Scott Newling

Scott has been the minister of Watsons Bay Anglican Church since 2017. Before that he was an assistant at Berowra and Gladesville and did some study overseas in between. He’s married to Emma, who is part of the chaplaincy team at St Andrew’s Cathedral School where their three boys also head to school each day.

How I came to know Jesus – Scott Newling

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I do not know when God called me to salvation, and I am content with that because, whenever it was, my election has always been certain and sure. So the when of my calling is not so important to me: the fact of it is everything. Nevertheless, in God’s…

Depression, anxiety and work

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We have responsibility before God to work: it’s part of our created nature, and God has purposed for us to work diligently. We are not to be lazy, wasting away our time idly; we are to be busy rather than busybodies, and burden-sharing rather…

Reading or speaking the Bible?

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Words are the lifeblood of relationships. When a person speaks to another, the speaker reveals something of themselves to the hearer; when the hearers listens, they come to know the speaker better. Of course, that depends in part on the truthfulness…

Bored of the cross?

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What distinguishes Jesus’ crucifixion from every other crucifixion performed by the Romans? Tens of thousands were crucified before Constantine abolished the practice in the fourth century. And it doesn’t take much for us to remember Spartacus,…