anchored by Hope by Douglas Kelly | Download |
Feb 10 | The Difference between Entertainment and Worship by Joe Thorn | Download |
Feb 3 | Don’t Just Do Something – Pray! by Tom Habib | Download |
Jan 27 | Australia Is Not a Secular Society by Christopher Brohier | Download |
Jan 20 | Together Today and Forever by James Harvey | Download |
2018
Nov 18 | Awaken Me Today by Scott Hubbard | Download |
Nov 11 | Why the West Refuses to Recognise the Real Cause of Terrorism by Mark Durie | Download |
Nov 4 | There Are Burdens We Can’t Bear by Erik Raymond | Download |
Oct 28 | Five Reasons to Obey the Ten Commandments by Kevin DeYoung | Download |
Oct 14 | A Christian Doctor & a Former ISIS Slave Win the Nobel Peace Prize by Joe Carter | Download |
Aug 19 | A Well-Spent Sabbath by David Strain | Download |
Aug 12 | Uniting Sin and Farce by Tim Patrick | Download |
Jun 17 | Running to the Resurrection by Quina Aragon | Download |
Apr 22 | Israel Folau: Heretic or Hero? by David Robertson | Download |
Mar 25 | When the Darkness Overwhelms by Quina Aragon | Download |
Mar 18 | Tithing Today by John Samson | Download |
Feb 25 | World Reformed Fellowship and the Global Hymn Sing | Download |
Feb 18 | Why Transgenderism Is a Problem for Secularism by Bernard Howard | Download |
Feb 11 | Jesus Is Not Your Cheerleader by Melissa Kruger | Download |
Jan 28 | Meal Above All Meals by Stephen Witmer | Download |
Jan 21 | The Ordinary Christian Family by Dr Ted Tripp | Download |
2017
Dec 17 | The Slippery Slope Was a Precipice After All by Stephen McAlpine | Download |
Dec 10 | Our Magnificent Opportunity by John Wilson | Download |
Nov 19 | Why Can’t Christians Just Join the Revolution? by Albert Mohler | Download |
Nov 12 | Loving Our Enemies by David Robertson | Download |
Nov 5 | Come Close to God by Peter Adam | Download |
Oct 29 | Sola Scriptura – The Bible Alone by Peter Adam | Download |
Oct 15 | Why Youth Stay in the Church When They Grow Up by Jon Nielson | Download |
Oct 8 | Is Darwinism Finished? by David Robertson | Download |
Aug 27 | Will We Still Be Free to Have Our Own Opinions of Same-Sex Marriage? by John Wilson | Download |
Aug 13 | Turning Evil on Its Head by Joni Eareckson Tada | Download |
Aug 6 | After 50 Years in a Wheelchair, I Still Walk with Jesus by Joni Eareckson Tada | Download |
Jul 30 | Dunkirk by Martin Saunders and David E. Gardner | Download |
Jul 16 | The Bible Commands Christians to Tithe by William Barcley | Download |
Jul 9 | Are We Required to Attend Church on Sunday? by White Horse Inn | Download |
Jul 2 | What Is the Future of Young Men? by Jim Hamilton | Download |
May 28 | I Believe…He Ascended into Heaven by J. I. Packer | Download |
May 21 | Your Smartphone Is Neither a Cancer nor a Cure-All by Jeff Haanen | Download |
May 14 | Are You All In on the Promises of God? by Erik Raymond | Download |
May 7 | Getting Unstuck by Karl Vater | Download |
Apr 16 | The Ultimate Proof: The Resurrection of Jesus by David Robertson | Download |
Apr 9 | The Lord’s Day Is a Gift by Daniel Hyde | Download |
Apr 2 | Imagine There’s a Heaven by Petar Nenadov | Download |
Mar 26 | A Letter to My Sons by Liz Wann | Download |
Mar 12 | A Cry in the Dark? by David Robertson | Download |
Feb 19 | Tennis and Donald Trump by Bill Muehlenberg | Download |
Feb 12 | Is God a Minimalist? by James Ellis | Download |
Feb 5 | The Missing Motive by Eric Alexander | Download |
Jan 29 | Losing Mum One Memory at a Time by Tim Thornborough | Download |
Jan 22 | Elizabeth Macarthur 1766-1850 – Australian Christian History Research Institute | Download |
Jan 15 | 10 Ways to Bless Your Minister by Jo Swinney | Download |
2016
Nov 20 | Un-Safe Schools – Australian Christian Lobby | Download |
Nov 13 | If We’re So Concerned, Then Why Aren’t Our Prayer Meetings Full? by Erik Raymond | Download |
Nov 6 | My Special-Needs Calling by Megan Royes | Download |
Oct 30 | Faith Is a Gift by Aaron Denlinger | Download |
Oct 23 | Calvin on Christ’s “Descent into Hell” by Aaron Denlinger | Download |
Oct 16 | Ninety-Five What? by Justin Holcomb | Download |
Oct 9 | Learning from a Hard Knox Life by Jonathan Parnell | Download |
Oct 2 | The Goodness of God by Eric Alexander | Download |
Sep 25 | Why Giving to the Church Is Different from Paying Your Bills by Erik Raymond | Download |
Sep 18 | The Moderator-General’s Last Remarks by The Right Rev David Cook | Download |
Sep 11 | Today’s Revisionists, Tomorrow’s Roadkill by Kevin DeYoung | Download |
Sep 4 | The Bolt Report by David Cook | Download |
Jul 31 | God’s Light in the Darkest Places by Brooke Parks | Download |
Jul 24 | Former Muslim Now Baptises Where Christians Were Martyred by George Thomas | Download |
Jun 26 | Hollywood’s Latest Toxic Lie by Samuel James | Download |
Jun 12 | Stop Trying to Make Church ‘Cool’ by Rachel Held Evans | Download |
Jun 5 | The Secret to Being Content with Your Bank Balance by John Piper | Download |
May 29 | Does God Still Speak to Us Verbally? by John Piper | Download |
May 8 | He Ascended Into Heaven by John Hartley | Download |
May 1 | Critics or Worshippers? by Jason Helopoulos | Download |
Apr 3 | Teenage Girls and Their Social Media Lives by Jaquelle Crowe | Download |
Mar 27 | Eight Reasons Why I Believe That Jesus Rose From the Dead by John Piper | Download |
Mar 20 | Cultural Marxism in Schools by Bill Muehlenberg | Download |
Mar 13 | Malcolm in the Middle by David Cook | Download |
Feb 14 | Why Your Church Should Support Fewer Missionaries by Mike Pettengill | Download |
Feb 7 | When a Christian Sins by Jason Helopoulos | Download |
Jan 31 | Raising Up Encouragers by James Faris | Download |
Jan 24 | Why Should We Come to Church? by Richard Davis Phillips | Download |
Jan 17 | Meet J. I. Packer | Download |
Jan 10 | The Glory of Plodding by Kevin DeYoung | Download |
Jan 3 | A Prayer for the New Year by Thabiti Anyabwile | Download |
2015
Dec 27 | Ten Questions to Ask at the Start of a New Year by Don Whitney | Download |
Dec 20 | The Nativity and Its Pro-Life Message by Erik Raymond | Download |
Dec 13 | Discouragement in Ministry by Jason Helopoulos | Download |
Nov 22 | The Christian, Evangelism and Muslim Immigration by Bill Muehlenberg | Download |
Nov 15 | The Excellence of the English Standard Version by Andrew Clarke | Download |
Nov 8 | Ten Proposed Commandments for Christian Parenting by Jason Helopoulos | Download |
Nov 1 | German Pastor’s Faithful Stand by Dale Hurd | Download |
Oct 25 | Why I Believe the Bible by Erik Raymond | Download |
Oct 18 | I Don’t Want Your Good Vibes. I Want Prayer by Megan Hill | Download |
Oct 11 | A Sobering Reality by Tom Ascol | Download |
Oct 4 | Dear Mums, You Do More Than You Know by Kevin DeYoung | Download |
Sep 27 | Loyalty by David Cook | Download |
Sep 20 | Is It Worth Being a Christian? by Tim Keller | Download |
Sep 13 | Most of Our Children Are Average by Candice Watters | Download |
Sep 6 | Why Go to Church? by Josh Moody | Download |
Aug 23 | St David’s Can Be a Child-Friendly Place by Andrew Clarke | Download |
Aug 16 | If Marriage Goes, Religious Freedom Falls by David Cook | Download |
Aug 2 | 40 Questions for “Christians” by Kevin DeYoung | Download |
Jul 26 | Seven Things Church Members Should Say by Thom S. Rainer | Download |
Jul 19 | Ten Things You Should Never Say by Thom S. Rainer | Download |
Jul 12 | The Death of Prayer Meetings by Mark Jones | Download |
Jul 5 | A Minister and His Flock by Mark Jones | Download |
Jun 28 | 6 Reasons Why Membership Matters by Kevin DeYoung | Download |
Jun 21 | Organised Sports on Sundays? by Mark Jones | Download |
Jun 14 | The Church of Scotland by David Cook | Download |
Jun 7 | Marriage by David Cook | Download |