August 2017 – Australian Church Record

God and “The Wrath”

August 30, 2017August 28, 2017 by Leon Morris

C.H. Dodd prefers the translation “the Wrath of God” to Moffatt’s “God’s anger” in Rom. 1:18, “because such an archaic phrase suits a thoroughly archaic idea,” while Nicolas Berdyaev writes “Anger in every shape and form…

Ministry

The Purpose of Humanity

August 29, 2017 by Sam Manchester

When we know our purpose it has far reaching implications for all that we do and give ourselves to. Purpose doesn’t determine what I can or can’t do, but it will tell me what I ought to be doing. For instance, a scalpel can have very great or terrible…

Marriage redefinition: What does Romans 1:26-27 really have to say?

August 24, 2017 by Lionel Windsor

The important article below is reposted with permission from Lionel Windor’s blog. Today, an article appeared on the ABC News website by Dr Robyn Whitaker, a lecturer in biblical studies at Trinity College Theological School,…

The Vault

Three in One – And One in Three

August 23, 2017August 21, 2017 by Leon Morris

Some people seem to think that the doctrine of the Trinity is the result of a concerted effort by the theologians to make it difficult for ordinary men to understand the nature of God. So far from this being the case history shows that theologians…

International

GAFCON in the Midst of Missional crisis

August 21, 2017 by Caitlin Hurley

We’ve looked at how GAFCON came to be and why it matters. Here we’ll unpack the challenges GAFCON and orthodox Anglicans face as we seek to be a missional movement to win people for Christ. In what kind of landscape does the GAFCON movement…

The Vault

Christianity in the Modern World

August 16, 2017August 14, 2017 by Leon Morris

“Teach a rat to expect punishment whenever a certain bell rings and a reward whenever a different bell rings; then ring both bells together. The rat will show confusion, timidity and indecision. In much the same way Christians today, confused…

International

GAFCON: What it does and why it matters

August 14, 2017 by Caitlin Hurley

GAFCON began as a moment. A moment when Anglicans stood up for authority of Scripture and the Lordship of Christ. As we saw in our first article, this stand was expressed as a conference held in Jerusalem in 2008. Five years after GAFCON 2008…