Alan Stibbs - Australian Church Record

The Church and the Bible (Part 1)

August 22, 2018August 9, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

On this issue of the relation of the Church to the Bible the declared position of the Church of England is explicit and unmistakable. The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are avowedly acknowledged as supreme and sufficient…

Church History The Vault

The confidence and hope of our calling

August 15, 2018August 6, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. (1 Thess 5:24) These few simple words sum up some of the essential fundamentals of Christianity. They tell us three things about God: that he has called us, that he is faithful, that he will do. They…

Doctrine The Vault

The Spirit transforms (Romans 8)

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

In Paul’s survey of the Gospel in the epistle to the Romans he declares that all have sinned (3:23), that the Lord Jesus was delivered up for our trespasses (4:25), and that by simple faith we can be freely justified (3:21-26). To those thus put…