The real Jesus: in more than one dimension

Posted on May 17, 2025 
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Moore College Principal Mark Thompson preached from John 2:12-22 in the College’s chapel yesterday (16 May 2025).

– Watch here.

Anglican Heroes: Thomas Cranmer — Church Society podcast

Posted on May 16, 2025 
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From Church Society:

“In the first of a new miniseries on the podcast, Lee Gatiss talks to Ros Clarke about Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, his life, work and legacy for the Church of England today.”

Learn about Cranmer’s aim to reform the Church, and how his ideas and methods are very relevant to us today.

– Listen here.

Portrait of Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke.

Related: Dr. Ashley Null on Thomas Cranmer – from an interview with ACL News in 2001.

Notice of the Anglican Church League’s 2025 Annual General Meeting

Posted on May 15, 2025 
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The ACL gives notice and warmly invites its members to attend the 2025 Annual General Meeting.

Date: 6.00 pm, Thursday 12th June, 2025.

Location: T.C. Hammond Room, Moore Theological College, 1 King Street, Newtown NSW (enter via Carillon Avenue).

Come and hear Dr. Mark Thompson, Moore Theological College Principal & ACL Vice President on –

“The night the Diocese, the College and the ACL all almost imploded.”

An agenda for the meeting, including positions that need to be filled by election, will be made available on the ACL website, in good time before the meeting.

The list of current Council members can be found here.

Need to renew your ACL membership? (Due by 6:00pm 12th June). Please use this link.

The vision of the ACL is to advance the reformed and evangelical character of the Anglican Church of Australia, particularly in the Diocese of Sydney.

Authentic Anglicanism

Posted on May 15, 2025 
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What is an Anglican? How is Anglicanism being stretched out of shape to be unrecognisable? Sydney’s Doctrine Commission has produced a report on authentic Anglicanism and the following is an abridged version, with some language simplified for general reading.

“ ‘Anglicanism’ is the label attached to a form of Christian corporate life that traces its theological convictions and ecclesiastical practice to the New Testament, with an especially formative period during the English Reformation.

Its congregations are part of the ‘one holy catholic and apostolic church’ confessed in the ecumenical creeds, yet they share distinctives that mark them out from other communions and denominations. …”

– Dr Mark Thompson writes at SydneyAnglicans.net.

(Mark is Chairman of the Sydney Doctrine Commission.)

Have your heart warmed for global mission

Posted on May 15, 2025 
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We’ve previously mentioned the work of Dr Tim Keesee, founder of Frontline Missions, and his Dispatches from the Front documentaries.

“Dispatches from the Front is a series of documentary films that highlight the marvellous extent, diversity, and unity of Christ’s Kingdom in our world. The journal format of each episode underscores the daily unfolding of God’s activity on the ‘frontlines,’ bringing viewers up-close with sights and sounds from distant corners of the Kingdom.”

While the films are still available on DVD format (remember that?), in the video linked above, Tim Keesee explains that the videos are now available to stream at no charge.

These would be ideal to show in a home group.

Go to frontlinemissions.info/dispatches and scroll down to click on each title.

Under “Add DVD to cart”, there’s now the option to “Stream for Free”.

John Piper writes:

“Beware of watching these Dispatches films if you don’t like being moved and inspired and shaken out of the ruts of your life. My wife and I were riveted in watching the frontline reports of God’s work as recorded in the Dispatches from the Front series. This is the sort of information that builds faith in the present providence of God over His mission and stirs up action for the sake of lost and hurting people near and far.”

There’s also a companion book by Tim Keesee – “Dispatches from the Front: Stories of Gospel Advance in the World’s Difficult Places” available from Reformers Books.

Anglican Communion participants in choice of next Archbishop of Canterbury announced

Posted on May 14, 2025 
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“The Archbishop in Jerusalem, Dr Hosam Naoum, is to be one of the five representatives of the global Anglican Communion who help to decide the next Archbishop of Canterbury.

The names of the Communion representatives were announced on Tuesday morning, along with those selected from among the central members elected by the General Synod for a five-year term.

Previously, the Canterbury Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) has had only one representative of the Anglican Communion…”

– Church Times reports on the latest in the search for a new Archbishop of Canterbury.

See also:

‘Omnishambles’ May Delay Canterbury Selection – The Living Church.

‘Not so fast my friend’ – 1700 years since Nicaea – with Rachel Ciano and Leonardo De Chirico

Posted on May 14, 2025 
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From The Pastor’s Heart:

“It is 1700 years since the Council of Nicaea and the publication of the Nicene Creed – but what are we to make of it?

It was the twentieth of May in the year 325 that the Council of Nicaea first met. Pope Francis said ‘The Nicene Creed is a powerful sign of unity among Christians.’

The 17 hundredth anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is being used by the Roman Catholic Church to push the idea that ‘All Christians are Nicene Christians.’

However the difficulty is that while we say the same words, Roman Catholics and Protestants mean vastly different things, and any unity is a fake unity at best.

Leonardo De Chirico is pastor of the Church Brecha di Roma and director of the Reformanda Initiative.

Rachel Ciano lectures in Christianity and History at Sydney Missionary and Bible College. She is a faculty member at the Rome Scholars and Leaders Network, hosted by The Reformanda Initiative.”

– Watch or listen here.

Related:

The Nicene Creed – The nature of Christian unity and the meaning of gospel words  – Edited by Mark Gilbert and Leonardo De Chirico. Matthias Media.

“The Diversity of Religions is the Will of God”. A Window into Pope Francis’s Theology of Religions – Leonardo De Chirico at Vatican Files.

The Genesis of Science

Posted on May 13, 2025 
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From Phillip Jensen:

“You knew that we couldn’t undertake a series on Genesis 1-11 without dealing with science – and so here it is.

Mind you, it may be different to what you are expecting as we explore the background to the warfare between science and religion (aka Christianity). We do not want to hold the Bible to ransom from the captivity of science, but science from the captivity of history. Where has science come from and how has it been derailed or helped by an understanding of the sinfulness of humanity?

Neither Peter or I claim any expertise in the practice of science, but both of us have serious questions about the history of science, the understanding of Genesis in the light of science and the understanding of science in the light of Genesis. I hope you find it informative.”

– Listen at Two Ways News.

Save the date for Gafcon Sunday 2025 — 29th June

Posted on May 13, 2025 
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From Archbishop Dr Laurent Mbanda, Chairman, Gafcon Primates Council:

“Dear Gafcon family,

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Will you celebrate with us Gafcon Sunday on the 29th June?

On this day in 2008 we gathered at our first Gafcon conference to unveil the historic Jerusalem Statement, which continues to express the truth and unity that binds together our movement in love.

At our G25 mini-conference in Plano, Texas in March, we played this short video that captured this historic moment:

We invite every Gafcon church to devote time during worship services on Sunday 29th June to read or display a short item about Gafcon, and to lead prayers for our movement.

We also humbly request that each church collect a special thanksgiving offertory for Gafcon, so that through your precious partnership in the gospel, you might equip us to guard God’s gospel.

In the coming weeks our Gafcon Secretariat will make available some digital resources which you may choose to distribute or display at church, or share via email and social networks.

As we gathered in the land of our Lord Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection, we experienced a moment that continues to lead us to pray to see the Bible at the heart of the Anglican Communion.

Please join with orthodox Anglicans everywhere, as we gather to celebrate Gafcon Sunday on 29th June, in just under eight weeks’ time.

The Most Rev’d Dr Laurent Mbanda
Chairman, Gafcon Primates Council
Monday, 12th May 2025.”

Preach the Word

Posted on May 12, 2025 
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At the recent gathering for the 50th Anniversary of Campus Bible Study at the University of New South Wales, Phillip Jensen speaks to remind and encourage his hearers to Preach the Word.

– Listen here. (The audio quality improves greatly after the first few minutes.)

Very much worth your time, and good for your heart.

Related:

Giving thanks for Campus Bible Study — 50 years on – The Pastor’s Heart.

Southern Cross May – June 2025

Posted on May 11, 2025 
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The latest issue of Southern Cross magazine (May – June 2025) is now downloadable from SydneyAnglicans.net.

If you attend a Sydney Anglican church, you should be able to pick up a printed copy there.

 

Bishop of Bathurst’s Newsletter: HOPE25 Edition – May 2025

Posted on May 10, 2025 
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Bishop of Bathurst Mark Calder has released the latest Bishop’s newsletter for your prayers and encourgament.

– Read it online here. Or download the PDF file.

 

Albert Mohler on the new Pope

Posted on May 10, 2025 
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In his The Briefing broadcast of 09 May 2025, Dr Albert shares his thoughts on the new Pope and what his election might mean for the Roman Catholic Church.

– Listen here.

See also:

9 Things You Should Know About Pope Leo XIV – How Carter at The Gospel Coalition.

Alistair Begg on his preaching ministry

Posted on May 10, 2025 
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“Alistair Begg has been in pastoral ministry since 1975. He graduated from the London School of Theology and subsequently served in Scotland at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist Church. In 1983, he became the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio, where he continues to lead the congregation and teach God’s word Sunday by Sunday.

Alistair is also the Bible teacher on the daily and weekend program Truth for Life. Truth For Life is distributed through 1,900 radio networks across the United States and can also be heard on the Truth for Life website, through YouTube, via podcast, and by way of numerous other listening platforms. Alistair is the author of several books. He and his wife Susan were married in 1975 and have three grown children and eight grandchildren.

The following is a transcript of a section of an interview with Alistair conducted by the ACR during the 2025 CMS Summer School, Katoomba, where Alistair was speaking on the book of 1 Peter. …”

– Read the full interview at The Australian Church Record.

Sydney Diocese Media release: Abortion Bill amendments

Posted on May 9, 2025 
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The Archbishop of Sydney is grateful for progress made, and urges Lower House MPs to reject the amended bill.

Anglican Diocese of Sydney
Archbishop’s statement re the amendment of the Greens’ abortion Bill

I am thankful to those MPs who upheld freedom of conscience for doctors and amended the Greens’ abortion bill in the NSW Upper House.

But the burden will now also fall on nurses and midwives to be involved in something at odds with their vocation.

So, I urge lower house MPs to protect the unborn and reject the bill entirely.

Archbishop Kanishka Raffel

9 May, 2025.

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