February, 2021 - Australian Church Record

What is it you remember?

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 by Brodie Cutmore

It’s amazing how selective our memories can be. Just the other night, my wife and I realised that the conversation we thought we’d had a few weeks ago was remembered completely differently by each of us. Actually, we all know that our memories…

Christian Living Ministry

When vice presents as virtue: stopping sin before it’s too late

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 by Nathan Milham

‘Personal style’ is a popular term. It’s a way of articulating that God has made us with different wiring, different preferences, different habits and gifts. Our personal styles impact the way we serve in ministry and the roles we get asked to…

Ministry

We boast in the Lord

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 by Ben George

In a great kindness of God, Moore Theological College has been blessed with a bumper crop of undergraduate on-campus students in 2021. Our full-time, on campus, bachelor level course intake has doubled. We have also had an increase in the percentage…

Christian Living Ministry Youth & Kids

Five tips for getting your kids involved in ministry (and why you should want to)

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 by Jocelyn Loane

I have come to call February my month of ‘extra-curricular angst’. I spend hours trying to somehow mesh five kids’ schedules so they can all have a go doing the things they want to do (mostly obnoxiously loud instruments) and the things I think…

ACR Journal

The Sign of the Cross in Baptism

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 by D. Broughton Knox

12. The minister makes a sign of the cross on each candidate’s forehead and saysI sign you with the sign of the cross to show that you are to be true to Christ crucified and that you are not to be ashamed to confess your faith in him.Fight bravely under…

ACR Journal

Are we antinomian? Final salvation and good works

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 by Mike Leite

IntroductionIn the preface of the book A Faith that is Never Alone, Andrew Sandlin asks the question, ‘does the Protestant idea of justification negate the necessity of good works?’.[1] This indeed has been a common accusation against the…

ACR Journal

Why do we say things together in church?

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 by Andrew Errington

As a teenager, I was deeply impacted by a youth ministry that made a lot of hay out of throwing out traditional, churchy practices. We started a church service on couches and bean bags in the hall where we didn’t do anything like liturgy or set prayers.I…