A Real Consultation, part 3 – Where Do We Go From Here?
The first parts of this correspondence can be found here – This is the third and final exchange of letters: Dear David, I like your metaphor of a sermon in […]
A Real Consultation, part 2 – Can Women be Called to be Elders?
This is part two of my dialogue with a former women elder. Part one is here – https://ap.org.au/2026/05/08/a-real-consultation-a-dialogue-with-a-female-elder/ My friend’s comments are in italics. For those who asked – yes […]
A Clear and Present Danger
Setting the Context – A Clear and Present Danger to Presbyterianism in NSW The Presbyterian church in NSW is facing a real existential crisis. There is a clear and present […]
What is an Elder?
Christ has given gifted people to his church (Eph.4.7-12). Included among these gifted people are those who occupy one or other of the two offices in the New Testament, namely […]
Soft Hearts and Hard Heads
The Theology of the Church – Discipline Calls for Soft Hearts and Hard Heads The Reformation taught that there were three marks of the Church: the pure preaching of the […]
A Faithful Divorce
The Anglican Communion is getting a divorce. The irony of that statement shouldn’t be missed given that the mother church of the Anglican Communion, the Church of England, began with […]
Global Anglicans Ex-Communicate Canterbury
On the 16th of October, 1555, the Protestant Bishops Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley were burned at the stake under the reign of Queen Mary for their commitment to the […]
Enriching Worship according to our Reformed Heritage
Enriching Worship according to our Reformed Heritage I am not sure the extent to which our ministers, let alone congregational members, get to experience Sunday morning worship outside their own […]
Substance and Style in Worship
Substance and Style in Worship Both style and substance are important, but substance is more foundational. For example, a police officer should wear his uniform with dignity, but even if […]
Questions for Sermon Self-Analysis
QUESTIONS FOR SERMON SELF-ANALYSIS 2) Have I summarised my sermon in one sentence, stressing the main point? 3) Have I worked prayerfully and carefully to understand the passage? 4) Have […]
The Visible and Invisible Church
The Visible and Invisible Church We sadly live in a day and age where there is much confusion about what the Bible teaches about the Church. This includes who and […]
Worship and Government
The Vows of Office – Worship and Government This is a further instalment in a series on the vows of Presbyterian Church of Australia ministers and elders. For the earlier […]
Men and Women in the Bible: Continued
Men and Women in the Bible: Continued I am grateful to Mark Powell for his willingness to respond to my critique of his article concerning men and women. My aim […]
Men and Women in the Bible: Further Comments
In this final instalment, AP has decided to publish an exchange between Mark Powell and Dave Woolcott regarding some of the theological underpinnings of the 2023 GAA Report on Men […]
The Case for Covenant Baptism
Both Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are events which were celebrated in the Old Testament as well as the New. As the apostle Paul writes: ‘For I want you to […]
Presbyterian Men and Women: Mark Powell replies to Dave Woolcott
David Woolcott (DW) recently submitted a piece to AP in response to Mark Powell’s (MP) article titled ‘Presbyterian Men and Women’. It is our hope and prayer that this response […]