SMBC Missions Conference 2011

“2011 Equipping Your Church for Global Impact Conference” is the theme of a day conference on Saturday 17th September 2011 at SMBC. The organisers say:

“Most churches still give the major part of their energy and resources to the maintenance of their own local programmes. More than ever, we need well informed, fully resourced global mission enthusiasts in every local church. This conference will provide ideas, resources and opportunities for discussion with other mission enthusiasts.”

– Read the details here.

Looters: Them or us?

“I spoke on the phone yesterday with a south London vicar whose parish had been hit by rioters. Actually, “rioters” is not quite the word. The disorders straight after the death of Mark Duggan may have been riots with the associations of protest that brings, but by now a better word than rioters is looters, because the focus seems so strongly on violent theft. …”

– Principal of Oak Hill College in London, Mike Ovey, has some very perceptive comments about this week’s trouble in England.

‘Evangelicals and the gay moral revolution’

“Our greatest fear is not that homosexuality will be normalized and accepted, but that homosexuals will not come to know of their own need for Christ and the forgiveness of their sins.

This is not a concern that is easily expressed in sound bites. But it is what we truly believe.

It is now abundantly clear that evangelicals have failed in so many ways to meet this challenge. …”

– This article by Albert Mohler was originally published in The Wall Street Journal.

‘Remember your leaders’ — J I Packer on John Stott

Dr Packer preached from Hebrews 13 at the memorial service for John Stott in Vancouver on Friday evening.

The video is in three parts: part 1, part 2, part 3. (Total, 33 minutes.) Very encouraging.

Promo video for George Whitefield College

In 1989, retired Principal of Moore College, Dr. Broughton Knox, became the founding Principal of George Whitefield College in Cape Town. In 1993, he was succeeded by Dr. David Seccombe.

There is a great deal to give thanks for, as may be seen from this new 3 minute video.

The video is also a terrific reminder to pray for GWC and the ministry of the gospel in the vast continent of Africa. (The College also has a new website, still under development.)

Douglas Moo to speak in Sydney

This year’s Eliza Ferrie Public Lecture, sponsored by the Presbyterian Theological College in Sydney, will be given by Dr. Douglas Moo on “Justification in the Crosshairs”. 11th August 2011 at PLC Croydon.

Details from the PTC website.

‘America dons the victim’s mantle’

“The murders, beatings and state-sanctioned violence suffered by Anglicans in Harare under the Mugabe regime are akin to the discomforts faced by Episcopalians loyal to the national Church who reside in dioceses that have departed for the Anglican Church in North America.

This summary of the situation in Harare from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori came in an August 2 report released by the Episcopal News Service…”

– George Conger writes for The Church of England Newspaper.
(h/t Anglican Mainstream. Photo: Episcopal News Service. ENS story is here.)

Holding the Word of God in your hands

A few weeks back, Crossway, the publishers of the ESV, hosted a dinner at a Christian booksellers’ convention in Atlanta, Georgia. They asked someone who loves God’s word to give the keynote address.

John Piper spoke about William Tyndale, the 400th anniversary of the AV, the RSV, the NRSV, the rationale for the ESV – and the incomparable worth of God’s word. You can watch his 31 minute address on Vimeo. h/t Dane Ortlund.

Idea: Registered Vimeo users can download the 175MB file. Have a big TV? Invite your Bible Study group around to watch.

John Stott remembered in Sydney

At SydneyAnglicans.net, Russell Powell has posted a story – complete with a 7 minute video – on the Sydney Memorial Service for John Stott.

Archbishop Peter Jensen’s sermon is available here in PDF format.

(Photo: Ramon Williams.)

Need help sharing the gospel?

With the proliferation of evangelistic resources available these days, it’s possible to overlook one of the most helpful.

The two brief videos on this page (scroll down) illustrate why Two Ways to Live has been such a blessing to so many people.

(Thanks to Dane Ortlund for the reminder.)

Tim Harris new bishop for Adelaide

Tim Harris, the Dean of Bishopdale Theological College in Nelson, New Zealand has been appointed Bishop for Mission and Evangelism in the Diocese of Adelaide.

Reports from Anglican Media Adelaide, and Anglican Taonga.

Two stories on ‘the Culture of Death’

Two disturbing stories – one from the US, and one from the UK.

From Albert Mohler:

“Consider … the fact that 40 percent of all pregnancies in New York City end in abortion (and fully 60 percent of all pregnancies to African American women). Those horrendous and chilling percentages are evidently not enough for the abortion industry and its ideological supporters. They want to shut down crisis pregnancy centers or render them ineffective.”

and this story in the UK’s Mail Online (h/t Bishop John Harrower):

“Can you imagine a lonelier or more frightening place to be trapped in, unable to communicate, than your own body?

These are terrifying times for anyone who cannot speak up for themselves. Whether they know it or not, they are lying prone in a world increasingly seduced by the idea that death is preferable to the life they are living. … But I can. I have lived that life and I know how precious it is.”

(Image: Feggy Art on Flickr.)

Top commentaries on Paul’s letters

Tom Schreiner (Southern Baptist Seminary) has released his list of the three best Commentaries – for students, teachers, and pastors – on each of Paul’s letters. A very handy resource.

Andy Naselli has the list here.

Paul Barnett’s tribute to John Stott

“Two World Wars and the Depression left Christianity in a poor state in the post-World War II era, compounded by the influence of sceptical Biblical Criticism. Amongst those God raised up in these difficult times were C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, F.F. Bruce, J.I. Packer, and John Stott.

Stott was deeply committed to the theology of the Reformation, as may be seen in his magisterial The Cross of Christ and his commentaries on Romans and Galatians. …”

– Bishop Paul Barnett adds his own words of thanks for the life of John Stott.

Evangelism cannot be enough for Evangelicals

John Richardson writes of what it is to be an Evangelical in the Church of England:

“We have an ‘honoured’ place in the institution, but the price exacted from us is to identify ourselves as a ‘tradition’ — one amongst the many different traditions which make up the all-embracing comprehensiveness of the Church of England.

But, … at least from our own perspective, this is a betrayal not only of ourselves but of everyone else. To accept this definition of ‘evangelicalism’ is to cease to be Evangelical. …”

– Read it all at The Ugley Vicar.

 

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