Australian Church Record

Doctrine

Pursuing Sanctification – God’s work or ours? Part 1

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 by Daniel Bishop

John Owen says Christians need to “be killing sin, or it will be killing you.”[1] Yet from my experience most Christians aren’t employing everything they have at their disposal to kill sin or to pursue sanctification in any regard. The most I…

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Christian LivingDoctrine

How long, Lord, must we call for help?

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 by Ben George

In light of the recent Australian bushfires, we perhaps cannot be blamed for asking, Why is God allowing such a thing to happen? How can God turn a blind eye to the devastation that has come as a result of these fires – the loss of property, animals,…

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ComplementarianismMinistry

The ACR asks P&A Director Jane Tooher about the Priscilla and Aquila Conference (3 February 2020)

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 by ACR Editorial

ACR: Thanks, Jane for taking the time to talk to us! Firstly, we wanted to ask you about the Priscilla and Aquila Centre. When people ask you, ‘What is the Priscilla and Aquila Centre?’, how do you describe to them what it is? JT: The…

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Ministry

The Recruitment Problem

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 by Mike Leite

While I was training at Moore Theological College (2012- 2015) the constant rhetoric was that the Sydney Anglican Diocese was oversupplied with full-time gospel workers. We were warned from the very beginning of the need to be creative in funding…

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DoctrineEvangelismMinistry

The message is the mission (Ephesians 1:13)

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 by Lionel Windsor

What is God’s ‘mission’? In the opening section of Ephesians, Paul talks a lot about God’s purposes for the world. God’s ultimate purpose is to sum up everything in Christ (Ephesians 1:10). God is moving everything in heaven and earth…

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EvangelismMinistry

Evangelism in the Upper Mountains

December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 by Jon Guyer

In 1836, while his party baited their horses at the Weatherboard Inn, Charles Darwin trailed a nearby creek down to “a view exceedingly well worth visiting”[i]. That view was the Jamieson Valley at what is now the village of Wentworth Falls.…

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Doctrine

The truth about truth

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019 by Ben George

Jesus Christ has always been a controversial figure. Take John 18:33-38, for example, when Jesus is addressing Pilate. He says that he came into the world to speak about reality, and everyone who listens to him knows the truth. This is controversial…

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