Missing the point of Good Friday

From the Anglican Journal — the national newspaper of the Anglican Church of Canada:

“The almost magical confluence of Good Friday and Earth Day on Apr. 22 presents an opportunity for Christian environmentalists to ponder humankind’s crimes against the planet. And at this time of penitence, sacrifice and redemption, to reflect on ways to reverse our unremitting exploitation of the created world.

The Greening Anglican Spaces task group … has compiled a ‘Good Friday Earth Day Reflection’…”.

(Image: Anglican Journal.)

More from the Sydney Family Album

Over the last few weeks, more has been added to the ‘Sydney Family Album’ at Theological Theology –

Learn about William Cowper, and his son William Macquarie Cowper (guest posts by Peter Bolt), and Frederic Barker.

‘Dirty, rotten lies’

“The Clubs industry in Australia has just launched a $20 million lie – if we believe them, we will miss a once in a generation opportunity to radically transform the way we care for those who are addicted to gambling…”

– Over at SydneyAnglicans.net, Anglicare Sydney CEO Peter Kell doesn’t mince his words on poker machine reform.

ANZAC Day more important than Easter?

“This year Anzac day and the Easter Monday public holiday coincide. For the first time since 1859 (and for the last time until 2038), Easter Monday falls on April 25th – the ANZAC Day public holiday.

For almost 2000 years the Easter ‘Holy Days’ have been the central religious event in the calendars of the Western world, but the clash this year is timely for it signals a deeper reality. ANZAC Day is increasingly staking a claim to replace Easter as the major religious holiday in 21st Century Australia.”

– At Defence Anglicans, Chaplain Andrew Grills asks how Christians should view ANZAC Day.

Gospel Coalition Conference 2011 audio

You can now listen to the talks from the plenary sessions at last week’s Gospel Coalition 2011 National Conference in Chicago – here.

The conference theme: “They Testify about Me” – Preaching Jesus and the Gospel from the Old Testament. Speakers included Don Carson, Tim Keller, Al Mohler and Alistair Begg.

Abp Ben Kwashi on BBC Radio Sheffield

Archbishop of Jos, Dr Ben Kwashi, was interviewed on BBC Radio Sheffield about why he stays in Jos.

The 7 minute interview was broadcast on Sunday (April 17) on Sunday Breakfast with Sarah Major. It starts at 1 hour 10 minutes into the programme and is available for 7 days on the Radio Sheffield website.

(h/t Julian Mann. Photo: Anglican Diocese of Jos.)

Congregationalism – real, radical, or imaginary?

“The attacks on the Anglican Diocese of Sydney will probably never go away. It is  almost certainly right that they don’t. We are far from perfect and our mistakes will always leave us open to criticism. Yet I’m convinced there’s much more to rejoice in than to criticise.

What is more, often the most virulent attacks come from the most predictable places…

Nevertheless, it is worth engaging with the criticism rather than dismissing it out of hand…”

– Mark Thompson asks if the picture that’s painted of Sydney Diocese is a fair one – at Theological Theology.

Illustrations of Compromise in Church History

Church Society has republished an important 1988 Churchman paper by D A Scales. He looks at –

The Arian Controversy, The Colloquy of Ratisbon of 1541, The Evangelical C of E bishops debate about sacerdotal vesture in 1912, the 1922 debate about Liberalism within the Church Missionary Society in Britain, and the ‘new evangelicalism’ at Keele, 1967.

If you don’t normally think much about Christian history, this would be a good article to read to be alerted to the ever-present danger of losing the gospel.

Download it here as a PDF file.

The Praise Factory — resources for discipling children

We’ve mentioned this before — but Connie Dever’s Praise Factory website is well worth checking. New material has been recently added.

(Connie, and her husband, Mark, are at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington DC.)

Preaching Christ from the Old Testament

The Proclamation Trust is making available as a free download Sinclair Ferguson’s booklet, “Preaching Christ from the Old Testament”.

Download it as a PDF file from the Proc Trust website.

More musings on Genesis

Barry Newman’s blog is worth checking – as an example of careful examination of the Biblical text.

At the moment, he’s continuing his series on ‘Science and Genesis”. While you might not agree with every post, he provides plenty of material for thoughtful reflection on the meaning of God’s word.

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