March 2017 – Australian Church Record

T.C. Hammond: JUSTIFICATION – “A Most Wholesome Doctrine”

March 23, 2017 by T.C. Hammond

From the Vault of the Australian Church Record, April 17, 1956. 39 Articles: Article 11 – Of the Justification of Man We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works…

Ministry Youth & Kids

A Great Opportunity is not God’s Calling

March 20, 2017 by Dave Moore

It’s a story you’ll hear too often… “I’ve been offered this great opportunity; it must be God…They’ve offered me a promotion; it must be God… They’ve asked me to go overseas for a contract; it must be God. How do you move from…

International

Interview with Bishop Glenn Lyons of South Africa

March 12, 2017 by Mark Earngey

The history of fellowship between the Australian Church Record and REACH-SA (formerly the Church of England in South Africa) stretches a long way back. When the ACR publicly supported the installation of Bishop Fred Morris as the first Presiding…

The Vault

T.C. Hammond: Why Men Turn to God!

March 8, 2017 by T.C. Hammond

From the Vault of the Australian Church Record, March 29, 1956. 39 Articles: Article 10 – Of Free-Will The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turn and prepare himself by his own natural strength and good works, to faith,…

International

Diary of a Missionary: Packing Up

March 5, 2017August 7, 2017 by Stef Overhall

I’m standing in my kitchen again, this time weighing up the pros and cons of having a nice tea set on the mission field. They are beautiful and I like them, I’ll need cups so why not bring nice ones that remind me of home? Stef, you can get cups anywhere,…

The Vault

T.C. Hammond: Reformation Teaching about Original Sin

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 by T.C. Hammond

From the Vault of the Australian Church Record, March 1, 1956. In our last article we promised to deal more fully with the Doctrine contained in Article IX. It is one of the Articles directed against the teaching of the Church of Rome. 39 Articles:…