Focussed on Christ
“The holiest Christians are not those most concerned about holiness as such, but whose minds and hearts and goals and purposes and love and hope are most fully focussed on our Lord Jesus Christ.”
– J.I. Packer, Keep in Step with the Spirit.
With thanks to Of First Importance.
UCA statement on Jews and Judaism
A ‘unconfirmed minute’ of a Statement from the Uniting Church of Australia’s 12th Triennial Assembly, held in July, has now been published as a PDF file on the UCA website.
While the statement rightly rejects anti-semitism, it does not call people to place their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, nor give any reason why they should need to.
Related: UCA Working Group on Christian – Jewish Relations – but also see, for example, Romans 10:1-17, Acts 4:1-12, John 14:6.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…