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.

NSW Abortion bill ‘gutted’

Posted on May 9, 2025 
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From John Sandeman:

“The debate over the Abortion Law Reform Amendment (Health Care Access) Bill 2025 introduced by Greens’ member Amanda Cohn into the NSW Upper house, has seen several amendments.

Lyle Shelton reports: ‘I’ve been watching the NSW Parliament live feed as MLCs have debated the Greens’ abortion bill. Amendments carried tonight seem to have all but gutted the bill. It seems pro-life hospitals will now not be forced to perform abortions and pro-life heath practitioners will not have to be complicit in them.’…”

– at The Other Cheek.

Image from NSW Parliament website.

The Gift of Rebirth into a Living Hope

Posted on May 9, 2025 
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“The Buddhist faith in which I was raised teaches rebirth. The Christian faith into which, by God’s grace, I was rescued, teaches that you must be born again.

It might sound like these two faiths have something in common, but in fact, this is not so. …”

– At the Moore College website, Archbishop Kanishka Raffel reflects on the living hope we have in Jesus Christ.

The Woman Who Saved Capitol Hill Baptist Church

Posted on May 9, 2025 
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“In 1944 America was in the throes of an existential crisis. With World War II still raging, the nation’s future felt uncertain. But amid the global turmoil, another crisis – less dramatic but no less significant – was unfolding in a church just a mile from the US Capitol.

After forty-one years as pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church (later renamed Capitol Hill Baptist Church), Dr. John Compton Ball had finally decided to retire. …”

– Crossway has published this excerpt from Caleb Morell’s book, A Light on the Hill: The Surprising Story of How a Local Church in the Nation’s Capital Influenced Evangelicalism.

(The book was reviewed by Tim Challies last month.)

Photo: The U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Abortion bill protest draws fired-up crowd

Posted on May 8, 2025 
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“A Greens bill to require doctors who object to abortion to be forced to formally refer patients to somone who will perform a termination, and allow midwives and nurse practitioners to prescribe abortion pills, drew a large protest outside the NSW Parliament last night. Religious leaders, and a former prime minister addressed the 6,000 strong crowd. …”

– At The Other Cheek, John Sandmen reports on the Abortion bill protest we mentioned previously.

Photo: John Sandeman.

Everyone needs (to be) a mother

Posted on May 8, 2025 
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“When someone becomes a parent – whether to biological, adopted or fostered children – it means, among other things, that they have the privilege and responsibility of teaching that child about God. Because God has revealed himself in the Bible, it means teaching their child God’s word and modelling to them what it looks like to be a follower of Jesus Christ. The child’s parents are primarily responsible for this teaching and modelling (Prov 1:8-9; Eph 6:1-4).

Yet the gospel is also taught and modelled by members of the church family more generally. …”

– As Mother’s Day approaches, The Australian Church Record team have dug into their archives to hear again from Jane Tooher on what it means to be a spiritual mother.

Preaching Mentoring – new semester begins Sunday 27 July

Posted on May 8, 2025 
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From The Expository Preaching Trust:

“Mentoring of preachers is one of the most effective inputs the Trust has into the ministry of preachers.

The Trust is pleased to offer mentors free of any charge to preachers.

Mentors can be accessed on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis.

Mentors available include: Don Barker, Graham Barnes, Jono Buesnell,  David Burge, Elizabeth Burns, David Cook, Stuart Coulton, David Jones, Michael Leong, Simon Manchester,  Jim Mobbs, Janet Riley, Jenny Salt and Marshall Scott.

A pastor writes, ‘Nothing has helped my preaching  more than the encouragement and correction of a preaching mentor who speaks with grace, truth and a deep grounding in God’s word’. …”

– Learn about this encouraging ministry at their website.

Malawi: A graduate’s holistic ministry

Posted on May 7, 2025 
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“Visiting Anglican Aid projects at the end of last year was a joy! I witnessed how God is working through your support to grow and strengthen his church in some of the world’s poorest nations. I could see how our long-term partnerships in the gospel were bearing fruit.

I was encouraged to meet Rev. David Mponda, Pastor of Thyolo Parish in the Anglican Diocese of Southern Malawi …”

– Canon Tim Swan shares great encouragement from Malawi.

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