Hope in the Psalms of Lament

Posted on May 20, 2025 
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“I am frequently drawn to the Psalms of Lament. These psalms are highly personal. They reflect deep pain but also hope and trust in our loving God.

The psalms of lament resonate with the brokenness I see and experience. Their first lines are poignant, moving …”

– Dr. Veronica Hoyt, Director of the Priscilla & Aquila Centre at Moore College, reflects on the Psalms of Lament.

Jesus in a post-truth world: Audio

Posted on May 20, 2025 
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Lionel Windsor shares:

“This is the audio of a talk I gave at Leura Anglican Church on 18 May 2025. It’s the first in a three part series, designed to be accessible to churchgoers and non-church-goers alike.”

– Listen here.

The foreigner, the fatherless, the widow

Posted on May 20, 2025 
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“As I read the Bible, I’m struck by God’s heart for the most vulnerable.

In the Old Testament, we repeatedly see God’s tender care for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. These groups were particularly vulnerable, not just because they lacked money and possessions, but because they had lost important relationships – and the security, provision, and love these relationships bring.

Throughout the Bible, God calls his people to care for these groups of people. And today, around the world, compelled by Christ’s love, Anglican Aid’s partners are taking this to heart. …”

– Anglican Aid’s Canon Tim Swan introduces their End of Financial Year Appeal.

King’s Birthday Conference 2025

Posted on May 19, 2025 
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Two Ways Ministries’ 2025 King’s Birthday Conference is coming up at Moore College on Monday 9th June.

“From Feminism to motherhood, from animal rights to toxic masculinity, from racism to euthanasia, Australia is in an ethical turmoil on many issues. Christians often feel in the crossfire of these culture wars. Do Christian ethics apply to non-Christians?

This year at the King’s Birthday Conference, Phillip Jensen is going to look at how becoming a Christian takes us back to the universal morality of Creation.” …

“As we expect to fill the Marcus Loane Hall to capacity, we are planning to have an overflow venue. We have introduced an early bird rate which will end on May 31 so those who register early can get a seat in the Marcus Loane Hall – confirmation of seating in the Marcus Loane Hall is only possible until the hall is full.

Early bird $25, Early bird concession $10

From 1st June: Regular price $30, Regular concession $15.”

– See the details, and register.

Praying for the Melbourne Election Synod

Posted on May 19, 2025 
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The Election Synod of the Diocese of Melbourne meets on Friday and Saturday of this week (23 and 24 May) to elect a new Archbishop.

They ask for your prayers in this process.

Last week, the Board of Nominators released their report to Synod which contains the names of the Candidates for election. The list of Candidates is not public. As the Board of Nominators explains:

“The information about the Candidates is confidential to Synod members. 

We are conscious that when candidates agree to be part of the process there is the potential for disruption to their current and ongoing ministry. Therefore we offer them confidentiality as a gesture of love and care for them and their pastoral ministries. The names of the candidates are not public and we ask that Synod members keep them confidential to other Synod members only.

However, candidates themselves have always been free to share information about their own candidacy with others.…”

Lists circulated online suggest that four candidates will be considered by the Election Synod.

The Board of Nominators has published this prayer:

“For the members of our Synod, as it elects a new Archbishop:

Loving Lord Jesus, who seeks for your people to be one,
as you and the Father are one: grant to the members of our Synod
the same unity of heart and spirit that is your will
as they elect a new Archbishop for our Diocese.
Enable them to discharge their weighty duties with care,
each member voting without fear or favour for the person
who, before God, they believe ought to be chosen as our chief pastor.
For you are alive, with the Father and the Spirit, now and forever. Amen.”

Diocese of North Queensland “on the brink of financial collapse” — report

Posted on May 19, 2025 
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“The Anglican Diocese of North Queensland is on the brink of financial collapse as it struggles to pay millions of dollars in compensation to victims of child sexual abuse.

Bishop Keith Joseph has revealed the diocese, which covers more than a third of Queensland, needs to find about $8 million to pay its victims.

The diocese is now preparing a Supreme Court application to formally restructure so it can sell assets to pay the compensation. …”

– Report from ABC News.

Map with thanks to the Diocese of North Queensland.

Adults are becoming Christians every day

Posted on May 19, 2025 
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“One of the questions we commonly get asked at Evangelism and New Churches is how the evangelism process worked for people who became Christians as adults.

People want to hear about what happened and why it was so effective. Many of the people asking these questions don’t know people who became Christians as adults – perhaps because many of them are younger in age.

I want to tell you that people become Christians as adults in Australia every single day. It happens all the time. …”

– A brief word of encouragement from Dave Jensen – at SydneyAnglicans.net.

Image: Dave Jensen speaking at Nexus25.

Ashley Null consecrated as the second Anglican Bishop of North Africa

Posted on May 18, 2025 
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“On Sunday 11th May, the world-renowned Thomas Cranmer scholar, the Rev Canon Dr John Ashley Null, was consecrated as the second Anglican Bishop of North Africa in a joyful service at St George’s Tunis …”

– Report from Charles Raven at the GSFA website.

(Gafcon photo.)

The clever move of Leo XIV. Five factors of attraction

Posted on May 18, 2025 
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“In chess terms, the election of Leo XIV was a knight’s move: surprising, indirect, coming from the rear, and disrupting the board in ways that force everyone to rethink their position. The game has changed. …”

– In taking a first look at the election of the new Pope, Leonardo De Chirico reminds us that we must not be lacking in ‘evangelical discernment ’. At Vatican Files.

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.

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