Ministry - Australian Church Record

What’s with the shepherds at Christmas time?

December 16, 2018 by Annabel Nixey

What’s with the shepherds at Christmas time? In his biography, Luke explains that after Jesus’ birth a crowd of angels appeared to a group of shepherds out in the countryside and announced to them that the Christ-child had been born. He tells…

Biblical friendship (part 3): Cultivating friendship

December 9, 2018 by Caitlin Orr

In part 1 and part 2, we looked at what a true friend is, and how Jesus is the ultimate friend. Now we’re going to think about how to cultivate biblical friendships through the lens of one of the great friendships recorded in the Bible: Jonathan and…

Biblical friendship (part 2): Being a friend

December 5, 2018December 2, 2018 by Caitlin Orr

In part 1 we looked at John 15 and saw that a friend is loving, sacrificial and outward looking. The book of Proverbs fleshes out this picture of what it means to be a friend. Proverbs is immensely helpful in thinking through the issue of friendship,…

Biblical friendship (part 1): What is a friend?

November 26, 2018November 25, 2018 by Caitlin Orr

Over the past few years several studies have shown that social isolation and loneliness poses a bigger risk to our health than smoking or obesity. Loneliness has the same effects on your body as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. It increases your chances…

Considering Christ with your children at Christmas: An advent Top 5

November 20, 2018 by Jocelyn Loane

It’s not like Christmas sneaks up on you. I think my first mince pie sighting this year was in early October. By November I find I can’t resist the urge to buy more gift tags at every single check out display, in case we are gripped by a nation-wide…

The evangelical church in Scotland: An interview with Matt Baines

November 18, 2018 by Matthew Baines

Matt Baines is originally from Sydney where he has been working as an assistant minister at Minchinbury Anglican Church until August this year, when he and his family moved to Edinburgh. Here, Matt shares with us some of his early reflections…

Feminism and faith: Some further thoughts

November 13, 2018 by Christine Bransdon

This is the second part of Christine’s article. The first part can be found here. I have invested a lot of effort in researching feminism and trying to express why I think it is at odds with Christianity. I’ve struggled to reconcile the…