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 were never a Christian in the first place? But I was convinced of H’s Christianity. I felt that I knew H like I knew myself. And so, when I stumbled onto Hebrews 5:11-6:12, I was struck by the pastoral word that the writer had for those who were sluggish.
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Pastoral care for the sluggish
The Young and Old, Seeking the Lost
When to take a stand
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 tell if this is a hill to die on? Where is the line? How far is too far? Put simply – when should we take a stand?
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Sydney Diocese’s Unchanged Priority for over Eighty Years
“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 the clergy. Study evangelism; preach evangelism; live evangelism.
Let us not, by neglecting it, betray the Lord that bought us; let us not, by neglecting it, betray the souls of men who look to us for light and leading; let us not, by neglecting it, betray our own souls on the day of judgment when God shall call us to give account of our stewardship.
‘Who is sufficient for these things?’ we cry. And our cry would be one of despair did all not remember that “our sufficiency is of God”. That sufficiency comes to us through the medium of prayer.”
– Archbishop H. W. K. Mowll, Presidential Address to the 3rd Ordinary Session of the Twenty-fourth Synod of the Diocese of Sydney (Monday 15 August, 1938) (Year Book of the Diocese of Sydney 1939, p. 247)
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Australian Church Record – Summer 2020 Journal
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. In our journal you’ll find lengthy discussions on relevant and current theological matters within evangelicalism.
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Singing is back!
“Give us a break and let this Christmas season be a time of celebration and joy,” Archbishop Davies told Channel Seven news last Monday. “
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