In this episode, from a chapel service held on Friday 18 July 2025, Mark Thompson, Principal of Moore Theological College, speaks on John 3:22-36 and John the Baptist’s response to his disciples telling him that everyone is going to Jesus instead of him.

Mark reminds us that comparison and competition have no place in Christian ministry. On the last day, no one will be debating who is the greatest theologian or evangelist or Christian leader; instead, our attention will be elsewhere, fixed on the bridegroom sent from heaven, the one for whom this whole show is for.

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In this episode, from an elective at the 2025 Priscilla & Aquila Centre annual conference held on Monday 3 February 2025, Dr Kath Bruce, a GP, speaks about the medical side of menopause, and Cathy Young, Pastor at St David's Anglican Church in Forestville, Sydney, speaks about the ministry implications of menopause.

They remind us that understanding perimenopause and menopause will help us understand many of the women in our churches and many of the women we are seeking to reach with the gospel.

Even if you’re not a woman, let me encourage you to listen to Kath and Cathy’s talks, particularly if you are involved in pastoral ministry.

Please note: the book Kath Bruce refers to at the end of her talk is Pause: How to enjoy God, find hope and bear fruit through midlife and the menopause by Sarah Allen. Also, this episode is a companion piece to last week’s bonus episode with Kate Snell on the theology of menopause. If you have not heard that one, I encourage you to go back and listen.

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In this episode, from a chapel service held on Tuesday 15 July 2025, Simon Gillham, Vice Principal and Head of the Mission Department at Moore Theological College, speaks on John 13:1-20—Jesus washes his disciples’ feet—and how that relates to the mission of God.

Simon reminds us that mission is not about you or what you do; it’s about Jesus. Mission is not about reaching the unreached; it’s about making disciples. And finally, God doesn’t need us for the work of mission, but he chooses and sends people to be just like Jesus.

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Upcoming event: Donald Robinson Library Lectures: The Clapham Sect and their Influence on Sydney(30 Aug 2025).

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In this episode, from an elective at the 2025 Priscilla & Aquila Centre annual conference held on Monday 3 February 2025, Kate Snell, Assistant School Chaplain at Barker College and former Dean of Students at Mary Andrews College, and wife of Brian, Associate Minister at St Philip's, South Turramurra, helps us think theologically about menopause in a talk arising from a research paper she wrote as part of her Master of Arts in Theology.

Kate points out that menopause has the potential to challenge everything a woman thinks and feels about herself and her place in the world, and therefore this season of life raises all kinds of issues for women that also impact the way the church can care for them pastorally.

Even if you’re not a woman, let me encourage you to listen to Kate’s talk, particularly if you are involved in pastoral ministry. It will assist you in understanding the experience of something that will one day affect around 50 per cent of the population. That includes all the women in your life.

Please note: this episode is a companion piece to next week’s bonus episode with Kath Bruce and Cathy Young on the medical and ministry considerations of menopause.

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Next Priscilla & Aquila Centre evening seminar: A history of Complementarianism with Claire Smith (13 August 2025, 7-9pm).

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In this episode, from a chapel service held on Friday 23 May 2025, Simon Gillham, Vice Principal and Head of the Mission Department at Moore Theological College, speaks on Psalm 29 and the terrifying and mighty voice of the Lord.

He reminds us that even though the world looks powerful, impressive, glorious and right, and our saviour appears weak, insignificant, lowly and despicable, we must still praise the Lord because we know what true glory looks like.

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In this episode, from a chapel service held on Friday 6 June 2025, Mark Thompson, Principal of Moore Theological College, speaks on John 2:23-3:21 and Nicodemus’s visit to Jesus by night.

He reminds us that what Nicodemus needed to hear is also what we need to hear: salvation cannot be achieved by anything we do, it can only be accomplished by what God has done. Furthermore, the God who provides this unlikely gift is a God who loves us so very deeply.

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Upcoming event: Reformation Research Forum (Thursday 14 August).

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In this episode, from a chapel service held on Tuesday 3 June 2025, Lionel Windsor, Lecturer in the New Testament Department at Moore Theological College, speaks on Luke 18:9-14 and the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector.

He reminds us that the tax collector’s prayer is the foundational prayer of the Christian life, and that when we look for righteousness in Jesus, not ourselves, he grants it to us.

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Donald Robinson Library event: The Huguenots and the French Reformation (Wed 8 Oct)

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In this episode, from the second part of his plenary address at the 2025 Priscilla & Aquila Centre annual conference held on Monday 3 February 2025, Paul Grimmond, Head of the Ministry Department at Moore College, continues his exploration of Titus 2 and the commands to older men, older women, younger women and younger men.

Before he discusses the practical outworkings of the chapter, however, Paul answers some common criticisms of these commands, and helps us to think about our attitude or “comportment” to Scripture as we approach this particular passage.

We hope you find the episode helpful.

(To listen to part 1 of Paul’s plenary address, please see episode 26 of our 2025 season, or visit the Priscilla & Aquila website.)

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In this episode, from a chapel service held on Friday 30 May 2025, Joel Atwood, missionary in Vanuatu with the Church Missionary Society Australia, speaks on Isaiah 45 and God’s word to the nation of Israel about his anointed one, King Cyrus.

He reminds us that the plans of God are not our plans. When we are tempted to ask, “Why is God doing that?”, we need to remember that he is greater and more wonderful than our crude and limited conceptions of him. We can’t force him or rush him; we can only follow along to his timetable.

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In this episode, from a chapel service held on Tuesday 27 May 2025, Lionel Windsor, Lecturer in the New Testament Department at Moore Theological College, speaks on Luke 18:1-8 and the parable of the persistent widow.

He reminds us that as God has chosen us to be his people, that means he really cares about us, and therefore, when we cry out to him in prayer, he hears us and responds with love and justice.

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