May 2017 – Australian Church Record

Putting it in Print: The Robinson-Knox view of Church Interview with Chase Kuhn

May 31, 2017June 1, 2017 by Chase Kuhn

If you’ve grown up in Sydney Anglican churches chances are your understanding of what church is and what it’s for has been significantly shaped (perhaps unknowingly!) by two people – Donald W. B. Robinson[1] and D. Broughton Knox[2]. …

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T.C. Hammond: GOOD WORKS WHICH DO NOT PLEASE GOD

May 17, 2017May 14, 2017 by T.C. Hammond

Having pointed out the place and value of truly good works the Articles proceed to point out the errors that have arisen regarding what are called good works. We are warned in Article 13 not to rely on works done before the grace of Christ. As has…

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Evangelism in the Latter Days – Sharing the gospel with ageing parents

May 14, 2017May 14, 2017 by ACR Team

Ever since I became a Christian at the ripe old age of 18 I’ve been trying to share the gospel with my parents. Not surprisingly, they weren’t receptive to my early methods, driven as they were by excessively youthful enthusiasm.…

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T.C. Hammond: WHY DO GOOD WORKS?

May 10, 2017May 4, 2017 by T.C. Hammond

The first question that arises when the Doctrine of Justification by faith only is clearly set forth is: What then is the place of good works in the Christian economy? Sufficient attention is not paid to the fact that St. Paul had to encounter the…

Ministry

Bible Reading Bursts

May 7, 2017May 4, 2017 by Meagan Bartlett

‘I want to do something impressive’. That was the thought running through my mind at the start of last year. I had just finished four years at Moore Theological College and was starting out in paid ministry. I felt the weight of responsibility…

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T.C. Hammond: WHAT JUSTIFICATION MEANS

May 2, 2017April 28, 2017 by T.C. Hammond

The eleventh Article is so crucial that no apology need be offered for dwelling a little upon it. Luther has been severely criticised for declaring that Justification by Faith only was “Articulus aut stantis aut cadentis ecclesiae,”…