The Lord and His Church:  Implications For Worship

It is an age of novelty in congregational life. Whether we like it or not both minister and people are willing, on the whole, to break with the past and to experiment with the way in which they meet as God’s people.

28/09/2007
Presidential Address 2007 AUDIO

This is the Presidential Address delivered by Archbishop Peter Jensen at the 2007 synod of the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church.

Click here to read the full text of the address.

17/09/2007
Sydney Diocesan Synod 2007 Presidential Address

The Presidential Address delivered by Archbishop Peter Jensen at the 2007 synod of the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church.

17/09/2007
Starting the ultimate relationship AUDIO

An introductory talk by Archbishop Peter Jensen on the most valuable relationship you could ever begin, delivered at Annandale Community Church.

For more information visit the Christians in the Media web site.

17/09/2007
My dream begins with the Word

I have a dream – a dream to give all our fellow citizens in the Diocese a copy of the word of God.

24/08/2007
Dispelling some age-old myths

It is often held that gospel outreach amongst seniors is easy. It is thought that with age comes a clearer vision of the eternity that waits beyond the grave. But I am not sure aging does have this effect.

30/07/2007
Confident AUDIO

The eighth in a series of sermons preached at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Castle Hill, titled 'Who Am I?', examining the book of 1 Peter.

02/07/2007
Tired of church? Meet with Jesus

Tired of going to church? Ask yourself this: am I tired of meeting Jesus Christ?

25/06/2007
Holy wives, considerate husbands AUDIO

The seventh in a series of sermons preached at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Castle Hill, titled 'Who Am I?', examining the book of 1 Peter.

25/06/2007
Presidential Address for NSW Provincial Synod 2007

Whether secular thinkers like it or not, church and state in Australian society have many points of intersection. The relationship could not possibly be unravelled without immense harm to the state and to the nation.

01/06/2007
Danger in our dreams

In spiritual matters, experience does count. But there are dangers in building our faith on miraculous dreams and visions.

28/05/2007
Time to re-think prisons

There are evil people in jail and proper punishment on behalf of their victims is appropriate. However prison is an expensive, discriminatory and ineffective method of ensuring our beloved “law and order”.

14/05/2007
Giving children the gift of faith

It is natural that Christian parents should long for their children to be believers. We have to acknowledge, however, that this is not an outcome we can organise or guarantee.

01/05/2007
Why I am an Evangelical Christian AUDIO

The third in a series of three talks delivered by Archbishop Peter Jensen at the Northern Region preaching conference in 2007.

30/04/2007
Why I am a Reformed Christian AUDIO

The second in a series of three talks delivered by Archbishop Peter Jensen at the Northern Region preaching conference in 2007.

23/04/2007
Why I am a Protestant Christian AUDIO

The first in a series of three talks delivered by Archbishop Peter Jensen at the Northern Region preaching conference in 2007.

16/04/2007
Archbishop’s 2007 Easter message AUDIO

The 2007 Easter message from Archbishop Peter Jensen

05/04/2007
Amazing grace this easter

Two hundred years ago the British Parliament passed laws that brought an end of the transatlantic slave trade. This Easter we remember the doing away of another slavery in the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

05/04/2007
Christ frees us from an evil past

Conversion to Christ is the great moment of liberation and cleansing.

26/03/2007
The Bible reveals the heart of our unity

How we behave while facing divisions will reflect our capacity to love others – a crucial ingredient in true Christian unity.

26/02/2007
Truth and unity collide

The Church is not infinitely flexible. It cannot be, if it is to be true to its calling. It has a task to bear witness to the truth that is in Jesus Christ.

12/02/2007
The best qualifications

According to Samuel Butler, a lawyer’s dream of heaven is where each person tries to reclaim their own property at the resurrection, and each tries to claim it from all their ancestors.

02/02/2007
Relaxed and comfortable? There will be a cost

There are signs today in Australia that it is going to become more comfortable to admit you are a Christian in the near future.

29/01/2007
Relaxed and comfortable? There will be a cost AUDIO

Archbishop Peter Jensen's address to the CMS Summer School in January 2007 on the changing perceptions of religion in Australian society.

Click here to read a summary of the address.

28/01/2007
Putting the spirituality back into Christmas

Let me go out on a limb on this one – "spirituality" is not one of my favourite words, so I am not sure we want more of it at Christmas.

23/12/2006