‘God’s Word Heard’ — September free Audiobook
This month’s free audiobook from Christian Audio is the New Testament from ‘God’s Word Heard’ – a translation published by Baker Books.
You can see some PDF samples of the translation here – and download the audio using the code SEP2009 via the link on this page. (Requires free registration.)
Of course, if you prefer the rather more literal English Standard Version, you can hear audio in your browser by going to esv.org – or esvstudybible.org click on ‘Listen’ just next to the book and chapter number.
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Using the Online ESV to Listen.
Choosing a Bible: free download.
Al Mohler: The NIV Announcement — A Statement.
Listening Process a ‘gift’ to church
The Episcopal Church talks up the ‘listening process’.
– Listening Process a ‘gift’ to church.
– Bulletin inserts focus on ‘listening process’. (PDF file)
Related: Listening process or Repentance? and
Money, Sex, Indaba.
Restructuring planned for Sydney Diocese
Archbishop Peter Jensen has announced a number of changes, designed to help keep Sydney Anglicans focussed on sharing the good news of Jesus despite the challenges brought by the global financial crisis –
“As soon as it became apparent that we would have far less money available in the next three years, the Mission Strategy Committee and the Mission Board began to think and pray about our options. They have been working for several months and have now presented their proposals to Standing Committee before advancing them to the Synod. …
Part of the complexity is that it is not only the Synod money which is affected, but also the money from the Endowment of the See. …
Given the magnitude of the change, tinkering is not enough: we have to restructure. The key is to do it in such a way that we are looking to the future and driven by our mission.”
– Read the Archbishop’s message, “Looking Within, Above and Ahead” and related articles in Southern Cross, available at SydneyAnglicans.net.
The Doctrine of the Church
“I suggest what we need is more theology, not less and, in particular, careful thinking about the place preaching has in our doctrine of the church.”
– Mark Thompson blogs about the just-concluded 13th Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference – Part 1, part 2, part 3.
The Work of the Minister of the Gospel
“You have been called as minister in this congregation and you have been ordained in pursuance of that call. There are many functions which devolve upon you in that particular capacity, but I want to draw your attention particularly to two of these functions because I believe they are the two main functions which devolve upon the minister of the Gospel. …”
– Food for sober reflection from a 1960 ordination charge given by John Murray – with thanks to Martin Downes at Against Heresies.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…