Moving Forward from the Royal Commission
Transgender and the Doctrine of Marriage in Brisbane
Getting Across the Trans Issue – 2. The Biblical Worldview
Hyssop for Barnaby?
Getting Across the Trans Issue – 1. Words and Worldviews
Dean of Grafton: the Cross “is not about my sins or your sins”
The freshly-installed Dean of Grafton Cathedral, Gregory Jenks, has published his Good Friday sermon where he teaches “[The Crucifixion of Jesus] is not about my sins or your sins.” The full text of the sermon is available on Jenks’ website. Here is the section that particularly raised davidould.net’s interest: The last of these really bad ideas […]
Let God Be True – Lessons from the Folau Fallout
Israel Folau, former-Mormon and now converted Christian (oh, and Australia rugby international), has got into a bit of a ruck. Qantas is considering pulling sponsorship of the Wallabies if further homophobic statements are made by Israel Folau or other players. The highest profile rugby player in the country has come under immense criticism after saying […]
A Tale of Two Installations
Here at davidould.net we take an interest in all manner of Anglican things and the following piqued our attention. In February 2 bishops of the Anglican Church of Australia were installed. First, Kay Goldsworthy was installed as Archbishop of Perth on 10 February 2018. (Full order of service available here [pdf]). Next, on 17 February, […]
Archbishop of Sydney’s Easter 2018 Message
from SydneyAnglicans.net The leader of Australia’s largest Anglican Diocese, the Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, has urged Christians to be talk about their faith, especially at Easter. Dr Davies said free speech about faith and spirituality has always been difficult. “These days there is a lot of talk about free speech – are we […]
(An) Over for Australian Cricket
How do you respond when it’s just not cricket? Here’s 6 balls for Smith & Co. Prov. 20:17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. (A bouncer to start the over) Jer. 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? […]
Moving Forward from the Royal Commission
The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse has been a sobering event for many churches and other groups, not least the Anglican Church of Australia. While there were a number of quite harrowing case studies, the most attention was drawn to Case Study 42, looking at past events in the Diocese of […]
Iron Sharpens Iron – Transgender Interview 2
This second of a 2-episode interview with Chris Arnzen of Iron Sharpens Iron looking at the Sydney Diocese Social Issues Committee Gender Identity Report. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Iron Sharpens Iron – Transgender Interview 1
This first of a 2-episode interview with Chris Arnzen of Iron Sharpens Iron looking at the Sydney Diocese Social Issues Committee Gender Identity Report. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Transgender and the Doctrine of Marriage in Brisbane
Brisbane Priest Jo Inkpin’s decision to publicise a transgender transition raises important questions of consistency for the Anglican Church. The facts are pretty clear. Inkpin announced the transition in a blog post in July 2017. Outside of work, I have been increasingly living as a female and confiding in family and close friends. I am […]
Getting Across the Trans Issue – 2. The Biblical Worldview
n.b. this piece is part of a series based on the Sydney Diocese Social Issues Committee Gender Identity Report. Previously: GETTING ACROSS THE TRANS ISSUE – INTRODUCTION GETTING ACROSS THE TRANS ISSUE – 1. WORDS AND WORLDVIEWS How does the Bible speak into our rapidly shifting worldview? The report sets out clearly that, contrary to the […]
