This is one of a series of lectures that have been conceived to commemorate the seventeen hundredth anniversary of the holding of the Council of Nicaea in 325AD. Those who were present in St George's Cathedralin Perth at the outset may recall that Bill Leadbetter alerted us to the importance of the role of the Emperor Constantine in the whole Nicene exercise. Constantine ensured that the Council, which had originally been called by the Bishops, was relocated to Nicaea, clo

SOME VERY SERIOUS ISSUES FACING EVANGELICAL ANGLICANS IN AUSTRALIA I have been in correspondence with the Anglican Bishops of Armidale and North West Australia in relation to the centrality or otherwise to the Anglican faith of the penal substitutionary theory of the Atonement. They are both implacably committed to this single theory of the Atonement; indeed, they seem to treat it as though it were the very essence of the Christian Gospel. Furthermore, they are of the view t

PAMELA LEIPER The Three Theological Virtues: Faith, and Hope, and Love A SERMON PREACHED BY THE MOST REVD DR PETER CARNLEY AC AT THE FUNERAL OF PAMELA LEIPER AT ST DAVID’S CHURCH, APPLECROSS ON SATURDAY 3 MAY 2025 AT 10AM In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen It is a privilege to have been asked by Pamela to preach the homily at this service. Pamela was very clear and characteristically directive about what should or should not happen

1. Legislation to legalize the self-termination of life with the assistance of members of the medical profession has now been passed in every Australian State. The same kind of legislation will come into effect in the Australian Capital Territory in November of 2025. I think it was Franklin Roosevelt who once spoke of an “idea whose time has come”. The voluntary self-termination of life is an idea “whose time has come” across Australia and in many other places in

MARK First half (Chapters 1 - 8) The blindness of Pharisees, Jesus’ own family and countrymen, and even the inner circle of his...

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