Consumerism is the new religion, Christendom is dead and buried and the Church is widely seen as peripheral, obscure, irrelevant and confusing. This is the reality facing Sydney Anglicans today, the Bishop of Maidstone has warned, and it is an illusion to assume people outside the Church are just waiting for the right invitation to come back.
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How do I preach expositional sermons to uneducated hearers?
How do you go about translating deep theological thinking into powerful, relevant communication for people trained by an attention deficit media? Expository preaching is the goal, but audiences can find it hard going. Phil Newton offers helpful hints here...
Tsunami victims’ ship comes in
A single vessel, grounded on the sand, holds the hopes of dozens of people from one devastated village in Sri Lanka. Boats donated by the Archbishops Overseas Relief and Aid Fund (ORAF) are slowly transforming the lives of communities devastated by the Christmas tsunami.
Cliff fall victim revived by prayer and Bible study
October 23 started off as a typical Saturday morning for 21-year-old Meredith Walker. As she prepared to spend the day out with friends, she was not to know that she would be fighting for her life in the intensive care unit of Nepean Hospital a mere 24 hours later.
Moore on the move?
Should we stay or should we go? Its a question that has confronted Sydneys Moore Theological College for several years and now looks set to be resolved in 2005.
The power and the passion
The politics 'exposed by The Chosen Ones has helped improve congregational life, writes Bruce Ballantine-Jones.
Top planner nominated for Newcastle
The Reverend Stuart Robinson, acting CEO of Evangelism Ministries in Sydney, is one of six people nominated as the next Bishop of Newcastle.
Media Tarts - How The Australian Press Frames Female Politicians
This book is an entertaining and informative critique of the Australian medias treatment of women who are prominent in politics. Former Sydney Anglican Synod member and Sydney Morning Herald writer Julia Baird is well aware that she has now joined the ranks of the very press that is under her microscope. But this doesnt hold her back in her quest to discover why, by and large, Australias female politicians of all have promised much and delivered little. In part, Baird surmises, this is because of unrealistic expectations and invidious comparisons with figures like Margaret Thatcher.
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