July 2017 – Australian Church Record

Faith in a Time of Crisis – Standing for Truth in a Changing World – Review

July 31, 2017 by ACR Team

Addressing a group of Moore College students at the end of 2016, Bruce Ballantine Jones pointed out the necessity of church politics. He noted how our disdain for engagement in ecclesiastical debate and processes arises from our good intentions…

The Vault

The Kingdom & the Power

July 26, 2017July 20, 2017 by Leon Morris

The most frequent subject in the teaching of Jesus was “the Kingdom of God” or as St. Matthew puts it “the Kingdom of Heaven.” We are apt to misunderstand this somewhat, as our ideas of what a kingdom is are shaped by kingdoms…

International

The Anglican Church in America

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 by Steve Tong

ACR Report on the Anglican Connection Conference, 13-15 June 2017, Dallas TX, USA Stephen Tong, June 2017 ‘A dog’s breakfast’. During a recent conversation in the UK, a casual observer used that phrase to describe to me the Anglican Church…

Youth & Kids

How to teach submission to children

July 23, 2017July 20, 2017 by Deb Earnshaw

We’ve looked at why it is important to teach the Biblical concept of submission to children and youth (see Part 1). Now the question is – how to teach it, particularly to children. When we started thinking about this, at first we couldn’t…

The Vault

The Word was made Flesh

July 13, 2017July 2, 2017 by Leon Morris

The Greek term logos which we translate “word” had a much wider range of usage than its English equivalent, being an important term in both philosophy and religion, so that J. H. Bernard can say “We may be sure that the Logos…

International Ministry

A Tale of Two Communions

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 by Rob Smith

Whenever a church leader makes an important decision, takes a strong stand and then explains their action, they not only reveal their own priorities and convictions but also, more significantly, shape the future of the church they serve and…

Youth & Kids

How to Teach Submission to Children & Youth

July 9, 2017July 2, 2017 by Pete Tong

Maybe you’re not thinking ‘how?’ but – ‘why?!’ Why teach submission to children and youth? It’s a difficult enough topic to teach adults. Do we really need to trouble younger minds with it? In the first of three articles I…