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Win the complete set of Donald Robinson’s Works!

February 25, 2019April 3, 2019 by ACR Team

A godly man, a loving husband and father, an engaging vice-principal, an excellent exegete, a faithful archbishop. Donald Robinson excited and equipped generations of laymen, pastors, teachers, and scholars with his Bible teaching. As…

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Christian LivingEvangelism

Practical tips for sharing the gospel with a stranger

February 24, 2019February 26, 2019 by Mike Taylor

“How are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?… Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” (Rom 10:14, 17) How often do we consider the urgency of…

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Christian LivingDoctrine

Why God’s names matter: YHWH

February 19, 2019February 7, 2019 by Kate Hamer

In his best-known love story Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare famously wrote: “What’s in a name? that which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet.” For Shakespeare’s character, Juliet, a name doesn’t seem to matter much at all. A rose…

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Christian LivingDoctrineMinistry

Creating a culture of doctrinal literacy

February 17, 2019February 7, 2019 by Ben Pakula

My favourite book on Christian doctrine is Peter Jensen’s At the Heart of the Universe. It’s short, sharp, soaked in Scripture, and came about as a result of research for presenting the material orally. Best of all, it begins with eschatology—something…

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This God (Ephesians 1:2)

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by Lionel Windsor

I teach at a Sydney theological college that’s right in the middle of one of the most irreligious parts of the Western world. Our campus sits between a long-established, determinedly secular university, and a vibrant, socially progressive…

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ComplementarianismDoctrineMinistry

Encouraging women in ministry

February 10, 2019February 7, 2019 by Ben Gray

When I asked one of my female colleagues the question, “How do I encourage you in ministry?” her answer was: “By being normal”. So as I think about how we can encourage women in ministry, the theme is “trying to be normal”. I want to consider how we…

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DoctrineMinistryThe Vault

Visible and invisible

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 by ACR Team

By J. I. Packer The distinction between the Church visible and invisible was coined by Luther and Zwingli in the sixteenth century, and was much used by all the Reformers, our own included. The wording of Article XIX (“The visible Church…

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