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It is a simple fact that throughout the history of the world just about everyone has believed in some sort of god. Religion, like music and art or our longing for good relationships, is one of the few things shared by every human culture that has ever existed. The Christian understands that God is a personal being who has revealed himself to us in history in the person of Jesus Christ. They further believe that Jesus’ death on their behalf was God’s great act of love that reconciles us to him. Link: Find out more about What Christians Believe…

Being a ‘Christian’ has little to do with being moral or religious. It is all about confidently trusting Jesus Christ, the healer, the teacher, the saviour, the Lord. Indeed, the word ‘faith’ in the Bible simply means trust. A Christian is a person who trusts in Jesus the Healer, the Teacher, the Saviour, the Lord. Becoming a Christian is as simple as telling God that you are sorry for all that you have done and asking him for help to live as He would want you to. Link: Find out how to become a Christian

Being personally resilient is about being healthy – and being healthy is more than the absence of illness. Good health is about notions of well-being and resilience – and resilience helps if you are deployed to an area of operations, either in a declared war zone or on a peacekeeping mission. Being a resilient person means that you are better able to ‘spring back’ from a difficult or traumatic moment. The Macquarie Dictionary defines Resiliency as: 1. Resilient power; elasticity. 2. resilient action: rebound, recoil, 3. power of ready recovery from sickness, depression, or the like; buoyancy; cheerfulness. There are [...]

Compared to Australia, Amercia is a deeply religious nation. Yet, the general public is deeply ignorant about religion. So says the New York Times. I am sure that the average Australain could do better. So, why not spend 15 minutes on the Basic Religious Knowlege Quiz? I took the online quiz and discovered that I scored better than 99% of the American public.  Two of the questions were US specific, about US Supreme court rulings. I took an educated guess. Yes, I am a Christian specialist, but I think the average Australian can do the quiz quite easily. Take the Quiz! [...]

          Anglicans are Christians who belong to the Anglican Communion, a varied group of churches which spread out across the globe from the Church of England. Today the Anglican Church of Australia stands on its own feet as part of the ‘one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church’, which carries on the tradition of the early church called and sent into the world by Jesus. Anglicans are committed to the one Christian faith. Yet we have learnt that this faith may be expressed in different ways depending on people’s experiences, cultures and historical circumstances. Anglicans thus enjoy diversity, [...]

“Does the Anglican Church believe that God is a trio?”  The answer is “yes”, if you are asking if the Anglican Church holds to the historical Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity.  There is a thing called “The Articles of Religion” which is one of the expressions of how Anglicans understand our Christian faith. You will find these Articles at the end of any Anglican Prayer books.   “Of Faith in the Holy Trinity” is THE very first of the 39 Articles listed in that document.  So, you might say that Anglicans hold to the doctrine rather strongly, as do all [...]

One recent Sunday morning, a US Army staff sergeant left his base nearKandaharand began killing Afghan civilians. This was an apparent spasm of rage and frustration. Some of the recent events inAfghanistanshow the military mission at its worst: some of our allies’ military urinating on enemy dead, burning Qumrans, and a crazed soldier massacring civilians. We can say that most troops do not do that sort of thing, and that such events are rare, but that doesn’t change the reality of the moment. War can degrade decent people. But human degradation is not only caused by war. There are other [...]

Each year, commemorative services are held on the Gallipoli peninsular,Turkeyand across Australia and New Zealandto mark Anzac Day. The Dawn service in Anzac Cove attracts over 7,000 people, with slightly less at the Australian Service at Lone Pine. Members of Australia’s Federation Guard provide the Catafalque and Flag Parties at the Dawn and Lone Pine services, while an Australian Military band provides the music accompaniment. There is also an all night reflective program at Anzac Cove leading up to the Dawn Service.  A military Chaplain provides prayers, readings and the final benediction at both ANZAC Cove and Lone Pine. Anzac Day is [...]