God’s power in our weakness
Posted on March 11, 2010
Filed under Opinion
“I wonder whether the provision of MP3s of sermons of great preachers now available everywhere is in danger of creating another Corinthian problem for our churches…”
– Over at SydneyAnglicans.net, Bishop Robert Forsyth has a good point – see what he has to say here. (Download the mp3 file.)
Photo: Russell Powell.
Of Earthquakes and End Times
Posted on March 10, 2010
Filed under Opinion
“When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.” (Mark 13:7-8 TNIV)
Not long after the 2004 tsunami that devastated Indonesia and neighboring countries, a document was circulating on the internet, purportedly showing a dramatic rise in earthquakes in recent years and using that to fuel fervor that Christ’s return was imminent. …
– New Testament scholar Craig Blomberg puts earthquakes in their Biblical context. (Photo: Denver Seminary.)
Archbishop Kwashi on the attacks in Jos
Posted on March 10, 2010
Filed under News
Channel 4 in the UK conducted a telephone interview with Archbishop Ben Kwashi in Jos in central Nigeria, on the violence that has seen hundreds of people killed in the last few days. (h/t Anglican Mainstream.)
Prayer is urged.
Brothers, We are not Figure-Skaters
Posted on March 9, 2010
Filed under Opinion
Tempted to go soft on proclaiming the Bible? Encouraging words in this 2′25″ video clip from Phil Johnson at Grace Community Church in California.
The Phantom Menace: Territorial Spirits and SLSW
Posted on March 9, 2010
Filed under Theology
Church Society has just republished a very helpful ten-year-old article by Melvin Tinker on popular notions of ‘spiritual warfare’.
“The aim of our spiritual warfare is not to disarm principalities and powers, which Christ has already done (Colossians 2:15). That is why he is seated above every rule and authority and why in principle Christians are seated with him in complete security (Eph 2:6). The objective of spiritual warfare is to ‘stand’.”
It’s available as a PDF file from their website.
On related topics, see also Peter Bolt’s Living with the Underworld (Get copies from Reformers, Moore Books) and Christ’s Victory over Evil (Moore Books, Reformers).
Anglican Mainstream on Bishop James Jones’ statements
Posted on March 9, 2010
Filed under News
Anglican Mainstream’s response to the Bishop of Liverpool’s address to his synod last week –
“Anglican Mainstream, whilst acknowledging that Bishop Jones reflects a way of thinking which is gaining ground amongst some English evangelicals, considers it deeply flawed in terms of both teaching and practice.…”
There’s also a selection of comments on Bishop Jones’ Presidential Address. (Related.)
CASE Conference: Christian Perspectives at the End of Life
Posted on March 9, 2010
Filed under News
From the Centre for Apologetic Scholarship and Education:
“As treatment of disease improves and life expectancy is extended, many of us will face difficult decisions about life and death. Moral dilemmas abound and ethical choices need to be made. Many of these issues are often news items in the media. This second annual conference is based on our conviction that providing a Christian perspective on medical ethics is essential for the public debate and discourse.”
– Read more on the CASE Conference on Medical Ethics – Saturday 27 March 2010. (Registrations close on March 17.)
Time to get Faith Book (re-post)
Posted on March 8, 2010
Filed under News
The Diocese of North West Australia has launched Faith Book, a 36 page book of “Stories of Faith written for the Centenary of the Anglican Church of North West Australia, 1910–2010”.
Very encouraging and a good aid in praying for the people of the North West. Copies are only $5 each, posted, and are available from the Diocesan office.