Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and chief architect of the Anglican formularies. Real or imagined crises are often the catalyst for the formulation, promulgation and revision of creeds and confessions. During the brief period during which the New Testament writings were being composed, a “trinitarian” confessional pattern emerged that shaped later credal formularies. …
Three audacious claims of Jesus
A short address to Moore Theological College staff by Dr Rod Benson, 3 June 2024. Today, my brief is to talk for five minutes about the unity of the Godhead, the nature of salvation, and the certainty of eschatological judgment. See John 5:15-24 (CSB). As a child of church-going parents, I attended Sunday School where …
A passion for reading the Bible
A sermon by Rod Benson What makes us who we are? What distinctive passions and practices shape our identity as Christians who are known as Baptists? I don’t mean “distinctives” in the sense of what marks us out as weird, peculiar or crack-pots in the minds of others. It’s not about coming up with a …
Jesus or the Bible
Rev. Tim Costello AO. Several years ago, around the time when he was President of the Baptist Union of Australia, I recall the Rev. Tim Costello writing an opinion piece in response to an article by one of the leading Sydney Anglican heavyweights published in The Sydney Morning Herald. I can’t recall the issue on …
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