Recently Sydney has had the pleasure of hearing an American preacher, Pastor Mark Driscoll. In a two-week period he spoke in many venues, including the Cathedral. Since that address I have been approached by many people wanting my opinion on Mark Driscoll and in particular on his critique of Sydney's evangelism.

Most Bible “myths” are believed by so called “unbelievers”.

For the last couple of centuries western civilisation has been looking at the world through the lens of the public media. The prophets have been the journalists as they mediated and explained the world to society, and ourselves to us.

It appears that Father's Day is about 100 years old - at least in the USA where it was started.

I do not know who named him Colin, but personalising him only increased the pathos of the baby whale in Pittwater. Separated from its mother the calf could not be persuaded to go into the open sea, nor could humans provide for it inside Pittwater. Each day brought starvation closer.

Many people today call themselves Christian or even Evangelical, but do not live by the word of God. They give lip service to the authority of the Bible, but they do not base their lives upon it. They use the Bible, but they do not submit to it. Their Christian faith was commenced in evangelical Protestantism, but those beliefs do not govern their actions.

What is an “evangelical”? There is a series of similar words that are commonly confused such as “evangelical”, “evangelism”, “evangelistic”, “evangelise”, “evangelist” and “evangelicalism”. These words carry so much meaning to the initiated but are quite confusing to others.

Democracy is not Christian. It is not part of the solution but part of the problem. It may be the best form of government in a fallen world but it degenerates society.

The final in a ten part series on the book of Ephesians titled 'Every Spiritual Blessing' by the Rev Phillip Jensen.

Rev Jensen is the Dean of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, a well known international speaker and the chairman of the United Evangelistic Council of NSW.

What do we make of the symbols in the book of Revelation? What do we do with those bits of the Bible we cannot explain?

“It is finished”, cried Jesus as he died. His death brought to an end Satan's reign of sin and death.

The ninth in a ten part series on the book of Ephesians titled 'Every Spiritual Blessing' by the Rev Phillip Jensen.

Rev Jensen is the Dean of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, a well known international speaker and the chairman of the United Evangelistic Council of NSW.

The eighth in a ten part series on the book of Ephesians titled 'Every Spiritual Blessing' by the Rev Phillip Jensen.

Rev Jensen is the Dean of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, a well known international speaker and the chairman of the United Evangelistic Council of NSW.

The seventh in a ten part series on the book of Ephesians titled 'Every Spiritual Blessing' by the Rev Phillip Jensen.

Rev Jensen is the Dean of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, a well known international speaker and the chairman of the United Evangelistic Council of NSW.

Is an atheist somebody who does not believe in God or somebody who believes that there is no God? The two options seem very similar, but in an age of intolerance it is an important distinction.

The sixth in a ten part series on the book of Ephesians titled 'Every Spiritual Blessing' by the Rev Phillip Jensen.

Rev Jensen is the Dean of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, a well known international speaker and the chairman of the United Evangelistic Council of NSW.

What kind of nation is Australia? This is a question that is answered in several ways.

The fifth in a ten part series on the book of Ephesians titled 'Every Spiritual Blessing' by the Rev Phillip Jensen.

Rev Jensen is the Dean of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, a well known international speaker and the chairman of the United Evangelistic Council of NSW.

The theory of Evolution is on the side of the Christians.

The fourth in a ten part series on the book of Ephesians titled 'Every Spiritual Blessing' by the Rev Phillip Jensen.

Rev Jensen is the Dean of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, a well known international speaker and the chairman of the United Evangelistic Council of NSW.

Anglicanism has expanded and developed in much the same way as a family.

The third in a ten part series on the book of Ephesians titled 'Every Spiritual Blessing' by the Rev Phillip Jensen.

Rev Jensen is the Dean of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, a well known international speaker and the chairman of the United Evangelistic Council of NSW.

The Bible clearly teaches that there is ultimately only one true God. It should not surprise us that such a God is complex.

This week felt like a return to the 60's. Censorship was the issue.

The second in a ten part series on the book of Ephesians titled 'Every Spiritual Blessing' by the Rev Phillip Jensen.

Rev Jensen is the Dean of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, a well known international speaker and the chairman of the United Evangelistic Council of NSW.