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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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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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Christian Living Doctrine Evangelism

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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Complementarianism Doctrine Ministry

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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Doctrine Ministry The 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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Christian Living Doctrine Evangelism

Engaging with worldviews and making Jesus known

February 3, 2019February 2, 2019 by Bethany Smith

One of my oldest friends has become hardened to the gospel and sometimes it’s difficult to keep persevering in evangelism with her. It’s hard to be courageous when I struggle to even know where to begin in conversation. It’s hard to feel like a…

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Ministry

Ministry in Melbourne: An interview with Andrew Price

January 29, 2019January 13, 2019 by Andrew Price

Andrew Price is the lead pastor of Holy Trinity Doncaster in Melbourne. Here he shares with the ACR some of his reflections on ministry at HTD and in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. Andrew, tell us a bit about yourself—your family, background…

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