Resources Index

These are provided here to help stimulate Christian people to thought and action. We hope you find them helpful.
You may like to save these to disk and / or print them to read later.

 

Evangelism

Evangelism: A Priority in Your Parish? – Neil Prott calls us back to the gospel

Reaching Out in Difficult Situations by Bishop Dudley Foord

From a Thankful heart by Canon John Chapman

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Liturgical Resources and Prayer Book Revision

Resources

A Service for Today’s Church – from St. Clement’s Mosman in Sydney circa 1997.

A Service for Public Naming of Infants with Thanksgiving to God – from St. Luke’s Miranda in Sydney.

 

Articles

A Prayer Book for Australia? – A first look at the new Australian Prayer Book – by John G. Mason.

‘Here we offer you a spiritual sacrifice – an estimate’ – by Dr. Robert Doyle. What should we make of the Holy Communion service in the A Prayer Book for Australia which speaks of worshippers offering ‘a spiritual sacrifice’ to God? Save or print this very helpful article. Also available in PDF.

Expressing the Heart of the Gospel: a review of the three orders of Holy Communion in A Prayer Book for Australia – by Dr. Robert Doyle. A longer and more extensive treatment of the issues raised in the above article. (PDF file).

APBA and reformed, evangelical Christianity by Dr. John Woodhouse. Written to explain some of the issues behind APBA for a local church.

Men, Women and God by Stephen and Marion Gabbott. Some background to the 1995 General Synod debate on the marriage services for APBA.

The future of Anglicanism in Australia - in the light of the decline in the Anglo-Catholic Movement by Peter Corney – from the July-August 2003 ACL News.

 

 

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Prayer

Prayer: The Forgotten Factor – John G. Mason.





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Women’s Ordination and Women’s Ministries

Men and Women: Partners in God’s Purposes – helpful Study by Dr. John Woodhouse.

Women in the Church – Dr. Peter O’Brien reviews an important book which ‘needs to be read by all sides in the current controversy’. (Women in the Church, ed. Andreas Kostenberger et al)

Our Final Court of Appeal – Bishop Tony Nichols examines some of the Biblical material.



 

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Our Evangelical heritage

The Thirty-Nine Articles – after the Scriptures, and the Book of Common Prayer, these are the foundation documents of the Anglican Church.

David Broughton Knox: What we Owe him – A Tribute to the former Moore College Principal and ACL President – by Bishop Donald Robinson

(See articles by Broughton Knox below...)

 

Reformation Sunday Resources

More churches are observing Reformation Sunday – usually on the Sunday closest to 16 October (anniversary of the martydom of Latimer and Ridley) or around All Saints’ Day (1st November). These talks are written as popular introductions. Since so few Christians are taught any Christian history, these files might provide a starting point for an occasional talk, sermon or newsletter article. These files are pdfs – you will need the Acrobat Reader. Martin Luther pioneering German reformer William Tyndale English Bible translator – and why the church banned the Bible Thomas Cranmer First protestant Archbishop of Canterbury And from more recent history... Richard Johnson First Chaplain to the Colony of New South Wales Samuel Marsden Second Chaplain to the Colony of New South Wales Long Ago and Far Away, Thomas Cranmer, author of the Prayer Book – by Allan Blanch Also, Kanishka Raffel has contributed this helpful note he wrote for his church news-sheet. Interview with Dr. Ashley Null, respected expert on Thomas Cranmer. Published in two parts in the ACL’s newsletter in 2002. Making your life count for Eternity – the story of Sydney’s “Mr. Eternity”, Arthur Stace – from various sources, by Colin Mackellar.

Comment

UK Evangelicalism: Optimistic? – John Richardson.

Addresses given at ACL Annual General Meetings 1995 What Must not Change in a Changing Church – Bruce Ballantine-Jones. 1996 Liberalism: What does it mean for the Church? – Rick Brown. 1997 President’s Address – Bruce Ballantine-Jones. 1998 Church Planting on the Central Coast of NSW– Andrew Heard. 1999 Africa, ’Yes’; WCC, ’No’? – The Rev Dr Robert Doyle, Director of Postgraduate Studies at Moore Theological College, spoke of his impressions from the 1998 World Council of Churches Assembly in Harare. 1999 President’s Address – Bruce Ballantine-Jones. 2000 President’s Address – Bruce Ballantine-Jones 2001 President’s Address – Bruce Ballantine-Jones 2002 President’s Address – Zac Veron 2001 AGM Address – Andrew Cameron – “Taking them with us to ten percent” 2004 AGM Address – Mark Thompson

Papers and Other Resources

The Evangelical Doctrine of the Church – a talk given by Dr. Robert Doyle at a Greater West Region ACL meeting. Highly recommended!


 

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Lay Administration at the Lord’s Supper

Papers presented at the ACL’s Pre-Synod Conference on Lay Administration at the Lord’s Supper, 19th September 1998.

These papers explore the historical, theological and constitutional questions behind the move for Lay Administration at the Lord’s Supper. These helpful papers deserve careful reading.


• Dr. Robert Doyle – Lay Adminstration and the 16th century: the move from a sacramental to a word ontology
  
  
• Mr. Neil Cameron – A Critical Examination of the Opinion of the Appellate Tribunal of the Anglican Church of Australia on the 1996 References

 

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ACL Bible Conference, 24 May 2002

1.) The Word of God and the Church of God – Rob Smith
Open html document or download PDF.


2.) Generating Confidence in the Bible – Mark Thompson
(PDF file only because the document contains some Greek text.)


3.) How close are we to the Bible? The Theological basis for evaluating Bible translations – Tony Payne
html vesrion or download PDF.


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ACL Synod Dinner talks


1999 ACL Sydney Synod Dinner Address – One Bishop’s Reflections on Lambeth – Bishop Paul Barnett 2000 ACL Sydney Synod Dinner Address – The Rev Canon Dr Peter Jensen, Principal of Moore Theological College (now Archbishop of Sydney) 2001 ACL Sydney Synod Dinner Address – The Rev Phillip Jensen, then Rector of St. Matthias’ Centennial Park. (Now Dean of Sydney) 2002 ACL Sydney Synod Dinner Address – The Rev Al Stewart, then CEO of Anglican Youthworks. (Now Bishop of Wollongong) 2003 ACL Sydney Synod Dinner Address – The Rev Dr John Woodhouse, Principal of Moore Theological College.






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Would the real Jesus please stand up? – Bishop Paul Barnett responds to Bishop John Shelby Spong.

Synod Studies on Ephesians – given by The Rev. Dr. Peter O’Brien at the Synod of Sydney Diocese, October 1997.


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Some Thoughts on Affliction – a helpful paper by Neil Prott.

Bishop J.C. Ryle on Sickness – an oldie, but very helpful. Read in conjunction with Neil Prott’s article (above).

Bishop J.C. Ryle on Evangelical Religion – a must read!

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Articles by Broughton Knox – former Principal of Moore College.


Propositional Revelation: The Only Revelation – classic broadcast by Broughton Knox, Principal of Moore Theological College 1959-1985.

Punishment as Retribution - and Capital Punishment – another classic broadcast by Broughton Knox, Principal of Moore Theological College 1959-1985.

Kept by the Power of God – a review – originally published in The Churchman in 1971, this rebuttal of Arminian views will repay careful reading.


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Choosing a Minister – (Requires Acrobat Reader 3 or higher) Some helpful suggestions from Neil Prott for churches seraching for a new minister.


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Neil’s Monster links file – This database now points to more than 2000 (mainly Christian) websites. You may find it best to save the pdf files to your hard disk.


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ACL Newsletters – selected articles on-line
• July 1998
• June 1999
• March 2001 (pdf)
• October 2001 (pdf)