TEC reaps the whirlwind

“Well it is now official: The Episcopal Church (TEC), a province of Anglican dioceses in the USA (and some neighbouring countries) has declared that it doesn’t care what the vast majority of the Anglican Communion believes to be the teaching of the Bible concerning sexuality. It simply does not care…”

– Bishop Glenn Davies writes at SydneyAnglicans.net.

Related: The TEC Diocese of Central New York, which evicted the Church of the Good Shepherd at 74 Conklin Avenue in Binghamton, appears to have found a new use for (at least some of) the empty building. (Earlier posts.)

Do Your friends know what Easter means?

“In Raised With Christ I argue that many have never heard the real gospel of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus. Today I share with you some research that demonstrates the truth of this.

Quite simply this is strong evidence that we are not speaking about the resurrection enough…”

– Adrian Warnock (in the UK) writes about the latest US research.

Do our Australian friends know what Easter means?

Don’t Be Afraid

Even though Australians are unaffected by US health care reform, Russell Moore (at Southern Baptist Seminary) has some great advice.

“The United States House of Representatives just passed a health care reform bill that I and lots of other Christians opposed. Such legislation should concern us. There are some bad consequences for the weakest and most vulnerable among us, principally unborn children. But should it also concern us that so many of us are talking today about how afraid we are?…”

– Read it all here.

Christopher Ash on Job

Colin Adams at Unashamed Workman writes:

If you want some good bread for your soul, here are the sermons given by Christopher Ash [Proc Trust] at the Winter 2009 [at The Castle] event. Five expositions on Job, plus  a helpful Q & A.

See his direct links to the audio files here.

Pray for Moore College Mission 2010

Moore College missions start this weekend – and this is where to get help in praying for them.

Pray that Christ will be exalted.

Religious Education loses out in Ethics trial

“A pilot program introducing ethics classes at 10 different NSW public primary schools as an alternative to the current 30 minute weekly religious education classes begins next month. But less than four weeks before implementation, the scheme is already causing consternation and concern.

Rather than being complementary to primary schools’ religious education (SRE) classes as promised, ethics classes seem to be in direct competition and in their grab for students, are not restricting enrolment to those who have no religious affiliation and spend the weekly half-hour of religious instruction with supervised study and homework. …”

– see the full article from the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.

Related: An ethical dilemma – from The Spectator.

Preachers who don’t believe

“‘Preachers Who Are Not Believers’ is a stunning and revealing report that lays bare a level of heresy, apostasy, and hypocrisy that staggers the mind …”

– Albert Mohler says that this report – written by a ‘new athest’ – is a wake-up call to the church.

Related: Vanishing Christianity — A Lesson from the Presbyterians.

Where is the outrage?

“The evil, despicable massacre in Nigeria of some 500 Christian men, women and children has excited remarkably little international comment…”

– Andrew Carey’s article in the Church of England Newspaper has been republished by Anglican Mainstream.

Have an iPhone? Get the ESV

“For the first time, read the ESV Bible on your iPhone or iPod Touch, with or without an internet connection — for free. Record your own notes, highlight verses, save favourites, and share with friends.”

– from the ESV blog. Certainly worth a look.
(h/t Justin Taylor.)

“Another decisive moment”: Archbishop Peter Jensen on TEC Episcopal Election

The American Episcopal Election
Media Statement 18th March 2010

With the election of the Reverend Mary Glasspool, a partnered lesbian, as a Bishop in Los Angeles in The Episcopal Church, the Anglican Communion reaches another decisive moment. It is now absolutely clear to all that the national Church itself has formally committed itself to a pattern of life which is contrary to Scripture. The election of Bishop Robinson in 2003 was not an aberration to be corrected in due course. It was a true indication of the heart of the Church and the direction of its affairs.

There have been various responses to the actions of TEC over the years. Some have been dramatic and decisive, such as the creation of the Anglican Church of North America, an ecclesiastical body recognized by the GAFCON Primates as genuinely Anglican. For others, however, the counsels of patience have prevailed and they have sought a change of heart and waited patiently for it to occur. Those who have sought a middle course may be found both inside and outside the American Church.

This is a decisive moment for this ‘middle’ group. Their patience has been gentle and praiseworthy. But to wait longer would not be patience – it would be obstinacy or even an unworthy anxiety. Two things need to be made clear. First, that they are unambiguously opposed to a development which sanctifies sin and which is an abrogation of the word of the living God. Second, that they will take sufficient action to distance themselves from those who have chosen to walk in the path of disobedience.

Peter F. Jensen,
Archbishop of Sydney

That’s Easter — Death to Life

Last year, St. Helen’s Bishopsgate in London produced a couple of very helpful short videos for Easter. You may like to consider how you could use this one.

Archbishop welcomes Papal Visit

The Archbishop of Canterbury today welcomed the official announcement that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI is to visit the UK in September at the invitation of Her Majesty The Queen:

“The Pope’s visit will be an opportunity to cement ties not only between the Holy See and the United Kingdom but also the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian churches in Scotland, England and Wales. I look forward particularly to welcoming Pope Benedict to Lambeth Palace on behalf of the Church of England.”

– Source.

Easter Theobabble

“Along with the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Presiding Bishop (in her role as Chief Pastor of the Episcopal Church [USA]) issues an annual “Easter message.” They have been remarkable, to say the least, by way of contrast with those which issue from Rome and Canterbury.

This latest product has to be one of the most alien messages ever imparted at Eastertide — since the very first Easter marked the commencement of the Christian church…”

– Read Alex Haley’s commentary on the TEC Presiding Bishop’s ‘Easter Message’.
Then read 1 Corinthians 15: 1–18.

No faith in their hatred

“The Global Atheists Convention in Melbourne last weekend worked a miracle on me. I’ve never felt more like believing in God. Especially the Christian one.

My near conversion occurred because the convention’s speakers managed to confirm my worst fear.

No, it’s not that God may actually exist, and be cross that I doubted. It’s that if the Christian God really is dead, then there’s not much to stop people here from being barbarians. …”

– Andrew Bolt, columnist with the Herald-Sun in Melbourne.

Importantly, see also the preview of Peter Hitchens, “The Rage Against God” – at Between Two Worlds. (Peter Hitchens is Christopher Hitchens’ brother.)

‘Pope will beatify Cardinal Newman in England’

“Pope Benedict XVI will preside at the beatification ceremony of Cardinal John Henry Newman in Coventry, England, during a four-day visit to the United Kingdom in September, British Catholic leaders have said…

His beatification was announced in July after the Vatican declared that the inexplicable healing of Deacon Jack Sullivan of Marshfield, Mass., from a crippling spinal condition was the result of Cardinal Newman’s intercession.” – Report from NZ Catholic.

Related: The saint(s) go marching in – by Bishop Glenn Davies.
(Photo: University College Dublin.)

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