Melbourne Recordings Available

The addresses on preaching Song of Songs given recently in Melbourne are now all available. The first is here.

A lecture on conscience given on the afternoon of the Lord's Day in Christ Covenant Church is also available. See here.

Penguins, St Kilda's Beach, Melbourne

One of the highlights of the trip to Melbourne was seeing the fair penguins. Brilliant.

Welsh Church, Melbourne

One of the things we saw in Melbourne was the Welsh church. Like most Welsh churches outside Wales (and many within) it is a cultural draw rather than a spiritual force but interesting nevertheless. We were kindly shown around by their new caretaker.

Lord's Day September 6 2026

I was preaching this last Lord's Day at Christ Covenant Church here in Melbourne. The church meets in an upstairs space that is just rght for them at the moment. Mostly younger people, there were aboout 80 there and most stayed for most of the day, which began around 10.15 and went on to late afternoon with some six segments - prayer time, morning service, lunch, afternoon Sunday School, final service, communion. Others led the services which are quite liturgical but I preached in the morning from Romans 8 on the three groans and the pastor, Josh Gurango preached in the evening from 1 Corinthians 12, part of a series. I also gave a lesson on the conscience in the afternoon. Communion, a weekly event, involved not one large cup nor lots of little ones but something in between. It is interesting that all three churches I have preached at here in Australia jave been so different.

Hawthorn Strict Baptist, Melbourne

One thing we have done here in Melbourne is to visit the Strict Baptist Church. A Joe Fitton showed us around. It looks to be a Gospel Standard Church. It has a very nice library. More information here. 

Preaching Heavenly Love (Wisdom for preachers from the Song of Songs)

We are now in Melbourne and I have had a lovely day here with pastors and preachers looking at how to preach through Song of Solomon. Just over 20 came to Christ Covenant Church for the three sessions. They listened well and asked very good questions. Lunch and coffee was provided and it was a very good day. We are staying with Josh and Steffi Gurango. Josh is pastor of the church.