Doctrine - Australian Church Record

Visible and invisible

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 by ACR Team

By J. I. PackerThe distinction between the Church visible and invisible was coined by Luther and Zwingli in the sixteenth century, and was much used by all the Reformers, our own included.The wording of Article XIX (“The visible Church…

Christian Living Doctrine Evangelism

Engaging with worldviews and making Jesus known

February 3, 2019February 2, 2019 by Bethany Smith

One of my oldest friends has become hardened to the gospel and sometimes it’s difficult to keep persevering in evangelism with her. It’s hard to be courageous when I struggle to even know where to begin in conversation. It’s hard to feel like a…

Christian Living Doctrine

Changing bodies? A Christian understanding of gender confusion

January 27, 2019January 13, 2019 by Rachel Burgess

From bathroom laws to birth certificates, transgender rights often occupy the headlines. While we listen to these highly charged political conversations happening in the public sphere, there are also people in our churches who are personally…

Complementarianism Doctrine Ministry

Why consider gender and the local church?

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 by Jane Tooher

Jane Tooher is the director of Moore College’s Priscilla and Aquila Centre. Here she shares with us a little of how this centre aims to encourage the complementarian ministry of women in partnership with men.Jane, can you tell us a bit about your…

Christian Living Doctrine

Outwit, outplay and outlast! Hebrew women are survivors

January 20, 2019January 13, 2019 by Andrew Barry

Watch a woman give birth, a mother stand-up for her child, a widow quietly undergo hardship, and you will see a strength, dignity and endurance of a different type to men. Not better, just different. On average, men can bench-press more, fight…

Christian Living Doctrine

The Bible’s guide to time travel (part 3): Don’t forget to change your clocks

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 by Annabel Nixey

Getting the time wrong can make a big difference in life. I still remember one morning as a kid getting out of bed, getting dressed in my school uniform, going downstairs into my parents’ room… to find Mum and Dad still in bed. It was a Saturday!…

Christian Living Doctrine Ministry

Biblical mentoring: its pattern and place

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 by Mike Leite

One of the things that I am most thankful to God for as a young Christian leader is the older and wiser men and women that God has placed in my life. More specifically, I am thankful for those three or four sage Christian men who have invested their…