“Regardless of where I end up, the plan is to prayerfully proclaim the crucified Christ as Lord of All, and to raise others to proclaim Him also!” Hear from Ed...

How should we act when we face difficulties as Christians? How should we respond in the face of difficulties that arise from our being Christian in the public square?

After years of drought in North West News South Wales, pouring rain seemed an appropriate gift from God and an appropriate welcome for the new Bishop of Armidale, consecrated at...

Craig Hooper, part time with the Centre for Ministry Development (CMD), while also ministering in Mt Druitt

A second group of new deacons was ordained at St Andrew's Cathedral last month, in a smaller service because of COVID restrictions but with the same scriptural charge to follow...

In a great kindness of God, Moore Theological College has been blessed with a bumper crop of undergraduate on-campus students in 2021.

This will be the last e-Appeal I write as Head of the Moore College Foundation and none could be more important. After almost 4 years in my role, I’m retiring...

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...

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) 

The Rev Dr Bill Salier will commence as Consultant in the GAFCON Theological Educators’ Network.

Reverend Gaston from Amboasary Parish in southern Madagascar, where the famine is most severe, participated in distributing the relief. He said his church is now packed.

“Christian ministry has faced two major challenges recently: bullying and burnout. The reasons for both are no doubt complex and too difficult to dissect in a simple article. Yet I...

So, what is a worldview? It is a metaphorical pair of spectacles. My spectacles enable me to focus on what I’m looking at so I can see clearly. A worldview...

The following was first published as part of the Diocese of Sydney submission to the recent Appellate Tribunal. The purpose of this paper is to provide a short account of...

The following is an excerpt from a short biography written by Mark Earngey. Complementary copies are to be delivered to Sydney Anglican rectors as a Christmas gift from the ACR....

The iconic Temple Steps photo from Gafcon Jerusalem 2018 represents far more than a giant selfie. It records the gathering of a diverse group of Anglicans who share a common...

“I studied at Moore College with the intention of serving as an ordained minister. However, God had other plans.” Peter Carroll reflects on his ministry with Indigenous communities in Northern...

What is happening in the Australian soul? One of my lecturers at Moore Theological College would ask this question of many of those he met in the local community in...

In a recent article in Moore Matters, Mark Calder reflects on the challenges and opportunities he’s observed in his first year as Bishop of Bathurst.

"Christmas represents the great unmasking of God. In the coming of Jesus, we see God’s face.”

The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, says Christmas is the desperately needed circuit-breaker after a harrowing year of COVID.

As I write this, two coincidentally related things have just happened. Firstly, I’ve just finished reading Carl Trueman’s book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive...

Christmas in 2020 will be a bleak time for many. In places all over the globe the coronavirus continues to run rampant, infecting and then killing, millions of people. Though...

Gafcon Australia commits itself to supporting orthodox and faithful Anglicans in each of these situations. While we hope that none of this will be necessary, we make our commitment to...

One of the most challenging, and yet rewarding tasks in my role as Head of Foundation at Moore, has been raising financial support for overseas students. While theological education is...

We are deeply distressed that the previous Bishop of Wangaratta should take presumptive action by blessing a same-sex marriage.

At the recent Synod of the Diocese of Wangarratta (Aug 2019) Dr Dorothy Lee mounted a case for the possibility of Australian Anglican churches blessing same-sex unions in keeping with...

A practice of bringing plants into the home during winter, especially the boughs of evergreen trees, has a long history in Europe. Sometimes it had religious significance and sometimes not....

It was the worst conversation I have ever had with a fellow believer in Christ, and no Christian cliche I could muster up made me feel any better. Maybe they...

“We began praying for…university ministry, a church, and a good theological college…I thought this might be answered over generations. But the Lord surprised us.” Read about the work God is...

Tom Habib writes: After all, can’t we just agree to disagree? Why are we fighting so much over this issue, and not others that we disagree over? How can we...

“The world’s greatest need is evangelism. With all the earnestness and strength that are in me I urge upon you that fact. I urge it especially upon my brethren of...

Not everything can be said in a short blog piece. This is where The ACR Journal comes in. Some issues are complex and are best dealt with in more detail....

"Give us a break and let this Christmas season be a time of celebration and joy," Archbishop Davies told Channel Seven news last Monday. "

If you read this edition of Moore Matters from front to back, you will see that under God, Moore College has had a significant global impact over the last 164...

It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who...

What do we do when we feel weak in the face of powerful people? Fight as hard as we can to exert our power and dominance over others? Shut down...

What a year it has been: unexpected uncertainties, patterns and rhythms of personal and family life overturned, plans disrupted, usual ministry impossible, and new ways of ministry to learn.

Next year's General Synod will consider a ruling from an Anglican tribunal saying services of blessing for same-sex marriage are constitutional, under a narrow opinion of what constitutes doctrine of...

God’s covenant is as true today in Ethiopia during the time of the Coronavirus, as it was for the Israelites while in slavery in Egypt and Exile in Babylon

What is the legacy we as Christians should be seeking to leave? Most of us can look at the Hamilton-esque approach and see it doesn’t fit with the call on...

Mary McKinlay thinks she is the longest-running student at Moore Theological College. She may be right. Who else has been studying for more than 62 years and is still taking...

“[Caplan’s hypothesis] is basically what would happen if God did not intervene, and everything continued the way that we see and observe now,” Dr Peter Orr says.

The reality is that celebrating light over darkness is a good and appropriate thing to do. But you can only truly celebrate light over darkness if you know Jesus.

This afternoon the Primate (Archbishop Geoff Smith), released on the General Synod website the Opinions of the Appellate Tribunal on references made by him to the Tribunal for their Opinion...

It is with great sadness that I note the opinion of the Appellate Tribunal of the Anglican Church of Australia on the matter of proposed services to bless same-sex unions....

It is about being more godly, as we let our citizenship in heaven shape every aspect of life now while we live in these challenging evil days.

Paul’s famous instruction in Ephesians 5:16 to “redeem the time” seems to endorse our modern day obsession with time efficiency. Even the evangelical commentators I most respect explain the verse...

As I write this eAppeal, Victoria has recently been released from its three-month lock down. There are signs of hope across Australia as State and Federal authorities seem to have...

Bishop Nelson uses the acronym TRIM to explain to people the unique elements of ministry in North West Australia. It’s a ministry that is Transient, Remote, has Indigenous needs, and...

The Moore College Principal, Dr Mark Thompson, has today announced that the current Vice Principal, Dr Colin Bale, will conclude his service in that role at the end of 2020....

The topic of a perceived shortage of rectors has generated some interest, but should we be satisfied even if we had enough?

Simon Manchester talks to Dr Paul Barnett about the meaning of life.

Alumnus Talar Khatchoyan writes on war in Southern Cross November 2020.

The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies, leads in prayer at the end of the drought. October 2020

Most of us would agree that recruiting to fill gaps is ultimately short-sighted and to do so is to adopt too narrow a world view – that the goal of...

I have been asked to reflect on my expectations of ministry around the time of my ordination in the Diocese of Sydney some fifty years ago.

Especially in evangelical circles, marketing tends to have a negative reputation. And although overstated, this fear comes from real examples of marketing done in a way that does a disservice...

The Bible’s teaching on our relationship to human authorities is quite clear. Those who govern us are set in place by God.

In our most recent Moore Matters Trevor Cairney (Head of Foundation) points to Isaiah 41:10 as an encouragement to be confident and almost defiant to the challenge that Covid-19 has...

'To the Glory of God and the growth of His Kingdom' - so says the plaque unveiled at the official opening of Sydney's latest Anglican church building.

Even before COVID-19, every rector was aware of the growing pressure of the role: the demands of compliance, managing expectations and criticisms from the congregation, tensions within parish council, the...

Moore Theological College warmly congratulates Jo Gibbs on her appointment as the new CEO of Anglican Deaconess Ministries (ADM).

“Are you here because we are a good boat to fish from or because you want to be an Anglican clergyman?” This question, asked during my Sydney Anglican ordination interview...

With almost half of us reporting little to no spiritual growth according to recent National Church Life Survey data, and our church services and programs still not back to normal,...

There’s been a worldwide prayer request for one of Africa’s senior church leaders, who has been hit by colon cancer. Archbishop Ben Kwashi, the general secretary of the Global Anglican...

A remarkable revolution takes place when a person is converted. I will never tire of reflecting upon the conversion of Saul of Tarsus that day on Straight Street in Damascus....

It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who...

What sort of God sticks with unfaithful people? If we are unfaithful, is there any hope for us? Throughout October, Revd Simon Manchester is our 'Lift Up Your Hearts' devotion...

The Lord has gifted us with excellent opportunities for training, pre- eminently at Moore College. If we understand our own identity, especially through the history of our Diocese, we will...

In the Spring edition of Moore Matters I outlined plans for the replacement of John Chapman House with a new residential building that will be home to over 100 single and...

The Governing Board of the College has approved the Principal’s nomination of the Rev. Christopher Conyers as a part-time member of the Moore College Faculty from 1 January 2021. Chris...

Yet it is only natural that we should long to return to physical gatherings as soon as possible — only natural, because our nature is social and relational, we are...

Adoption is the preferred positive outcome for children as it removes uncertainty about living arrangements and provides a safe space for children to process the impact of their early childhood...

Where is God? Does God have any relevance in the face of great mountains of human degradation and pain?

The Suffering Church Network is led by Bishop Andudu and Faith McDonnell. We have prayed for Bishop Andudu’s diocese of the Nuba Mountains and prayed for the relaxation of Sharia...

"Our bodies are holy. One day God is going to make them completely new … he calls us to a better story"

Unless you are in a high risk group you should go back to church and help serve again in building up your local expression of Jesus’ body.

When my kids were young, I had the idea to talk with them about the gospel over dinner so that we could discuss together about what it means for us...

Once upon a time there were two guys named Andrew. They both loved Jesus and both started an MTS traineeship on the same day, in the year 2000. Last week...

Plagues and Protestants

Wherever the gospel has taken hold in the hearts of people, they have gathered (sometimes in secret and at great cost). This emergency online provision is just that, an emergency...

Rev Ken Noakes has taught PTC subjects in his pastor training trips to India and Sri Lanka and at his former churches in Adelaide and North Sydney. He recently shared...

On 24th January, we left for Uruguay as missionaries with the Church Missionary Society (CMS). We had been waiting and preparing for this moment for many years, so despite many...

“Mission is not cancelled, but this summer we’re not going to travel,” says SU NSW’s missions chairman, Nathan Milham. “In light of the challenges of COVID-19, in our best wisdom...

If many members of the public have concerns about the ethics of vaccination, it could be a serious public health problem.

“Social distancing restrictions led to a series of extraordinary greetings in place of regular handshakes, but we can be very thankful that they did not prevent us from meeting together...

Death and starvation as floods destroy South Sudan

"The Christians at school voted me the person in the year least likely to become a Christian..."

While most parishes are now running face-to-face services, a lack of a few familiar faces tells us that attending in person is still a bridge too far for some.

There’s a collective call in Sydney churches to see more people step into ministry. Multiple churches waiting for senior ministers to lead them indicate that the harvest is plenty but...

From genocide and war to domestic violence and ongoing crime rates, the worst of humanity is clear to see. The reaction of many to the spread of Covid-19 backs this...

Archbishop Glenn Davies has released the text of a letter, signed by the Archbishops of the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches, calling for ethical research on COVID-19 vaccines.

This years edition of Societas has the theme: 'From Generation to Generation'. It includes some helpful reflections and articles on replicating ministries and and the importance of passing on the...

We’re very focused on physical health at the moment, and for good reason too, but when was the last time you checked the spiritual health of your church?

No matter in what part of the world church leaders reside, the theological training of these leaders is central to the missional effectiveness of their churches and the Gafcon movement....

Genesis 2 is about marriage, right? Well yes – in part. But it’s not just about marriage. I wonder if we could even say it’s not primarily about marriage. In...

I have really appreciated all the discussion under the catchphrase ‘the minister drought.’ The Pastor’s Heart along with others continue to have robust conversations with some great thinkers about the...

Surely one of the most striking images of this extraordinary year was the toppled statue of Edward Colston being rolled through the streets of Bristol, England by a furious mob,...

I grew up with a victim mentality. Nobody called it that at the time. But as I look back, that’s what it was. You see, I was a refugee from...

Our bishops and the Archdeacon for Women have shared several key ways that we can be praying for Sydney and the surrounding areas included in our Diocese. In a panel...

Not everything can be said in a short blog piece. This is where The ACR Journal comes in. Some issues are complex and are best dealt with in more detail....

The most recent changes to the tertiary education sector are no cause for alarm according to the Rev Dr David Hohne, academic dean of Moore College.

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” …COVID-19 has demonstrated that such...

The television pictures of the devastating blast which levelled the port area of Beirut has brought home to Australians the dire emergency faced by the people of Lebanon.

But what do we do when a pandemic cuts us off from one another? How can we sing when one of these purposes – singing to one another – is...

Paul wrote Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon from prison. He would doubtless have preferred to be with them in person (Phil 1:8), but as he was kept apart from them...

Moore College was praying well before COVID-19 came along, and I take it that the College will continue praying long into the future, as would be expected of a Christian...

When asked if he’s ever known someone who was influential on his faith turn from the gospel, Rev Jim Ramsay chuckles sadly. While he can’t name a mentor who went...

Since schools transitioned to online learning at the end of March, Special Religious Education classes have been put on hold. Youthworks has developed a clear set of guidelines for teachers...

In the second of these short reflections on the glory of Christ, I want to draw attention specifically to the constitution of his person in two natures, fully divine, and...

James Innell Packer was one of the three giants of 20th century evangelicalism: the evangelist, Billy Graham; the pastor/Bible teacher, John Stott; the theologian, Jim Packer. His influence on evangelical...

Packer was known to millions of Christians around the world for his popular classic, Knowing God, published in the 1970s. But he was already an established scholar of note because...

The Bible calls us to stand up for justice, after God’s own heart. While we can be confident that ultimate justice will be achieved when Jesus returns, we are called...

Every parish is different, but all the local churches contacted are treading more carefully in light of the outbreak.

SYDNEY: Anglican Aid’s project partner in Democratic Republic of the Congo and father of four Bishop Désiré Mukanirwa has passed away from COVID-19, after falling ill two weeks ago.

Prison Fellowship Australia have launched a new resource specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people who find themselves in jail.

Throughout history, humans have been subject to sickness, sadness, sin, futility, frustration and the looming prospect of death. While in modern times we’ve often been able to ignore this reality...

How much is thankfulness part of your life as a follower of Jesus? How much, in our current situation, are you tempted to grumble? How much do you focus on...

Currently there are around 30 vacant parishes in the Sydney Diocese. Generally vacancies last longer now, because there are fewer people putting their hands up for rector roles. That is...

Press release: Moore Theological College has chosen Preservica’s cloud-hosted active digital preservation software.

There is nothing quite like a crisis to help us assess the deep desires of our hearts.

Article on religious freedom by the Director of the Centre for Christian Living

Over 26 meetings in Sydney alone, the Billy Graham crusade of 1959 had over 980,000 attendees. Many had not been believers before but turned to Christ there at one of...

Who needs priests? For many in our society, there is a real cynicism around the word ‘priest’ and the idea of a religious establishment. Yet there are some who have...

Episode of the 'Reach Australia' podcast with Lionel Windsor, Mikey Lynch and Andrew Heard.

“God has given us a wonderful cohort of new students. They are gifted in diverse ways, and keen followers of Jesus. They enter the College to be equipped and then...

So, how do we, as a church and as individuals within it, make contact with all these new people and love them well?

With all due respect to Netflix and YouTube, creature comforts fail to fill the vacuum social distancing and isolation creates.

There is a theory around that people’s attention spans have grown shorter, so they won't listen to long talks or sermons any more. It’s a theory that visiting English preacher,...

The culture in Australia – our way of life – has changed dramatically since the onset of COVID-19, and we haven’t travelled anywhere! As a nation we are in culture...

Akos Balogh, CEO of The Gospel Coalition Australia, chats to Dr Charlotte Hespe and Richard Chin about ‘Living for Jesus in the COVID-19 Age.‘

We are not a culture that is adept at waiting. Whenever we are in a queue, most people whip out their phones to entertain themselves. A popular app was ‘Beat...

Imagine the threat of a dangerous disease. Imagine the anxiety about becoming infected, the constant stress eating away at you. Imagine what it could do to your family, what it...

This is not the first time that the ACR has seen a pandemic. From 1880, the Church Record, as it was known, reported on all the news relating to the...

Until the rise of modern medicine, western civilisation experienced pandemics very regularly. The best-known example is the notorious ‘Black Death’, a strain of bubonic plague that swept through Europe between...

Have you had a Coronavirus meltdown yet? Today I had an ugly cry in Coles. I am feeling pretty embarrassed about it. As I jostled my way through the crowds...

As Paul writes Ephesians, he can see there’s a crisis approaching. He’d often written letters when groups of believers faced crises. Sometimes, the crisis involved false teaching. Sometimes, it was...

How do we respond to such a deadly threat that has changed our lives so remarkably? There are two options: we can respond in fear or faith. The choice is...

Updated Information from Dr Mark D Thompson, Principal of Moore Theological College Moore College has been closely monitoring developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic from the moment it came to international...

A poem about Easter 2020 by Peter Mayrick, co-Director of the Centre for Ministry Development (CMD).

This COVID-19 season has been intense. Everything is changing, anxieties are raised, people are suffering and death is having an impact on all of us. And significantly, it is not...

When we decided to focus the latest edition of Moore Matters on ‘Partnership’, little did we know that by the time it would be arriving in mailboxes and inboxes, our...

The Australian Church Record interviews Rob and Alice Brown about Moore College Can you tell us about the state of the church in your home country? England is a country...

I first started thinking about patience when I observed (what I perceived as) a lack of it in my husband nearly every time we had to leave the house together....

A group of Moore College students gathered around the College’s only television on 16 July 1969 to watch Apollo 11 land on the Moon and to witness Neil Armstrong’s “one...

Celebrating or participating in International Women’s Day (IWD) seems to be growing stronger and stronger every year. This year it is on Sunday, 8th March and although the organisers may...

ACR chats to Rowena Russell: ministry wife, mum- to-teenagers and Deaf Society support worker and adult educator about taking on theological study at a different stage of life.

Long-serving Sydney Bishop, Ivan Lee, has passed away more than four years after being diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. Bishop Lee died last night (4th March) at Greenwich Hospital, where he...

Mardi Gras is upon us in Sydney. When thinking about the tension in society around the issue of same-sex attraction, it’s easy to wonder if you might actually be a...

It pays to hold your nerve. Always. With the latest news out of the UK that a young woman is calling out the National Health Service’s gender clinic for not...

Should I offer to go as a missionary to somewhere on the other side of the world? What about if it would put my life in danger? Should I encourage...

by John Menear, Acting General Secretary Many Christians around the world have never been taught that the Bible tells one big story – about God’s plan to save us through...

I’m sure Summer has been memorable for all friends, supporters and graduates of Moore College, but perhaps for all the wrong reasons. It has been a harrowing time. We’ve been...

The ACR talks to Gladwin Joseph, overseas alumnus of Moore College, about his training and his current ministry in India. ACR: Tell us about the state of the church in...

There are lessons for us all in this. For those in leadership, those being led, and those developing leadership structures and systems. Co-written by Archie Poulos & Simon Gillham.

Since the death of my paternal grandmother on 26 June 2018, my family has had to mourn the loss of three family members. Preaching at two of the three funerals,...

By: Simon Gillham, Head of Mission Over the last six weeks global attention has been increasingly drawn to the outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus in Hubei Province, China....

“Some of our international students come with support from home churches. But many from Asia and Africa would find it impossible to study at Moore without scholarship support. When I...

The start of the new decade will look very different for us as we travel by road from Sydney, New South Wales, to Dongara, Western Australia. A trip which sees...

Churches have been urged to pray about the Coronavirus outbreak and to take sensible precautions as the World Health Organisation declares a public health emergency. Archbishop Glenn Davies has written...

At the church I pastor a returning missionary was giving a brilliant sermon on Acts 17. Mid-talk he paused and asked the congregation to discuss this question: “Is Jesus still...

In Part 1, Dan showed us that God’s sovereignty in our progressive sanctification (that is, our ongoing journey in holiness) is not in conflict with our efforts in this area,...

Last September the NSW Parliament passed the Abortion Law Reform Bill, which effectively decriminalised abortion in the state. The Sydney Anglican Synod met shortly afterwards, and so took the opportunity...

Nationalism fails to be Christian because it turns a blind eye to our own evil - as though it could be confined to the past, or was not our doing,...

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...

"There's a heartache still in this land," says Pastor Michael Duckett of the Macarthur Indigenous Church as he shares a message for Australia Day, calling on non-indigenous Australians to remember...

This is the 70th—and final—post in Lift Your Eyes, a series of reflections covering every sentence in the apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. We’ve now come to Paul’s closing...

The respected Aboriginal Christian leader invited the congregation in the city centre to “come on a journey with Aboriginal people … we’re going to change this nation.”

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...

The Priscilla and Aquila Centre encourages women in a variety of ministries, in partnership with men, for the building of Christ’s church, and in reaching the lost with the great...

Prayer is clearly a very important theme in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. As the apostle sits in chains in a Roman prison, writing this letter, he keeps coming back...

Paul Young, with his essay, “The Role of Works in Final Judgment Using Calvin’s Aristotelian Framework with Special Reference to Romans 6:19-23” of which Gerald says that, “Young tackles a...

Through his preaching and writing, Paul shows that the most important thing about a woman’s identity is not her physical appearance, nor her marital status, nor whether she’s had children,...

Nations are a mixture of good God-given human potential, sinfulness, God’s common grace, and —where there are Christian believers—God’s saving grace...

Do you ever feel like the Christian life is a struggle? Do you feel that it’s hard, day after day, to keep going? Do you find it hard to trust...

By: Rev Archie Poulos, Head of Department of Ministry There will be no-one in Australia unaffected by the pain, loss, tragedy, despair and heroism that is this summer’s bushfires. I...

As I stood before these deserted homes holding a charged hose, I was reminded again of how the works of our hands are so fragile, even when made out of...

He says, first of all, that God is achieving his purposes for the world through evangelism. Evangelism means the preaching of the gospel, by people who know the gospel, to...

Simon Manchester has an unusual voice – one that’s easily recognised by anyone who has listened to him on Hope 103.2 radio over the past 15 years. The recently retired...

Archbishop Glenn Davies has appealed for Christians to be in fervent prayer as New South Wales entered a State of Emergency because of bushfires raging around the state.

In the modern materialistic Western world, it’s easy to ignore the spiritual realities of life. There are just so many things to get on with and worry about: relationships, health,...

This heartfelt proclamation was at a confirmation service conducted by the Anglican Bishop of North Sydney, Chris Edwards, held at an Anglicare residential care facility in Sydney.

I once learnt a management principle that’s so simple, and yet so profound, that it’s stuck with me for years. Authority and responsibility should always go together. Authority doesn’t exist...

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,...

The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, has spoken about loneliness and isolation in his Christmas message, saying that ‘God with us’ is one of the key themes of...

The Reverend Gary Siew Leong Koo was one of their own and many western Sydney clergy and congregation members came out to see him consecrated at the regional Cathedral. A...

The irony of all this is that it’s those who most dread Christmas who really need Christmas the most. Not the season itself, with all the cultural baggage it has...

Freedom is a wonderful ideal. But in reality, none of us lives a life that is totally free. We all have restrictions in life. Some of these restrictions arise from...

I think, broadly speaking, you could divide Christmas church-goers into two groups: The first group are those who are not really familiar with ‘Christian words.’ When people use these special...

Fathers, do you sometimes wish your children were born with an instruction manual? Being a dad is such a big responsibility. A father’s love, emotional presence, approval, and support for...

Following the successful completion of his PhD, Tony Payne is stepping aside from the directorship of the Centre for Christian Living (CCL) at the end of this year. He will...

Dr Chase Kuhn's review of 'Expository Exultation: Christian Preaching as Worship' by John Piper. Published in themelios,

Children’s ministry is exceptionally important. I can vouch for that first-hand. I first came to know Christ when I was a child, through the ministry of volunteers who taught the...

Well, John Woodhouse has an uncanny ability to so illuminate the depths of the text that the book that he is reading becomes not only his favourite, but your favourite...

I can’t remember how old I was when I first heard Proverbs 13:4 in the King James translation, but I do remember a childish giggle. “The soul of the sluggard...

I fear we’re in danger of people making individual decisions to train further because it’s possible (finances, time off work/career path), rather than because their local minister says ‘You simply...

Why would you….?! ACR chats to Uni ministry campus director Ryan van der Avoort about what compelled him to move from South Africa to Sydney to study at Moore Theological...

Men, we have a problem. It’s a serious problem that we can’t ignore. It’s a problem in our world, and also a problem in our lives. In countless ways, great...

Forgiveness is (or should be) a defining characteristic of the Christian life. The New Testament is not naïve enough to assume that relationships between Christians will always be smooth. It...

What makes you you? It’s the question of our time. Is it my genetics? Am I born this way? Or is it my upbringing, the way I was raised and...

The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, has announced he has appointed the Rev Gary Koo to be the next Bishop of Western Sydney.

The noble task of the ordinary Christian minister is essential for the future health of the churches which make up the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Yet challenges to the ordinary...

A former missionary has been chosen to head the Archbishop of Sydney’s Anglican Aid following the retirement of founding CEO The Rev David Mansfield. The Rev Tim Swan will lead...

To mark Reformation Day this year (2019), Moore Theological College is pleased to announce the acquisition of an important Martin Luther volume. This particular book is the sixth part of...

Christians do have a profound reason to avoid drunkenness—a reason that goes beyond statistics and simple consequences. This reason comes out in the apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians

The National Library has just announced the recipients of this year’s Community Heritage Grants. We have received a grant of $9,090 for conservation treatment of the Rev Frank Cash negative...

The Sydney Anglican church encourages women to serve in many different ways. Therefore it was disappointing to discover that Baird overlooked a particularly important motion in the Synod papers designed...

As I read Julia Baird’s latest offering about the caricatured, oppressed, silenced and invisible women of the Sydney Anglican Diocese (“In praise of the oddities and outliers resisting bonkers fundamentalism...

There can now be no doubt that the Anglican Church of Australia is headed towards a crisis moment. Some might argue it has been a long time coming but recent...

Moore College gives thanks to God for the appointment of the Rev Dr Edward Loane as Warden of St Paul’s College in the University of Sydney. This is an indication...

The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, has announced he is seconding Bishop Ivan Lee to work on strengthening church growth in the Diocese, in a new portfolio for the...

I come from two countries, England and Indonesia. I grew up in Jakarta, then became a Christian in England during university. But since my wife and I plan to head...

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The word Paul chooses to describe forgiveness here is actually a grace word. It’s all about giving. Because God has graciously given us forgiveness, life, and salvation, we are to...

Over the past year or so I have spent many a Monday morning immersed in 2 Peter, working through it verse by verse in our senior clergy meetings. What a...

“If we abandon God’s Word we have nothing to offer the world. That is why this motion is before you tonight,” said the Dean of Sydney Kanishka Raffel as he...

How should Christians relate to the world around us? Should we withdraw, or should we engage? How do we know which action to do when? It’s not question with a...

Archbishop Glenn Davies has spoken of the challenges to Christian faith within the Anglican Church in his final Presidential Address to the 2019 Synod of the Diocese of Sydney.

The problem with all of this is that we end up valuing the things that we can easily measure. But what we should do is to start the other way...

Leigh and Kim Windsor on their experience of evangelism and ministry in the ARV (Anglicare Villages) at Castle Hill.

My name is Stuart Sharry and I am married to Yukiho. In January 2019, we moved from Japan to Sydney, so I could pursue the Bachelor of Divinity at Moore...

This is the world we live in. It’s a world where money and sex, sex and money, rule the day. And yet, at the very same time, it’s a world...

Christians today face another social tragedy of even greater devastation than the slave trade. The vexed question of abortion has long been with us but now has renewed impetus with...

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“For the Bible tells me so” goes the old refrain, and researchers working on Mt Zion in Israel are finding artefacts which confirm the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem, detailed in...

One day I realized I’d made a mistake. It didn’t need to be quiet for me to have a ‘quiet time’. That is, it didn’t need to be quiet for...

We at Moore College join with the Sydney Missionary & Bible College (SMBC) community in thanking God for the appointment of Mr Derek Brotherson as Principal of the college to...

Here Paul tells us what not to become: “don’t become partners with them.” Don’t become partners with whom? With the “children of disobedience”. With the world under God’s “wrath”. These...

Our Head of Mission, Simon Gillham, chats with Archbishop Ben Kwashi about Moore College’s mutually beneficial partnership with the Church in Africa. Hear the challenge from the Archbishop about holistic...

After the GAFCON event at Moore, Simon Gillham spoke with Archbishop Ben Kwashi about the significance of theological education for the global church, and Moore College’s place in providing quality...

Earlier this year, our Head of Mission Simon Gillham spoke with Archbishop Foley Beach about Moore’s relationship with the GAFCON movement and the spread of theological education around the globe....

If there is any group of people on the planet who should be enthusiastic about change and transformation it ought to be Christians. At the heart of the Christian message...

“I just don’t want us to be in a ministry that doesn’t grow, or goes backwards,” she confessed. “What, then, would be the point of all this sacrifice and preparation?”....

The College is pleased to announce that the Rev Dr Raj Gupta has agreed to serve alongside Peter Mayrick as Acting Co-Director of the Centre for Ministry Development while Archie...

Good things are interfering with our commitment to the public worship of the Lord. Nominal Christians have left the church in droves over the past decades. At the same time...

Human beings are social creatures. We need to belong. One of the most obvious ways we do that is by the way we speak. Whenever we speak, in all sorts...

"We are here today because we believe a child is precious to God, made in his image. Therefore that child is precious to us. We have heard the heartbeat of...

We recently had the privilege of interviewing Dr Ashley Null. Among other things, we asked him why he thought Moore College was a great place to study theology and be...

This paper is seeking to address the question: What is the connection between preaching sermons and leading a congregation? Before we start, we need to get the question into some...

The 27th of August will go down as one of darkest days in the history of our family. It has been a year since the fateful day, but sometimes I...

When Claire Smith was at school, the Christians in her year group voted her “the person least likely to become a Christian.” Coming of age during the second wave of...

Forgiveness matters. In fact, it’s part of the bedrock of our relationships. Without forgiveness in our relational world, life would actually become unbearable: Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel The Count of...

Relatively little attention has been paid to biblical parallels to the wretched “I” of Rom 7:14–25. A few scholars have observed features shared with the psalms of lament, but these...

Moore College gives thanks to God for the life and ministry of Dr William A. Andersen, who went to be with his Lord last Saturday. Bill Andersen lectured several generations...

Lionel Windsor's article on a gospel response to the Amazon fires. This is written for The Gospel Coalition Australia.

The Bishop Election Board in the Diocese of Bathurst has announced that the Reverend Mark Calder has been elected as the next bishop.

"...[theological] formation mattered in providing a frame of reference from which we would love, serve and cherish God's people." Read about learning in community at Moore College in the September...

Words are fundamental to our lives. We use words to share, to create, to love, to define ourselves, and to build societies and worlds. We live through words. That’s why...

By the end of this sermon I want to convince you that your cross is too small. The reason I think your cross is probably too small is that I’ve...

I owe a huge debt to prison chaplains. My whole nation does. Richard Johnson and Samuel Marsden were foundational figures in the history of Australia. Johnson came out on the...

Watching people who don’t have a clue might make for good TV, but it doesn’t make for a successful life. That’s why having worldly wisdom matters – it stops us...

First, Robinson taught me that reading the Bible is an adventure. He taught his students that the world of the Bible was untamed, wild, not garden, but wilderness. To enter...

Anger is more common that we usually like to admit. There’s anger in our world, and there’s anger in our own hearts. Anger exists because things are wrong. And there’s...

Among the myriad challenges facing the Church of England is the state of theological education. Part time and mixed mode study dominates the theological educational landscape. Residential theological education is...

Another tragic milestone in our country’s history was put in place on Thursday night as the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, by a vote of 59 to 31, passed legislation...

Join us in thanking God and praying for the work of the college on Moore College Sunday. In this video we hear how Moore College equips people for mission in...

Join us in thanking God and praying for the work of the college on Moore College Sunday. In this video we hear how Moore College trains people to think theologically...

Join us in thanking God and praying for the work of the college on Moore College Sunday. In this video we hear why and how Moore College trains people in...

Truth is becoming an increasingly rare commodity in our world. Former US President Barack Obama certainly thinks so. In a speech in July 2018 celebrating Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday, Obama...

How did you come to know and follow Christ? Amelia grew up in a non-Christian family in Korea. When she went to New York for her undergraduate studies and started...

Amelia and Kevin are living in South Korea, Amelia’s home country. They are preparing to serve in a sensitive part of the world next year. To get ready for that,...

Good teachers inspire us to change. They help us to see our potential, and they encourage us to reach it. In fact, the best teachers see who we are—and what...

Hear from Ray Busuttil about his time at Mission Awareness Week.

Hear from Judy Kay about her time at Mission Awareness Week.

Hear from Johan Linder about his time at Mission Awareness Week.

Hear from Malcolm Watts about his time at Mission Awareness Week.

Hear from Ted Brush about his time at Mission Awareness Week.

Hear from David Pym about his time at Mission Awareness Week.

Hear from Ross Webb about his time at Mission Awareness Week.

Just over a year ago our family of five moved to Santiago, Chile, to serve as CMS missionaries. Previously I’ve written about our journey hereand here. It occurs to me...

Russell Powell writes on the third National Grandparents Conference at Figtree in Wollongong. Praise God!

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If you were asked who the most influential people are in your life, chances are your list would include a teacher or two. Good teachers make a huge impact on...

In August 2017, electronic music legend Avicii released what turned out to be his final single. It was called ‘Lonely Together’. Musically, the song is cheerful and richly layered. But...

In Colossians 3:1-2 Paul exhorts his readers to ‘seek’ and ‘set’ their minds on ‘the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God’ (ESV)....

“Here is a trustworthy saying”, declares the Apostle Paul, “whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task” (1 Tim 3:1). The truth is, however, contemporary Australian Christians might...

Archbishop Glenn Davies talks about the benefits of studying the Preliminary Theological Certificate (PTC).

What does complementarian ministry look like in practice in a parachurch setting? To explore just that, we chat to Carl Matthai and Alison Napier who are part of the team...

“Jesus is in the business of making peace between all cultures and between cultures and God through his atoning death on the cross" he said, reflecting the multi-cultural nature of...

In this interview Philip Chapman tells us about his coming to Christ, experience of studying the Advanced Diploma in a part-time capacity and how this has helped him in his...

Words are the lifeblood of relationships. When a person speaks to another, the speaker reveals something of themselves to the hearer; when the hearers listens, they come to know the...

At the primary school our kids attended, there was a class for gifted children. It was called the ‘opportunity class’. To get into the opportunity class, the kids had to...

A much loved and longstanding member of the College, the Rt Rev Dr Paul W Barnett, has been honoured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List as a Member of...

I once visited a church and sat next to an alcoholic called Phil.[1] I know Phil was an alcoholic because he told me quite soon after church finished. The whole...

In May Trevor Johnston visited us and shared about the great relationship that he has with Moore College. We're thankful for the partnership between his church, All Saints Belfast, and...

The Dean of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, invited the Reverend Neville Naden, Indigenous Ministry Officer for BCA, as preacher for the Sorry Day service. An important event, as the Sydney Anglican...

Simon Gillham, Head of the Department of Mission, speaks with Archbishop Wong and Archbishop Katanda about partnering for the Gospel.

Church is a place of labels. Some are useful—for example, we wear name tags so we can more easily engage with others in fellowship, or sometimes we’re categorized into groups...

Hear from Archbishop Glenn Davies as he shares about some of the work that is being done in Tanzania with Anglican Aid, including the opening of a girl’s school. Please...

On 17th May, representatives from twelve churches throughout New Zealand gathered and formed the Church of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa/New Zealand. By the grace of God they are a new Anglican...

In the medieval church the Archbishop of Canterbury, who was appointed by the crown in England, needed to receive a pallium from the Pope which represented his ecclesiastical authority. The...

Throwback to 2009, and a video explaining the influence of Moore around the world, and the need for partnerships for the sake of the gospel.

Dr John Woodhouse, former Principal, reflecting on the future of Moore College and some global trends. Most of this is just as relevant now as it was in 2009.

Congratulations to Archdeacon Greg Harris from Bendigo on his new role as the National Director of Bush Church Aid Society of Australia (BCA). Greg is a graduate of Moore College,...

Cameron Jones, one of our graduates, visits Moore College from Northern Ireland and tells us how he has been involved with Moore College in the past and present as well...

Jireh, Kimjeng, Jie, John, Tony and Sam (pictured left to right). Each year, Moore College Undergraduate Students join small ‘service teams’ for things like School Scripture Teaching, First Year Orientation...

“If we are to see healthy churches that are centred on Jesus and his good news we need to carefully select and offer good biblical training to church leaders. I...

On Monday 11 March, we had the great pleasure of witnessing the graduation of the 107 men and women who most recently completed their courses at Moore College, and who...

1959 ordination class reunited at Moore College in 2019 Back row (L-R): Gordon Robinson, Vic Roberts, Ted Newing Front row (L-R): Hugh Scott, Alan Donohoo, Peter Ball, Reg Barker, Ward...

Left to Right: Juliette (Assistant Registrar), Bunny, Christina and Jamie (Academic Administrator). Interview by Juliette Antoon Last November, we had the privilege of meeting one of our Canadian PTC students...

Hebrews 11 is a wonderful catalogue of faithful actions made by some heroes of the Old Testament. The men and women mentioned demonstrated firm resolve to honour God and live...

A guide to Moore College's Online and Community Courses and Student Life for prospective students.

A guide to Moore College's Undergraduate Courses and Student Life for prospective students.

An annual report and statement on the College’s activities and operations including financial statements, teaching and learning and tracking results.

A guide to Moore College's Postgraduate Courses and Student Life for prospective students.

Joseph Pun trained as a physiotherapist at Sydney University. After becoming a Christian through a campus ministry, his priorities started to change. Having a relationship with Jesus soon became the...

Is God Green? by Lionel WindsorSydney: Matthias Media, 2018. From the introduction: Almost 50 years ago, in 1972, the crew of the Apollo 17 space mission took the first full-view...

I recently sat with Nathaniel “Jum” Naden to ask him some questions about his experience as an Aboriginal Christian man and gain his wisdom about how non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal Christians...

The Legacy of David Broughton Knox Edited by Ed Loane From the Publishers Website Publisher’s Description David Broughton Knox was one of the most influential Anglican leaders in the second...

Societas is the annual magazine publication edited, produced and published by the students at Moore Theological College.

An annual report and statement on the College’s activities and operations including financial statements, teaching and learning and tracking results.

Students in their fourth year of the Bachelor of Divinity degree at Moore Theological College have the opportunity to research and write a 5 000 word essay in Church History...

Societas is the annual magazine publication edited, produced and published by the students at Moore Theological College.

George Athas, Koula Athas. Ten sample studies and leaders notes on 1 Samuel

An annual report and statement on the College’s activities and operations including financial statements, teaching and learning and tracking results.

Societas is the annual magazine publication edited, produced and published by the students at Moore Theological College.

That Charles Simeon was one of the most influential early evangelicals through his long ministry at Holy Trinity, Cambridge (1783-1836) is undisputed. This book explores just how influential he was,...

Who has the job of evangelism? Is it just professional pastors or "evangelists"? Can I just live a godly life and let my actions do the talking? Faculty member Lionel...

If our speech really is a reflection of who we are, and if being a Christian is a fundamental and even primary way we describe ourselves, should we expect gospel...

An annual report and statement on the College’s activities and operations including financial statements, teaching and learning and tracking results.

Peter Orr in a series on the Image of God, with some deep thinking about how the resurrection and ascension of Jesus revise our understanding of what it means to...

Because part of my job involves teaching Paul’s epistles, I am frequently asked what I think about the “New Perspective” on Paul. This is a hard question to answer because...

One weakness in the New Perspective understanding of justification is that it confuses meaning with context. Although justification and the related righteousness language can be used in covenantal contexts (e.g....

I am neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I think John Barclay’s Paul and the Gift will be the most significant book on the apostle Paul...

Now, before you rightly rebuke me for misquoting Jesus and James, let me explain what I mean by “let your yes be no”. I think too often in ministry, be...

2015 Moore College Fourth year student Michael Leite reflects on why mentoring relationships are of value for Christian fellowship and growth in this article written for GoThereFor.com.

An article written for SydneyAnglicans.Net blog by Moore College principal Mark Thompson.

Here is a description of an Old Testament king: “there was no king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and...

In his autobiography Billy Graham recounts the time that he met Karl Barth, arguably the 20th Century’s most significant Protestant theologian.

As the discussion around the proposal to change the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples is played out in the media and in the parliament, other larger questions have...

Societas is the annual magazine publication edited, produced and published by the students at Moore Theological College.

I teach first year Hebrew to Christian ministry trainees at Moore College. Learning Hebrew can be fun, but it also takes organisation, discipline and effort especially for students who are...

Easter Talks presented by Dr Lionel Windsor at UNSW Campus Bible Study.

Appearing in this outstanding book which gathers together leading scholars to consider ways in which Jesus and his earliest followers understood their identities and missions in the light of their...

An annual report and statement on the College’s activities and operations including financial statements, teaching and learning and tracking results.

Societas is the annual magazine publication edited, produced and published by the students at Moore Theological College.

Where is Jesus now? It is the sort of question we can imagine the seven year old asking their Sunday School teacher. And in one sense it is quite an...

As Christians our orientation is often to the cross of Christ – and rightly so. Paul was insistent that he determined to ‘know nothing’ except ‘Jesus Christ and him crucified’...

There is a surprising amount of material in the New Testament describing what Jesus is doing now, but I want to concentrate on two which help us think about the...

I was standing at the door shaking hands after church when John* said to me, “Can someone please explain the Bible to me?” 1. "Can someone please explain the Bible?"...

1 Corinthians 15 is perhaps one of the most theologically rich chapters in the New Testament. Here Paul defends the resurrection of Christ and the future resurrection of believers. After...

This article by Moore College’s educational technologist explores the Bible's attitude towards technology, focusing on God's appropriation of the technology of the cross.

An article about theological training by Phillip Jensen.

Societas is the annual magazine publication edited, produced and published by the students at Moore Theological College.