June 2017 – Australian Church Record

Know your faith: God is Love

June 29, 2017June 27, 2017 by Leon Morris

It is probably true to say that the idea that God is love is one of the most widely held and widely misunderstood of the Christian doctrines. “The man in the street” unhesitatingly subscribes to it, although he has only a hazy idea…

Christian Living Ministry

Domestic Violence: A starting point for answers

June 27, 2017September 6, 2017 by Kara Hartley

It’s a profoundly saddening and difficult topic and one that raises questions. We touch base with Kara Hartley (Sydney’s Archdeacon for Women’s Ministry) for some answers about domestic violence. Kara, first off – what has lead you…

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The Church Universal and its Earthly Form, Part 2: The Church in the New Testament

June 26, 2017June 25, 2017 by Donald Robinson

In the Old Testament the earthly form of the church is national and single; there is only one “church of God.” But in the New Testament it is local and multiple; there are many “churches of God.” The idea of a single ecumenical…

Ministry

Meet the new ‘twicer’: The irregular regular

June 25, 2017 by Mike Leite

I came across an interesting expression recently: the twicer.[1] From what I understand, ‘the twicer’ used to refer to the person who went to church twice a day (think of the days of morning and evening prayer). It then began to refer to the…

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The Church Universal and its Earthly Form

June 14, 2017June 10, 2017 by Donald Robinson

“The mystical body of Thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people.” So our Prayer Book describes the church universal. But what is its earthly form? In the Epistle to the Ephesians, which deals with the church as…

Ministry

More Reasons to Tell your Jewish Friends about Jesus

June 11, 2017June 10, 2017 by Ben Pakula

I’m a Jewish follower of Jesus, and I came to faith one day when my uncle plainly set forth the gospel (using Two Ways To Live) as we sat at the table in his kitchen.[1] My testimony may give people encouragement to proclaim the good news…

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T.C. Hammond: WORKS OF SUPEREROGATION ARE ARROGANT AND IMPIOUS

June 1, 2017January 23, 2018 by T.C. Hammond

The final Article on Good Works deals trenchantly with the dogma of works of supererogation. It states very definitely that such doctrine “cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety.” It becomes necessary to ask “What is meant by…