Follow davidould, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/davidould Sat, 18 Sep 2021 18:24:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zRl8vjYGtimLKgHTd9OkkKt Thursday night saw Sparklit‘s annual Australian Christian Book of the Year award night. Here’s the full video of the evening: Many congratulations to the winner, Stephen McAlpine, for Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World that Says You Shouldn’t. His book was also the outstanding favourite amongst all our competition entries! So […]]]> Sat, 04 Sep 2021 02:57:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zRl8vjYGtimLKgHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zSm4yxqvV-zrAVLTsI7B9NX This post is co-published with Murray Campbell. Over the past week a letter has been promoted and circulated around many churches and religious organisations. The Ezekiel Declaration (“the Declaration”) is addressed to Prime Minister Scott Morrison and outlines concerns over a potential “vaccine passport” that would be required for church attendance. The letter has now […]]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:19:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zSm4yxqvV-zrAVLTsI7B9NX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTHN5JB7DTBeEFW8UNEQjUn In a move that can only serve to push the Anglican Church of Australia into much deeper crisis, the Bishop of Newcastle Peter Stuart has written a Pastoral Letter where he signals his approval of clergy conducting a blessing of couples married in a same-sex marriage. In his familiar style, Stuart does not explicitly state […]]]> Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:29:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTHN5JB7DTBeEFW8UNEQjUn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTBsXUCD-84SEGT5aWO9DEx The Archbishop of Melbourne and former Primate Philip Freier has issued a wide-ranging ad clerum. In his letter he addresses the recent move by Gafcon to clarify it’s position. I agree with the Primate’s view that there is no need for this “new church entity” – Anglican doctrine has not been changed by the recent Appellate Tribunal opinion […]]]> Sun, 08 Aug 2021 09:04:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTBsXUCD-84SEGT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTBsXUCD-84SAX50KYzL9tX Logos has announced another sale on it’s Bible software. 20% off is the most I’ve ever seen offered so if you’re thinking about getting Logos then now’s the time. All the links below are affiliate links that help fund davidould.net Read my last review of logos. Feel free to contact me if you want to […]]]> Sun, 08 Aug 2021 08:24:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTBsXUCD-84SAX50KYzL9tX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zSyUjfjtjyiHu4DA87rvhPr The past few weeks have been tricky for Christians of a conservative stripe as we grapple with difficult questions over how our government is responding to the building Covid spread here in NSW. While there is a lot of noise out there, two strands of concern are now clear for some amongst us; that the […]]]> Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:11:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zSyUjfjtjyiHu4DA87rvhPr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zQ1eDP3pbnIVi3FFO_xyF25 Just imagine a letter like this…. Dear Episcopal Colleagues If you’ve started preparation for next Sunday, you’ll have noticed that the Epistle reading is from Ephesians 4.1-16, a significant passage on the unity of the church. John Stott in his commentary on Ephesians describes this as one of the two classic passages on Christian unity […]]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:17:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zQ1eDP3pbnIVi3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zQxD8h5m6k9YAm0QkxGtqLL The Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, Archbishop Geoffrey Smith, has written today to his fellow bishops to openly criticise the recent Gafcon announcement of further plans to provide alternative oversight if required. In a strongly worded letter, passed to davidould.net, he describes the action as the opposite of Paul’s injunction in Ephesians 4:3 […]]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:24:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zQxD8h5m6k9YAm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTrKFLkiGWi7hhSCv31NykC In a key address given tonight to the rearranged Gafcon Australasia conference, chair of Gafcon Australia Bishop Richard Condie has announced that the organisation is moving ahead with plans to support faithful Anglicans. Bishop Condie described the 2015 formation of Gafcon Australia as a potential “break glass in case of emergency” organisation, responding to the […]]]> Mon, 19 Jul 2021 12:03:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTrKFLkiGWi7hhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTooP-L9iIJVCVCAQLB0bf5 One of the best books I’ve read recently is “How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)” by Tom and David Chivers along with it’s accompanying website. Chivers & Chivers have written a short engaging tome that helps us all understand how statistics can be used […]]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2021 11:05:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTooP-L9iIJVCVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zR2Bn03RiO0fnCrAHWlao0B One of the best books I’ve read recently is “How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)” by Tom and David Chivers along with it’s accompanying website. Chivers & Chivers have written a short engaging tome that helps us all understand how statistics can be used […]]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2021 10:50:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zR2Bn03RiO0fnCrAHWlao0B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zRDvcw1a824vkQqW5gBv7mX This is one of my favourite competitions to do here on davidould.net! Sparklit have just announced their nominees for Australian Book of the Year and we’re giving away a copy of every single nominee! Don’t miss your chance to win one of these 10 excellent books. It’s easy to enter: Go read about each of […]]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 05:08:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zRDvcw1a824vkQqW5gBv7mX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zRxeP0T_dOC_JJTpfXVttXD Wade Mullen’s Something’s Not Right is just the right book at just the right time for a broader evangelical church reeling with numerous revelations of abusive behaviour by those who should be caring for and shepherding the flock. Mullen, himself a pastor, writes mostly about Christian environments but doesn’t assume his readers need to be […]]]> Sat, 05 Jun 2021 06:14:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zRxeP0T_dOC_JJTpfXVttXD https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zR6RR7huM5S0n-fx8LWuXng The Diocese of Gippsland, at it’s recent synod, has voted to change it’s own version of Faithfulness in Service, the national church’s guidelines for standards in ministry, to remove the classical definition of chaste relationships (marriage between a man and a woman) and replace it with a more ambiguous definition of “committed and monogamous relationship”. […]]]> Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:30:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zR6RR7huM5S0n-fx8LWuXng https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTbf09fwqML4AaB2UxGNFpJ Last night Sydney consecrated and inaugurated their new archbishop. Here’s the full video courtesy of St Andrew’s Cathedral. feature image: SydneyAnglicans.net]]> Sat, 29 May 2021 02:55:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTbf09fwqML4AaB2UxGNFpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zSC4ioEIQ5B1bkdRKkm2PJP A short piece that I wrote today for our church weekly newsletter: It’s hard not to be moved by the terrible situation currently unfolding between Israel and the Hamas government of the Gaza Strip. I have no doubt that in a large and diverse church family such as St John’s that there will be a […]]]> Thu, 20 May 2021 08:01:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zSC4ioEIQ5B1bkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTEipfWCJQS6htLdxSOwF-n Here’s some first comments I gave to Anglican TV on today’s election news.]]> Thu, 06 May 2021 04:57:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTEipfWCJQS6htLdxSOwF-n https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTWgmPF3hyZ5KgzzHWHxDTV The Synod of the Diocese of Sydney have just elected Kanishka Raffel, currently Dean of St Andrew’s Cathedral, as their next Archbishop. The results have been published on the synod website. Today’s meeting of the synod to confirm the final candidate is a formality. Kanishka was born in London to Sri Lankan parents and was […]]]> Thu, 06 May 2021 03:15:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zTWgmPF3hyZ5KgzzHWHxDTV https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zS7_PtxXFMUVO9WSSr4-0sP The Synod of the Diocese of Sydney meets over the next few days to elect a new Archbishop. The new incumbent will replace Glenn Davies who retired a month ago. SydneyAnglicans.net has an excellent summary of the four candidates: When nominations closed on Tuesday, March 23, three bishops and the Dean of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, […]]]> Tue, 04 May 2021 09:16:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zS7_PtxXFMUVO9WSSr4-0sP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zRnl05b9UJYGUoy9CZgXDJO An address given at the Parramatta ANZAC Day 2021 dawn service. On the 17th of May 1942 in a small mountain town in the heart of Austria my Grandfather, a recently ordained Lutheran minister by the name of Martin Kirchschlager, received his conscription notice into the Wehrmacht.He was not made a padre, a chaplain, as […]]]> Sun, 25 Apr 2021 09:58:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zQ1VbPQP5zRnl05b9UJYGUoy9CZgXDJO