Free online access to the ESV Study Bible (for a month)
Here’s a press release from Crossway:
“Crossway is pleased to make the ESV Online Study Bible available free—for anyone and everyone—for a limited time beginning today, March 2, 2009. Until now, the ESV Online Study Bible has been available exclusively to those who have purchased the print edition.”
– Details at the ESVSB Blog.
Northern Michigan Elects ‘Christian-Buddhist’ Bishop
News from last week:
The Diocese of Northern Michigan elected the Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester as bishop Feb. 21 at a special diocesan convention. … The announcement of Fr. Forrester’s nomination sparked controversy last month because he is also a practicing Buddhist and said he had received Buddhist “lay ordination” and was “walking the path of Christianity and Zen Buddhism together.” …
– from The Living Church. Other details from the Diocese of Northern Michigan. (Photo: Episcopal News Service.)
Dever interviews Carson on Books
Last December, 9 Marks published online the first part of an interview by Mark Dever with Don Carson.
In the second part of the interview, just published, focusses on some of the books Don has written. It runs for 56 minutes and is available here at 9Marks.
The Anglican Covenant: A House on Sand
“As the March 9th deadline approaches for Provincial responses to the Covenant Design Group, an odd but telling paradox is emerging; in order to stabilise the Anglican Communion, it seems essential that the Covenant’s biblical foundations should be weak. …”
– Charles Raven at SPREAD writes on the proposed Anglican Covenant.
Apologies
Our apologies for lack of news on the ACL website last week – our web hosting company had misconfigured things. We’re back now.