AUTHOR

Campbell Markham

Why Do Christians Pray, “Forgive Us Our Debts”?

By Campbell Markham / May 24, 2021

The sinful woman in Luke 7:37-50 crumpled herself before the Lord, against whom she had ultimately rebelled. We see her love for Jesus welling up from her deepest soul. Why do Christians pray, “Forgive us our debts?”

3 Ways God Saves You from Drowning—the Second Day of Creation

By Campbell Markham / April 21, 2020

God’s church is always in danger of drowning—suffocating in the waters of outward persecution and inward materialism and temptation. We need not fear, though, because our Lord will rescue us and bring us through.

Unbelieving the Resurrection

By Campbell Markham / April 7, 2020

Do you have to see Jesus and touch him to believe? Why did Thomas doubt his fellow apostles’ testimony about Jesus’ resurrection?

A Pastor’s Surprise: Systematic Theology Classes in the Local Church

By Campbell Markham / August 1, 2018

We all “do theology” all the time. Every Christian thinks about God and what the Bible teaches us, which builds itself in our minds into some kind of system. We started an “Eight-Week Theology Taster” class at my local church, and I was delighted to discover that Jesus’ sheep are hungry to hold in their minds a thoroughly biblical, well-digested, and well-ordered theology.

The Struggle to Uphold the Biblical View of Marriage in Australia

By Campbell Markham / December 13, 2017

With last week’s passage of an amendment to redefine marriage in Australia in favor of same-sex couples, the country’s pastors are now faced with the decision of whether to resign their status as authorised celebrants of the novel Marriage Act. Tasmanian pastor Campbell Markham mailed the following letter to Australia’s Attorney General on the same day the Governor General signed into law the country’s redefinition of marriage.

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a Christian

By Campbell Markham / October 12, 2017

We have been told that divorce doesn’t matter, that sex outside of marriage is harmless, that pornography is harmless, that children don’t need their mums and dads, and that gender is fluid. And so there has never been a better time to be a Christian—because we have the Bible. We have the Word of God, a bright light in the darkness.