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Sydney Anglicans I. Biblically confessional
2008 Ordination of Deacons, SydneyIn this new series of posts I want to explore some of the characteristics of Sydney Anglicans. Those of us privileged to grow up in faith within the Anglican diocese...
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God is Love
Gerald Bray’s long-awaited biblical and systematic theology has arrived. My copy arrived in the post this morning and I’ve already ploughed into it. As one friend said on reading the manuscript, it is...
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An important contribution to a vital debate
The debate about homosexual behaviour and the concerted attempt by the gay lobby and others to gain legitimacy by rebadging homosexual liaisons as ‘same-sex marriage’ is quite intense at the moment. A...
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Sydney Anglicans II. The congregation as the centre
Bishopscourt, SydneyOne of the most celebrated, most ridiculed and most misunderstood theological commitments shared by most Sydney Anglicans is the priority of the local congregation. No doubt...
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Sydney Anglicans III. Complementarian ministry
St Andrews Cathedral, SydneySome of the most insistent critics of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney are those who oppose its complementarian approach to the ministry of men and women. A number of those...
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Sydney Anglicans IV: the primacy of the word
Calvin’s Pulpit in GenevaThe churches of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney are sometimes caricatured as Bible-centred rather than Christ-centred or God-centred. The truth behind the caricature is the...
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The old humility and the new
‘It was not what he said, but the way he said it!’ It is a line I’ve heard many times. More often than not, a little probing reveals that it would not have mattered how ‘he’ said it. The problem was...
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Sydney Anglicans V: A commitment to world mission
Sydney Anglicanism is a product of the evangelical missionary movement. The same people who were vitally involved in the early days of the Church Missionary Society were involved in ensuring...
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Sydney Anglicans VI: An evangelical episcopate
Frederick Barker2nd Bishop of SydneyThe diocese of Sydney has been extraordinarily blessed with faithful leaders throughout its history. Many of these have been ordained; many of them have not. The...
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Sydney Anglicans VII: The value of theological education
Moore Theological College (Old Wing, John Chapman House)Without a doubt the single most important resource God has given to the diocese of Sydney is Moore Theological College. Opening in 1856, thanks...
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Avoiding evangelical civil war
Howitzer from the American Civil WarJohn Stott famously lamented the pathological tendency of evangelicals to fragment. Others have remarked upon this as well, often as an argument for dismissing the...
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Boak Jobbins (1947–2012)
Boak Jobbins enjoying his gardenI remember the day I first met Boak Jobbins. He came to my little room at Moore College. It was near the end of 1986 and I was anxious to discover whether it would be...
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Some questions for the new Archbishop of Canterbury
Justin Welby. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/The GuardianThe British press has announced, perhaps a bit prematurely, that Justin Welby, currently Bishop of Durham, is to be the next Archbishop of...
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John Chapman 1930–2012
John Chapman doing what he loved best, preaching ChristChristian men and women all over the world are today mourning the loss of John Chapman or 'Chappo' as he is affectionately known everywhere. Safe...
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The women bishops vote in the Church of England
By a very narrow vote, the General Synod of the Church of England has rejected a bill which would have allowed the consecration of women bishops. The supporters of the move had spoken of an unstoppable...
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Changes
By now many of you will have heard the news that my responsibilities at Moore Theological College, Sydney will change from 12 May 2013. From that date I will begin to serve as the thirteenth principal...
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The Preaching Question
There has, it seems, been quite a flurry of publishing activity on the question of preaching lately, especially by those seeking to make a case for the propriety of women preaching to mixed...
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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Feeling Blue?
Following the interest in yesterday's posting on the preaching question, and in preparation for more detailed work to be done in the future, here is a initial contribution from guest blogger, Peter...
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Rescuing the Baby from the Bilgewater
Guest blogger Peter Bolt, the Head of New Testament at Moore College, presents the second of his postings responding to recent publications on women preaching to mixed congregations of men and women.As...
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'It is no empty word for you, but your very life' (Deut. 32:47)
Guest blogger Peter Bolt, the Head of New Testament at Moore College, presents his third and final posting responding to recent publications on women preaching to mixed congregations of men and...
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