‘Excited throng to welcome new Anglican bishop’

“Wollongong Bishop-elect Peter Hayward will adopt one of Australia’s biggest Anglican flocks at a packed consecration ceremony in Sydney … on April 13 …”

– The Illawarra Mercury.

Encouragement from Psalm 41

Allan Blanch, an Emeritus Vice-president of the ACL, and who served as Rector in the parishes of Broadway, Beecroft and St. Philip’s York Street, recently preached at St. Paul’s Lithgow on Psalm 41.

Most edifying. Listen here.

Christianity and McLarenism

Kevin DeYoung has published his review of Brian McLaren’s book A New Kind of Christianity.

It’s comprehensive – and devastating. Read it  here (PDF file).

“H. Richard Niebuhr’s famous description of liberalism has not lost its relevance: ‘A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of Christ without a cross.’”

Related: Tim Challies on A New Kind of Christianity.

Prayer for Mission Area consultations

Meetings are being held around Sydney Diocese to discuss the setting up of Mission Areas to help local churches work together in their proclamation of Christ.

Please pray for the Rectors, and others invited to attend, that they will be recaptured by the joy of this task, and please pray for Bishop Ivan Lee in his chairing of these meetings.

Good Book sale

The Good Book Company (through their Australian distributor Reformers’ Bookshop) has a sale on some helpful resources until the end of March. Worth having a look.

Lots of other useful material at regular prices too.
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