January 2020 – Australian Church Record

The Congregation has spoken: “We also want systematic theology!”

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 by Ben Pakula

At the church I pastor a returning missionary was giving a brilliant sermon on Acts 17. Mid-talk he paused and asked the congregation to discuss this question: “Is Jesus still a man today?” I was perplexed as to why he would ask such an obvious…

Doctrine

Pursuing Sanctification – God’s work or ours? Part 2

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by Daniel Bishop

In Part 1, Dan showed us that God’s sovereignty in our progressive sanctification (that is, our ongoing journey in holiness) is not in conflict with our efforts in this area, but that both operate together, as friends. Here, Dan returns to…

Doctrine

Pursuing Sanctification – God’s work or ours? Part 1

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 by Daniel Bishop

John Owen says Christians need to “be killing sin, or it will be killing you.”[1] Yet from my experience most Christians aren’t employing everything they have at their disposal to kill sin or to pursue sanctification in any regard. The…

Christian Living Doctrine

How long, Lord, must we call for help?

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 by Ben George

In light of the recent Australian bushfires, we perhaps cannot be blamed for asking, Why is God allowing such a thing to happen? How can God turn a blind eye to the devastation that has come as a result of these fires – the loss of property, animals,…

Complementarianism Ministry

The ACR asks P&A Director Jane Tooher about the Priscilla and Aquila Conference (3 February 2020)

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 by ACR Editorial

ACR: Thanks, Jane for taking the time to talk to us! Firstly, we wanted to ask you about the Priscilla and Aquila Centre. When people ask you, ‘What is the Priscilla and Aquila Centre?’, how do you describe to them what it is? JT: The…

Ministry

The Recruitment Problem

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 by Mike Leite

While I was training at Moore Theological College (2012- 2015) the constant rhetoric was that the Sydney Anglican Diocese was oversupplied with full-time gospel workers. We were warned from the very beginning of the need to be creative in funding…

Doctrine Evangelism Ministry

The message is the mission (Ephesians 1:13)

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 by Lionel Windsor

What is God’s ‘mission’? In the opening section of Ephesians, Paul talks a lot about God’s purposes for the world. God’s ultimate purpose is to sum up everything in Christ (Ephesians 1:10). God is moving everything in heaven…