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Mark Earngey is on faculty at Moore College, where he lectures on Church History, Doctrine, and Biblical Theology. He recently completed his MPhil and DPhil (Oxon), focusing on the history and theology of the English Reformation. He is married to Tanya and has three children, with a fourth on the way.

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Advance Australia Where?

July 22, 2021July 23, 2021 by Mark Earngey

This article was written for the ACR Journal in the lead-up to the archiepiscopal election of the Diocese of Sydney in 2021. Thus the context is prior to the successful election of Abp Kanishka Raffel and needs to be understood in that chronological…
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The Importance of the Gospel

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 by Mark Earngey

Where would you be without the gospel? I shudder to think of where my life would have headed without it, and it horrifies me to hypothesise about a future without it.  Wonderfully, I am not weighed down by such thoughts. For I love to remember when…
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Marriage has always been…?

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 by Mark Earngey

A Short History of Christian Marriage [1] The following was first published as part of the Diocese of Sydney submission to the recent Appellate Tribunal. The purpose of this paper is to provide a short account of the development of marriage within…
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Lady Jane Grey: A Firm Faith

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by Mark Earngey

The following is an excerpt from a short biography written by Mark Earngey. Complementary copies are to be delivered to Sydney Anglican rectors as a Christmas gift from the ACR. If others would like to order copies please email editor@australianchurchrecord.net…
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Not I, But Christ

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by Mark Earngey

A remarkable revolution takes place when a person is converted. I will never tire of reflecting upon the conversion of Saul of Tarsus that day on Straight Street in Damascus. After he met the Lord Jesus Christ, the activistic antagonist had atonement…
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Thank God for ordinary pastors

November 7, 2019November 5, 2019 by Mark Earngey

The noble task of the ordinary Christian minister is essential for the future health of the churches which make up the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Yet challenges to the ordinary Christian ministry abound! The world around us seems to be spinning…
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The valuing and devaluing of theological education

May 12, 2019May 5, 2019 by Mark Earngey

Among the myriad challenges facing the Church of England is the state of theological education.  Part time and mixed mode study dominates the theological educational landscape. Residential theological education is deemed too expensive. …

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