Sydney Archbishop warns against occult
In his Easter message this weekend, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Dr Peter Jensen has warned of the occult.
The Archbishop is particularly concerned about people using the supernatural to contact deceased loved ones.
Dr Jensen told ABC radio’s AM program there has been a surge of interest non-traditional religions. …
Read the report – and listen to the interview (3 minute / 1.8MB mp3 file) on ABC Radio.
(Photo: Anglican Media Sydney.)
Archbishop Peter Jensen’s Easter Message
Do you believe in ghosts, spirits and such like? I know lots of people do. Even if people come back as ghosts, they are not full people. They are more like memories of people, wisps of humanity.
I know that some of you have been really heartbroken by the loss of a person in your life and you try to contact the person. This is very dangerous – meddling in the occult is never a good idea. Anyway, as the old saying goes, death is so permanent. It is irreversible. We will be joining them, but they’ll not be joining us. Read more
‘Dissident’ Anglicans retain church use
Parishioners at three Anglican churches, who voted to break away from the national church, will celebrate Easter in their buildings after an Ontario Superior Court judge held off yesterday on deciding who gets the keys to the properties. …
Reverend Charlie Masters, who voted with his parishioners at St. George’s to break away from the Anglican Church of Canada and align themselves with the more conservative group, said he was delighted to have his church building to celebrate the holiest weekend in the Christian calendar. …
Story from Globe and Mail. (Photo: Rev. Charlie Masters, St. George’s Lowville)
The Intensity of Christ’s Love and the Intentionality of His Death
The love of Christ for us in his dying was as conscious as his suffering was intentional. “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us” (1 John 3:16). If he was intentional in laying down his life, it was for us. It was love. “When Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end” (John 13:1). Every step on the Calvary road meant, “I love you.”
– a meditation from John Piper.
Updated website for St. John’s Shaughnessy
For all who are upholding St. John’s Shaughnessy in their prayers – their website has been updated – and has a new address.
The new website can be seen at stjohnsvancouver.org.
Silly Rabbit, Easter’s Not for Kids
No cross this Easter for some US Sunday School lessons –
“In order to be sensitive to the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of preschoolers, First Look has chosen not to include the Easter story in our curriculum. Instead, we are focusing on the Last Supper, when Jesus shared a meal and spent time with the people He loved. We have made this choice because the crucifixion is simply too violent for preschoolers. And if we were to skip the crucifixion and go straight to the resurrection, then preschoolers would be confused.”
Read the story by Russell Moore at the Resurgence.
The Christ Files screens at Noon Good Friday
A Reminder that The Christ Files, a one hour documentary hosted by Dr. John Dickson, airs across Australia on the Seven Network at noon on Good Friday (March 21). You could invite your friends to watch it with you.
For details, visit thechristfiles.com.au.
Good Friday Offering handed to Bishop of Jerusalem
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presented the Good Friday Offering – a check for $158,801.42 – to Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Suheil Dawani on March 18 at St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem. …
The Presiding Bishop, who is visiting the Holy Land March 16-24 at Dawani’s invitation, said it is a great privilege to be able to present the offering in person. …
– Story from the Episcopal New Service. (Photo: Episcopal Life.)
Confusion over HOB vote to depose orthodox Bishops
Massive ecclesiastical confusion followed in the wake of a vote by the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops over whether or not two bishops were legally deposed at a HOB meeting in Camp Allen recently.
A report in The Living Church, following the deposition of Bishop John-David Schofield and William Cox, said that slightly more than one-third of all bishops eligible voted to depose bishops John-David Schofield and William J. Cox during the House of Bishops’ spring retreat, far fewer than the 51 percent required by the canons. Both resolutions were approved by voice vote. …
– Latest on the TEC House of Bishops’ ‘deposition’ vote by David Virtue.