Calvin MacKenzie has provided a wide-angled snapshot of the often chequered and indeed colourful history of Christianity in Australia from its earliest rise to the late 20th century. Personal reflections and biblical commentary add to the incisive focus on significant figures (both doyens and doyennes) whom the Lord raised up as a cloud of witnesses. 

The resulting tapestry is a record of divine grace in numerous lives and congregations still alive in spite of the overhanging clouds in the foreground. Identifying the roots of the present-day defection from Reformed Calvinism, the historical knowledge and training of a living commentator shows vividly the need in every age to earnestly contend for the faith. 

Surveying the gallery of Christian men and women who strove to walk in the old paths, esteemed by only too few in the modern-day Australian church, will give readers ample argument why they should take the prophet’s advice and ask for these and walk therein.