March, 2020 - Australian Church Record

Fear or Faith | COVID-19

March 31, 2020 by Tawanda Masango

It doesn’t matter which news site you turn to, COVID-19 is making the headlines. It is changing people’s lives. It is shaking up the global financial markets. It is hardly possible to have a conversation with someone before it becomes the subject…

My afflictions, your glory (Ephesians 3:12–13)

March 26, 2020 by Lionel Windsor

As Paul writes Ephesians, he can see there’s a crisis approaching. He’d often written letters when groups of believers faced crises. Sometimes, the crisis involved false teaching. Sometimes, it was persecution. There had also been moral…

My Coronavirus Meltdown Moment

March 23, 2020 by Jocelyn Loane

Have you had a Coronavirus meltdown yet? Today I had an ugly cry in Coles. I am feeling pretty embarrassed about it. As I jostled my way through the crowds and past empty shelf after empty shelf, I felt myself growing increasingly anxious. We have…

Christians and Pandemics through the Ages (260, 1347, 1665,…2020)

March 19, 2020 by Matthew Payne

The ‘coronavirus’ (COVID-19) has put the world into a panic. It is clearly extremely contagious and a significant threat to many lives. Nobody knows how long it will last or what its ultimate effects will be. Amidst the uncertainty, most people…

Why would you?

March 17, 2020 by ACR Editorial

Moore College Overseas Alumni: An interview with Rob and Alice Brown Can you tell us about the state of the church in your home country? England is a country with a great gospel heritage, and Christianity in the broadest sense has been part of British…

The importance of being a struggling Christian (Ephesians 6:14–16)

March 12, 2020 by Lionel Windsor

Do you ever feel like the Christian life is a struggle? Do you feel that it’s hard, day after day, to keep going? Do you find it hard to trust God, to live for Jesus, and to speak about Jesus with other people? Maybe you look at other Christians—at church,…

Praying for patience

March 10, 2020 by Kirsten McKinlay

I first started thinking about patience when I observed (what I perceived as) a lack of it in my husband nearly every time we had to leave the house together. He is a classic ‘doer’; he loves to act and get stuff done and ticked off. I, by contrast,…