Disciples are making disciples in this Middle Eastern nation
This Easter, in the crystal-blue waters of the Persian Gulf, in just one church perhaps a 100 people will go under the waves and emerge as new creations in Jesus Christ. New believer baptisms are occurring regularly Sunday after Sunday in this desert land.
Gippsland Anglican news celebrates 120 years
Editors past and present, the editorial committee and the registry team have gathered at Bishopscourt in Sale to celebrate 120 years of continuous publication of The Gippsland Anglican, newspaper and now magazine of the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland since 1904.
Rescuing young people from the myth of conflict
It is now 90 years ago that some of the greatest scientists of the 1930s gathered from around the world to hear a series of lectures hosted by the California Institute of Technology.
Love for God and God’s people draws Cara to ordination
When Cara Greenham Hancock told her family she planned to join a monastery, her mother said, “That sounds like the sort of thing you would do.”
How God shaped the lives of eight everyday saints | Podcasts
The faith journeys of Everyday Saints podcast interviewees is food for thought in 2024.
This Christmas, try concentrating on one gospel
Last Christmas I fell out of love with the carol The First Nowell. Having sung the familiar words all my life I was embarrassed only now to realise that the traditional opening verses portray the shepherds as faster than the wise men to spot the star in the east.
‘Flourishing like a wedding feast’: What Ruth hopes to see in churches
Raised in the bustling city of Bangalore, and the daughter of a minister in the Church of South India, life for Ruth was full of engagement with people of different faiths.
We have the Bible today because of loving, hard labour
We should be aware that the Bible comes to us inspired not only by God but “inspired” also by those who loved and copied and translated it over many generations.
Please don’t say to me ‘God is in control’
Saying that God is in control is a well-worn cliché in Christian circles. Like Job’s comforters, it is often what well-meaning people say to us when we are going through a difficult time.
Revelation’s empire, that is us. But we can live differently
Where do we go for a theology of climate change? One answer is to the book of Revelation.
