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Journal – Created male and female

June 15, 2023June 14, 2023 by Gav Perkins

It is foundational to what we know of God, as the one who speaks his powerful word to bring all things into being, and who then orders, arranges, and blesses. It is foundational also to what we know of ourselves, as uniquely created in the image…

Journal – How to preach truth yet teach falsely

June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 by Mike Leite

In Spurgeon’s Lectures to my Students, in addressing the matter of ‘The Sermon’, Spurgeon exhorts his students ‘to give a clear testimony to all the doctrines which constitute or lie around the gospel.’ His point is simple. Some preachers…

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Taste and see that The Lord is good

April 7, 2023April 6, 2023 by ACR Team

Download ACR JournalNot everything can be said in a short blog piece. This is where The ACR Journal comes in. Some issues are complex and are best dealt with in more detail. In our journal you’ll find lengthy discussions on relevant and current…

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Advance Australia Where?

July 22, 2021July 23, 2021 by Mark Earngey

This article was written for the ACR Journal in the lead-up to the archiepiscopal election of the Diocese of Sydney in 2021. Thus the context is prior to the successful election of Abp Kanishka Raffel and needs to be understood in that chronological…

ACR Journal Youth & Kids

The Importance of Children’s and Youth Ministry

July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 by Tim Beilharz

It is no surprise to ACR readers that Australia is radically and rapidly changing as a nation. Whether or not it is accurate to describe the initial colonies or federated states as a “Christian” nation, it is abundantly clear that as we enter the…

ACR Journal Church History

The Election of Archbishop Mowll: A Decision with Consequence

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 by Ed Loane

The Conservative Evangelicalism which permeates the diocese of Sydney today has not always characterised the diocesan leadership. Although Sydney may always have had an Evangelical flavour, in the early 20th century the leadership of the…

ACR Journal Evangelism

The Importance of Mission to the Nations

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 by Susan An

Famous last words. We are often curious to know what the last words were for a person that was meaningful to us. There is something deeply revealing about who they were, what their values were and what they were thinking about in their last moments. …