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We boast in the Lord

February 18, 2021 by Ben George

In a great kindness of God, Moore Theological College has been blessed with a bumper crop of undergraduate on-campus students in 2021. Our full-time, on campus, bachelor level course intake has doubled. We have also had an increase in the percentage…

Five tips for getting your kids involved in ministry (and why you should want to)

February 16, 2021 by Jocelyn Loane

I have come to call February my month of ‘extra-curricular angst’. I spend hours trying to somehow mesh five kids’ schedules so they can all have a go doing the things they want to do (mostly obnoxiously loud instruments) and the things I think…

The Sign of the Cross in Baptism

February 11, 2021 by D. Broughton Knox

12. The minister makes a sign of the cross on each candidate’s forehead and says I sign you with the sign of the cross to show that you are to be true to Christ crucified and that you are not to be ashamed to confess your faith in him. Fight bravely under…

Are we antinomian? Final salvation and good works

February 9, 2021 by Mike Leite

Introduction In the preface of the book A Faith that is Never Alone, Andrew Sandlin asks the question, ‘does the Protestant idea of justification negate the necessity of good works?’.[1] This indeed has been a common accusation against the…

Why do we say things together in church?

February 5, 2021 by Andrew Errington

As a teenager, I was deeply impacted by a youth ministry that made a lot of hay out of throwing out traditional, churchy practices. We started a church service on couches and bean bags in the hall where we didn’t do anything like liturgy or set prayers.…

Love, grief and identity

February 3, 2021 by Scott Millar

This is part three of Scott Millar’s reflections on grief. Read part 1 and part 2 on the ACR website. You learn a lot about what a person meant to you when they’re taken away. Separation magnifies all the intricate and beautiful nuances of what you…

A word in grief

January 28, 2021 by Scott Millar

This is part two of Scott Millar’s reflections on grief. Read part one here. Two days after Susie’s death, the kids and I walk up the hill to church. The July cold bites us in more ways than one, and yet to be outside brings some sense of relief. Our…