Dear Channel 9, We’re both adults. We need to talk. Because we’re adults we’ll start by not pretending about where we’re coming from. I’m a Christian and an Anglican minister at a cathedral. You’re in the business of making money off advertising by promoting TV shows that you think will be popular. Like so many […]
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 […]
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, […]
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? […]
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 […]
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
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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
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 […]
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 […]
Barnaby Joyce, Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister, is in a mess. In case you’ve been living under a rock over the past few days here’s the brief run-down of what’s been going on: It’s been revealed that he has been conducting an extra-marital affair with a woman who was a political staffer. The affair has led […]
