Murray

Husband. Dad. Pastor at Mentone Baptist Church in Melbourne. Writes about stuff. Coffee drinker. Enjoys Cricket. Bach, Mozart and Debussy every day of the week

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

A new substack about Melbourne by a Melbournian, helping us to think through the big issues through the lens of the Gospel.

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The Geelong Football Club story this week says something revealing about how we understand autonomy, responsibility, and the long term health of inviduals.
https://t.co/GykGMQaGK6

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Is the Rest History? 'we claim to moral and epistemic ascendency and yet the fog of despair is more thick today than ever. Our evolution has rarely been so uninspiring.'
https://t.co/wdCrnhbUrt

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those liking this post are inadvertently (or consciously) affirming the poverty of my writing! ;)

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

Safe to say, with all the typos, creative grammar and unncessary adjectives in my writing, I doubt anyone will ever confuse it for AI. The joys of being an imperfect writer!

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Is Dominic Sandbrook @dcsandbrook a Calvinist?
His conversation on @triggerpod is a fascinating exploration of reading history and the human condition
https://t.co/wdCrnhbUrt

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

Is Dominic Sandbrook a Calvinist?
Reading history like Calvin will help us today

https://t.co/3uJgHUVfXs

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@newmrpford You have a Claude? We have a Claude as well albeit somewhat bigger than your Claude!

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

As 28 million Australians are counted in the 2026 Census, lots of people are vying for your religion vote.
Ignore the conspiracies & the sophist arguments and stick with this simple principle:
'be honest'
https://t.co/tpndT6qpxZ

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

Christian assurance is one of the great apologetics and a sublime consolation

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

Meditating this afternoon on the truth of assurance of salvation.

What has typically been called the "perseverance of the saints" sits solidly on God’s sovereign commitment to complete what He has begun in believers’ lives. God pledges to bring to completion the good work He started in believers at the day of Jesus Christ (Phil 1:6), establishing a foundation that transcends my weakness and circumstance.

Christ promises that those who follow Him will never perish because no one can snatch them from His hand or the Father’s hand (John 10:27��29). This dual security, held by both Christ and the Father, reveals an unbreakable grip. Nothing in creation: whether death, life, spiritual forces, present circumstances, or future events, can separate Christians from God’s love in Christ (Rom 8:38–39). The robustness of this list removes the possible threat to salvation.

God’s faithfulness grounds this doctrine. All whom the Father gives to Christ will come to Him, and Christ will lose nothing of what has been entrusted to Him (John 6:37–40). God’s gifts and calling are irrevocable (Rom 11:29), they do not hinge on changing circumstances or human performance. The Lord is faithful and will establish and guard believers against the evil one (2 Thess 3:3).

The work of the Holy Spirit provides active protection. Thank goodness I as a Christian am sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who serves as a guarantee of our inheritance (Eph 1:13–14). By God’s power, those found in Christ are guarded through faith for salvation ready to be revealed at the last time (1 Pet 1:3–5). Christ is able to save completely those who approach God through Him, since He continually intercedes for them (Heb 7:25).

This treasured Scriptural truth punctuates that those whom God foreknew and predestined are also called, justified, and glorified -- a chain of divine action that ensures completion (Rom 8:29–30). It's a progression moveing from eternity to final glorification, with no breaking point.

All who believe in Christ will have eternal life and be raised up on the last day (John 6:37–40), and believers may know with certainty that they possess eternal life (1 John 5:13). If you are a Christian rejoice in this reality, and if you are not a Christian let me tell you about the most amazing assurance you could ever experience!

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

@CanadaTGC cf what's happening in Canada is also happening Australia https://t.co/qs2cpN2oU2

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The Anglican Church of Canada has produced liturgy for euthanasia, and the Uniting Church of Australia is already copying them https://t.co/1uuk9bhNdY. .

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

John Lennox and his hope. When a Oxford Don claims he will see God
https://t.co/FY6Y89hRiq

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

How can Prof John Lennox claim the mathematical and moral impossible? It's worth consideration https://t.co/FY6Y89hRiq

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

John Lennox has spent decades defending the Christian faith as a mathematician, philosopher, and apologist. But I’m not sure he’s ever said anything more beautiful than this.

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

Prof John Lennox made an audacious claim. I reckon he's right https://t.co/LG4Z6vi7xe

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

Around the world today millions of churches will meet to hear God speak through his word, to praise God, & love & encourage one another. That’s pretty special. Wherever your church meets & whatever size, you a part of something momentous. And all because of the mercy of God

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

It's Census time in Australia. And the most controversial question is again about religion. Here's my advice for answering the question...
https://t.co/tpndT6qpxZ

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

It's Census time in Australia. My advice for answering the question on religion
https://t.co/qce0EqGZjI

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@AustralianAths Brilliant

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As Australia's fastest ever sprinters smash records in Glasgow, Melbourne's clouds try to hide how much we have fallen https://t.co/5oqvTKYkPn

[Murray @MurrayJCampbell]

Australia's fastest ever man and woman are breaking records in Glasgow. Oh, what could have been, Melbourne.