Sex in Marriage

Posted on May 12, 2026 
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From Phillip Jensen –

“When Paul wrote to the Corinthians, he had to deal with many issues, some of which were raised by the Corinthians themselves. Several of the issues related to the subject of sexual morality.

Chapters 5 and 6 of 1 Corinthians conclude with the importance of serving God with our bodies, and chapter 7 opens with the issue of how to serve God with your body in the face of sexual immoralities. The answer is not in celibacy, but a right understanding of sex in marriage.

Peter and I are going to take several weeks to discuss the many issues raised in 1 Corinthians 7. This week, it’s sex in marriage, verses 1-6.”

– Listen at Two Ways News.

Being a Christian is not the same as being Religious

Posted on May 11, 2026 
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Tim Thorburn writes at The Gospel Coalition Australia –

“One of the interesting facts from early church history is that Christians were accused of being atheists.

They didn’t do the religious things that were expected by their contemporaries in the Roman world. That might be a surprise to many in the secular West, where Christians usually look obviously more religious than their secular neighbours. After all, Christians have faith, they pray, they attend worship services. Many go further by wearing crosses, carrying Bibles, fasting, and orientating their lives around priests, festivals, saints and pilgrimages.

As many of us witness an uptick in interest in religion, including Christianity, especially among young men, I wonder what these new inquirers are attracted to. Is it Jesus and his saving work? Or is it religion, with the trappings of symbols and rituals?

Exploring why the early Christians were accused of being atheists could be a helpful exercise for us in this moment. …”

– Read it all here.

Comfort in God’s Sovereignty

Posted on May 11, 2026 
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“Are you feeling your life circumstances out of control? Or are you feeling anxious about the future?

Let’s take comfort with Scripture’s most comforting teaching: the Sovereignty of God. …”

– Partick Jason shares Scriptural truths at AP, the Presbyterian online journal.

Themelios Volume 51 Issue 1

Posted on May 10, 2026 
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The latest issue of Themelios – Volume 51 Issue 1 – was published last month.

Free to download, this is a special issue in honour of D.A. Carson.

There are many contributions, including those by Gary Millar, Graham Cole, Peter Orr, Brian Rosner and David Peterson.

It’s available from The Gospel Coalition – here’s a direct link to the PDF version.

Pastor in Northern Ireland convicted for preaching

Posted on May 9, 2026 
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News from The Christian Institute.

Changes in Bathurst Diocese

Posted on May 9, 2026 
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Today, the Rev Ben Mackay will be commissioned as Rector of St. Barnabas Orange East. Please uphold him and Bron and their family in your prayers – as well as Bob and Fiona Cameron, who served at East Orange from 2017.

– via the Diocesan Facebook page.

Also, The Western Advocate has published a story on the upcoming retirement of Bishop Mark Calder. It’s a great reminder to pray for Mark and Susan and also for the election of the next Bishop of Bathurst.

– via the Diocesan Facebook page.

Targeted and Engaged Evangelism to the Eastern Orthodox

Posted on May 8, 2026 
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Archie Poulos reviews and commends Certainty for Life: An invitation to those in Eastern Orthodoxy by John Diacos –

“I have spent most of my ministry seeking to evangelise Greek Orthodox, and in that pursuit John and I have sometimes laboured together and sometimes in parallel with each other. I have great delight in commending this book.”

– Read about it at The Gospel Coalition Australia.

Is a mother different from a father?

Posted on May 7, 2026 
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“Australia has celebrated Mother’s Day and Father’s Day annually since the 1930s. Some might think that these days are a bit of a relic from the past, when traditional gender roles were more accepted and family structures were much less diverse. Couldn’t we now just have a Parents’ Day instead?

I don’t hold particularly strong opinions on whether observing these days is ultimately positive or negative for us as a society. But I do think that having separate days for mothers and fathers offers an opportunity to celebrate something that is increasingly absent from our community: the recognition that a parent is not just a generic, substitutable role. A parent is either a mother or a father. …”

– Just in time for Mother’s Day, The Australian Church Record has published this excerpt from Jocelyn Loane’s book on Motherhood.

Anglican Heroes: John Stott — Church Society Podcast

Posted on May 6, 2026 
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From Church Society –

“Mark Meynell talks to Ros Clarke about ‘Uncle John’, his life, ministry and ongoing legacy around the world.”

– Listen here – with links to various resources.

Photo: Langham Partnership.

‘There are no rocks being thrown from this corner’ – Dominic Steele on Sam Allberry

Posted on May 6, 2026 
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From Dominic Steele at The Pastor’s Heart – a compassionate and pastorally sensitive, gospel informed response.

King’s Birthday Conference 2026 set for Monday 8th June

Posted on May 5, 2026 
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From Two Ways Ministries –

“As in previous years, KBC 2026 will be held on the public holiday Monday, 8 June, from 1:30 -5:00pm at Moore Theological College..”

– Registration is now open.

“Our registration rate will increase on May 25 (10 working days prior to conference) so please register early to ensure a seat in the Marcus Loane Hall; we expect to fill it to capacity, and will have late registrations seated in an overflow room.

For those living outside Sydney who cannot get to Newtown, the Conference will be live-streamed …”

More from Phillip Jensen –

“The topic this year is Prophecy Today. It is a very important topic, which is under such controversy today.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

Biblical Christianity is a prophetic religion – built on God’s revealed word. Therefore, nothing is such a threat to our faith as the lies Satan puts into the mouths of false prophets. Discerning prophets and prophecy is a very important activity.

Jesus warns us to beware of false prophets (Matthew 7:15), while Paul warns us not to despise prophecies (1 Thessalonians 5:20). How do we know the truth and what will indicate the falsehood of prophets and prophecies?

We are commanded to ‘earnestly desire to prophesy’ for prophecy builds, encourages, and consoles the church.

But how are we all to prophesy without causing confusion, and when are we to remain silent?

WHY IS IT CONTROVERSIAL?

At one end of the spectrum, the Charismatic Movement is keen to promote prophecy and prophets who speak in ways that contradict and undermine Biblical revelation.

At the other end of the spectrum, Liberal Christians are promoting as prophets people who preach the ‘correct’ political messages of social justice, and use the references to women prophesying to set aside any distinction between men and women.

And in the middle of the spectrum are confused Bible believers, unsure of what the Bible does teach about prophecy.

The King’s Birthday Conference is always a great time to catch up with old friends, a great place to make new friends, and an important place to bring friends to hear God’s word.”

New thinking on addressing the collapse in ministry recruitment and training?

Posted on May 5, 2026 
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From Dominic Steele at The Pastor’s Heart –

“In the UK there are serious signs of a narrowing pipeline into ministry recruitment and training. Fewer people are coming forward through some of the traditional routes. Traineeships are under pressure. Residential theological education is changing.

And churches are asking: Where will the next generation of pastors, evangelists, church planters and ministry leaders come from?

In Australia, it is not the same story, but there is a similar question. Geoff Folland has argued that the old model of the young, full-time, residential theological student is no longer the dominant reality. Colleges face rising compliance costs, changing student profiles and tighter finances. And, churches, apprenticeships, parachurch organisations and mission agencies are now doing more of the early work of formation.

So is this a Bible college problem? A local church problem? A recruitment problem? A funding problem? Or an ecosystem problem?

Orlando Saer is Senior Pastor of Christ Church Southampton, Chair of Trustees of 9:38 and part of the team behind the Yarnton Gospel Workers Trust launched last week — a new UK initiative seeking to remove blockages and multiply gospel workers for the harvest.”

– Watch or listen here.

The Temple of the Holy Spirit — Our embodied future

Posted on May 5, 2026 
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From Phillip Jensen –

“The commandments of 1 Corinthians 6:15-20 are obvious: flee sexual immorality and glorify God in your body.

However, Paul does not simply give commandments; he gives the rationale behind them. The rationale has to do with the meaning of the body in his thinking in terms of our creation, our resurrection, and our marital union with Christ.

This densely argued paragraph provides for us a Christian understanding of ourselves as well as our motivation to live Christianly.”

– Listen at Two Ways News.

On ‘Worship Nights’

Posted on May 4, 2026 
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Mikey Lynch at The Gospel Coalition Australia shares some observations –

“I have observed an uptick in stand-alone ‘worship nights’ in Australia in the 2020s—that is, Christian prayer and praise communal singing events. I hear of churches and inter-church conferences hosting special ‘worship nights’; there are even once-off inter-church events, often hosted by informal parachurch groups.

These kinds of events have strong appeal among those under thirty.

In this article, I give some notes on this phenomenon, concluding with words of caution and calls for discernment. …”

– Read here.

John Newton: Mastermind and mentor of early Australian Anglicanism

Posted on May 3, 2026 
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“On 8 July 1777, Reverend John Newton confessed in his diary to binge-reading the latest bestseller: Captain James Cook’s A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, published that same year. It caught Newton’s imagination, but it also caught his evangelical heart: he prayed that the gospel would ‘arise and shine upon’ people of ‘unknown regions’.

Newton didn’t know it then, but his Lord had a time and a plan for those souls. Within seven years, Newton himself would play a crucial role in launching and nurturing the first Christian mission in Australia. …”

– Again, give thanks to the Lord for John Newton. At the Moore College website.

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