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 to Indonesia for long term mission, I’ll explain the state of Christianity and the church there.
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Why would you? – ACR Team interviewing Chris Townsend
Donald Robinson Library
The power of forgiveness (Ephesians 4:31-32)
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 graciously give to others by forgiving them. What is forgiveness, according to Paul? It’s the gift we give when we erase someone else’s sin against us from our personal ledger of wrongs. What Paul says here about forgiveness helps us to see what this means in practice, and why it matters so much.
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Waiting for the day of the Lord – Kara Hartley
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 joy it’s been. I’ve especially come to love 2 Peter 3 because it has reminded me once again about how I should use the time I’ve been given. So I thought I’d share three things that have struck me.
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Marriage motions passed as General Synod support questioned
“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 introduced one of the key motions of the 2019 Synod, one which he said he moved ‘with a heavy heart’.
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Living light (Ephesians 5:11–14)
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 simple answer, is it?
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