Below are all of the writings by Dr Barry Chant, you can browse through the list or jump directly to a section below:
Books (20)
In our quest for academic excellence, it is easy for Christian scholars to forget that much of our best theology was first presented through stories. The teaching of Jesus is the finest example of all. Stories are too often a neglected form of communication. But they have unique qualities. Barry Chant discusses the great potential…
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You have been chosen by God for a great move of the Holy Spirit…this move of God will be the greatest move of God ever known in mankind’s history and will start towards the end of the 20th century and move into the 21st century. This move of God will start a great revival in Australia and spread throughout the world…’
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John Alexander Dowie spent only eight and half years of his astonishing ministry in Australia. Yet they were in some ways the most significant of his career. It was during this time, that he developed a philosophy of ministry and leadership that would catapult him into international fame as a religious leader. John Dowie was an enigma, a figure of great contrasts.
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The jangling sound of the phone rattled through my head, jarring my slumbering nerves. I opened my eyes reluctantly. It was dark. And cold. I stumbled out of bed to answer it. ‘Are you a minister?’ asked a young man’s voice. ‘Yes,’ I replied groggily. ‘I have a problem.’ I looked at the clock. It…
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A parable of what might have been Once upon a time Neoh Cheng Hean and his wife Boon Nee had just moved into a small apartment on the fourteenth floor of an ageing residential building. The old-fashioned timber floor creaked and the ceiling sagged, but it had been freshly painted, the curtains were bright and…
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Sunday 6th June 1999 was the day that Tony Lockett was expected to kick the three goals that would make him the highest-scoring Australian footballer of all time. The strange thing is that when it was all over, I wondered what all the fuss had been about. Let me tell you what happened. I had…
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The story of the Kosmon sweeps over generations, embracing the hopes and fears of humankind. One day the scion of Kala will come and then Drakon will be destroyed. This is the first in a series of the Kosmon Report, a science fiction series for children.
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THE GREAT HALL OF GLOOM. A fable… His Royal Lowness, Lord Everett Flyblown, sat restlessly in the Great Hall of Gloom, with its huge sable pillars and inky forecourt. In the thick, black darkness, he was almost invisible. Ima Slimebag stood uncertainly before him, barefoot on the frigid tiles. The gloom surrounded him like a…
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The Greatest Story Never Told Just before Christmas, I noticed a sales desk in the Piccadilly Arcade off Sydney’s bustling Pitt Street. The attendants were promoting a telephone system and handing out free festive sweets. I picked up a candy cane. ‘Do you know what this represents?’ I asked the young woman sitting there. She…
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In recent years, 1 Corinthians 12:13 has become a focus for evangelical-Pentecostal debate. What does it mean? How should it be understood? Is it a statement about to baptism? Conversion? Empowerment? Church membership? Christian unity?
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