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Papers from the FCA leaders conference available

admin — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:14 +0000

More papers from the FCA leaders conference in London have been uploaded to the GAFCON website.

See this page for the complete listing of resources from the GAFCON website.

The newly available papers are –

What is the Gospel? – from a seminar led by Drs Ngozi Okeke & Mark Thompson

Ecclesiology:

A Summary of Anglican Ecclesiology – Ashley Null
16th Century Anglican Ecclesiology – Ashley Null
The Anglican Mind in Caroline and Tractarian Thought – Arthur Middleton

Faithful and Effective – Evangelism and Church Planting.

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Queen’s Birthday Convention 2012

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:00:50 +0000

Coming up at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Monday June 11. Early bird before June 01.

Details here.

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J I Packer interviewed by Carl Trueman

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:22:29 +0000

Carl Trueman recently interviewed Dr J I Packer. He writes, “the testimony to God’s grace in his own life, his reflections on the Puritans and on Lloyd-Jones and his advice to young ministers is invaluable”.

Wonderful interview – watch it here (16 minutes).

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‘A table of the Lord’

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:16:35 +0000

Dr Barry Newman has been blogging on the meaning of the expression in 1 Corinthians 10: 21 –

“Focussing on the phrase, ‘a table of the Lord’, the aim of this blog series is to present a case that suggests that this phrase has nothing to do with any practice associated with a sacrament…”

– Barry has now posted the full series as a single PDF file on this page. You can follow his arguments and see what you think.

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9Marks Journal – Wanted: Apostolic Pastors

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:01:41 +0000

“Jesus hasn’t called our churches to fulfill the great commission alone. So look up, look out, and see what encouragement and unexpected fruit God may have in store for you as you work to bless other pastors and churches…”

– The latest 9Marks Journal looks at caring for the work of the gospel outside your local patch.

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Making the most of the Cross

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:47 +0000

“The second sermon I ever gave was a cracker. People told me! It was logical, engaging and humorous. I succeeded in explaining, illustrating and applying the Bible in a way that captivated the listeners. My girlfriend (now wife) even started to believe that I might have some hope of becoming a preacher! But, it’s time for public confession. I basically pinched the whole talk, idea for idea, point for point, from John Chapman.

I don’t think I was the first to do this, and I’m certain that I wasn’t the last. You see, I’d looked over the Bible passage again and again, and I couldn’t see any way to make it clearer than Chappo…”

– Dave McDonald commends Chappo’s book Making the Most of the Cross.

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Prayers for Defence ministry

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:25:35 +0000

Our friends who minister to Australia’s Defence personnel would be very glad of your prayers on a regular basis.

There’s the current Prayer Diary (pdf) and other prayer resources at this link.

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Simple Bible reading advice

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:25:55 +0000

“Wherever you settle on this question, be sure to ignore headings as much as possible. In fact, the best exegesis experience I ever had in the gospel of Mark was using a text without headings, paragraphs, or verses. Just 40 pages of a block of text with page and line numbers. A wonderful teaching tool I used for years and highly recommend.”

– In a discussion about ‘the spirituals’ in 1 Corinthians 12, Bill Mounce offers this advice for reading the Scriptures.

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Is the Reformation over?

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:00:12 +0000

At last month’s Together for the Gospel conference, Carl Trueman spoke at a breakout session on ‘Why the Reformation isn’t over’. He gives five reasons why the Reformation matters in our churches today –

“The Centrality of the Cross, the Centrality of the Word, the Centrality of Assurance, the Centrality of the Pastor, and the Centrality of more than just the gospel.”

Audio here.

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‘Tearing the Fabric’ — 2012 edition

admin — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:00:44 +0000

An updated edition of ‘Tearing the Fabric’ (‘The Episcopal Church: Tearing the Fabric of communion to Shreds’) has been produced by The American Anglican Council.

It’s a very useful resource – and a sobering reminder of how a denomination can lose the gospel.

It can be downloaded from the AAC website (PDF file).

The main sections:

Catalog of Heresies: Quoting Episcopal Church Leaders
Fruits of TEC‘s Theology
Declining Membership
Litigation, Uncanonical Acts, and Harassment

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