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The only qualification you need to speak about Jesus

December 8, 2022December 6, 2022 by Lionel Windsor

Are you qualified to talk about the message of God’s grace at Christmas time? This Christmas, various officially qualified people will have messages for the season. Bishops and archbishops will get some airtime on the news channels and social…

Church History Doctrine Evangelism Ministry

HUGH LATIMER: GOSPEL PLOUGHMAN

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 by Mark Earngey

For preaching of the gospel is one of God’s plough-works, and the preacher is one of God’s ploughmen.[1]So proclaimed Hugh Latimer (c. 1485-1555) on a rainy eighteenth day of January during the winter of 1548. This sermon – the famous ‘Sermon…

Christian Living Ministry

‘But God…’

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 by Ben George

One of the great privileges of my year has been the recent baptism preparation classes that a colleague and I have taken for those getting baptised earlier this month. It has been wonderful speaking with these men and women who are from different…

Christian Living Ministry

Preaching On: 7 ways to encourage your preacher from the pew

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 by Kirsten McKinlay & Bronwyn Windsor

In light of all that has been recently happening in the Anglican world, how can we encourage our preachers, those who pastor us and are holding to their ordination promises to shepherd the flock of God that is in their care?What we are about to share…

Church History Ministry

The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales – Part 4

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Mark continues from part 3 of his Gafcon 2022 talk. You can read the entire text here.Authentic Anglican IdentitySo, we have said a lot about the myth of the Via Media and the Canterbury tale of the Three-Legged Stool – perhaps too much!? But if…

Church History Ministry

The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales – Part 3

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Mark continues from part 2 of his Gafcon 2022 talk. You can read the entire text here.Classic Confusion #2: The ‘Three-Legged-Stool’So much for the myth of the Anglican via media. But alas, there is one more tall Canterbury tale which needs to…

Church History Ministry

The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales – Part 2

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Mark continues from part 1 of his Gafcon 2022 talk. You can read the entire text here.Classic Confusion #1: The ‘Via Media’So, onto our first classic confusion about Anglican identity: the so-called Via Media. This Latin term can be translated…