‘Tearing the Fabric’ — 2012 edition
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
How to Read the Bible Through the Jesus Lens
“This is a charming little book that gives an overview of every book of the Bible and how it relates to Jesus. … I wish all students would read a book like this before they came to Seminary…”
– Michael Bird (Crossway College, Brisbane) draws attention to Michael Williams’ book ‘How to Read the Bible Through the Jesus Lens’. Availability.
ANZAC Day resources
At the Defence Anglicans website, there are some resources you could use or adapt for ANZAC Day.
Charles Colson’s testimony
With the news that Charles Colson is gravely ill in hospital, Justin Taylor has linked to video of Colson sharing his testimony – starting with a story about the National Press Club in Canberra.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ sermons to be available to all
“This is probably the biggest announcement the MLJ Trust will ever make. Starting from tomorrow, April 12th, all 1,600 recorded sermons by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones will be available to download, at no cost, to anyone who wants to listen to them!…”
– all the details via Justin Taylor.
A Conversation with Gerald Bray on his new Systematic Theology
At The Gospel Coalition website, Gerald Bray responds to questions put by Matt Smethurst about Bray’s recently published Systematic Theology, “God is Love”.
“God Is Love is very different from any other systematic theology on the market today because it takes the Reformation principle of sola Scriptura seriously. It is not just a question of backing up everything from the Bible but of trying to convey God’s self-revelation in the Bible in a biblical way…”
Related: Mark Thompson writes:
“Here is a piece of mature theology, concerned for the glory of God, the edification of his people, and the spread of the gospel in the world. What a refreshing change from the posturing and positioning of so much theological writing today. Gerald is not trying to draw attention to himself, make a name for himself or impress his peers in the theological academy or in his ecclesiastical stable. From the beginning the spotlight is elsewhere – something this book has in common with the best of Christian theology through the centuries.”
– at Theological Theology.
The Unashamed Workman
Proclamation Trust has made available four Dick Lucas videos recorded about ten years ago for a set of teaching DVDs.
The theme is “The Unashamed Workman – Instructions on Biblical Preaching”.
They are designed to encourage new preachers as well as seasoned ones.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Archbishop Peter Jensen’s Easter Message 2012
Archbishop Peter Jensen has released his 2012 Easter message – a message of wonderful news.
Watch it here at SydneyAnglicans.net (1 minute 20 seconds).
And you can download the message here formatted as 2 x A5 handouts.
Or read the text below –
“You can pay people to do a lot of things for you but you can’t pay someone else to do death for you. And there is no one on earth who can really tell you what it’s like.
They are the facts.
If you want to travel to an exotic place, someone has been there before you and can tell you what it is like, with photos. But there are no travellers into the realm of death who come back.
That’s a fact.
Well, no it isn’t a fact.
There is a man who has been there and come back and told us what to expect. That man is Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world.
We Christians love Easter because it is the historical reminder that although Jesus was executed by being crucified and was truly dead, three days later he broke out of his tomb and showed that death is not the last word in life.
And everything is changed. Instead of living in fear and anxiety, it’s as though God has turned the light on and dispelled our fear.
Jesus dies so that we could be forgiven and he lives to give us life beyond the grave.
Now that’s a great fact!
Dr Peter F Jensen,
Archbishop of Sydney,
Easter, 2012 AD.”
Themelios, April 2012
The latest issue of Themelios, is now available from the Gospel Coalition website in PDF and html formats.