Living Between Times — The Bishop of Tasmania’s 2012 Synod Address

“Next month there is an anniversary which has special significance for me. Can you imagine which anniversary it might be? No! It’s not my wedding anniversary. It’s the 30th anniversary of the end of the Falkland Islands War.

The end of that war introduced a significant season in the life of Argentina: a change from military dictatorship to democracy.

Let me explain. Argentina suffered a civil war, the so called “Dirty War”, during the rule of a brutal military dictatorship from 1976-83.

The Argentine dictatorship ruled ruthlessly to guard and grow its own ends. We lived in a street that had abandoned and burnt out houses. We were told that the occupants of an abandoned house on the corner of our street had ‘disappeared’ one evening following a raid by military personnel. Behind closed doors Argentine confidants told us of all the year 12 students in a college ‘disappearing’ one night and never being seen or heard of again; of whispered reports of people thrown from military planes.

We often wondered, ‘Would the dictatorship ever end? Would democracy ever come?’…”

On Friday, Bishop John Harrower delivered his Presidential Address to the Synod of the Diocese of Tasmania. Well worth hearing or reading.

Things which ought to be better known about the Resurrection of Jesus

At Easter 2012, Dr Peter Williams, Warden of Tyndale House in Cambridge, gave a public lecture at Champion Forest Baptist Church in Houston.

Presented by the Lanier Theological Library, his topic was “Things which ought to be better known about the Resurrection of Jesus”.

Fascinating and very helpful. The lecture is 60 minutes in length, followed by 40 minutes of responses and questions. Watch it on Vimeo.

(Related: New Evidences the Gospels were Based on Eyewitness Accounts.)

Speech

At Moore College, Dr. Andrew Cameron plugs a Centre for Christian Living Open Night coming up on Monday June 4th. The theme is ‘How to speak good!’.

Bishop Rick Lewers commissioned in Armidale

“Hundreds of people crowded into St Peter’s Cathedral on Wednesday to welcome Armidale’s new Anglican bishop.

Rick Lewers was installed and commissioned as the Bishop of Armidale in front of some 400 people watching both in the cathedral and via video link in a nearby hall. The event was not restricted to Anglicans, with representatives of other Christian denominations and the Salvation Army [!!] also in attendance …”

– Story and photo from The Armidale Express.

Does Moore matter?

Cam Capel, Chief Executive of Moore College, writes in the Winter 2012 issue of Moore Matters of the strategic gospel significance of the College:

“With the likes of D Broughton Knox, Graeme Goldsworthy, Donald Robinson and TC Hammond, the College has had a massive impact on the biblical theology of the Australian church across denominations.”

“Does Moore matter?

This question has become a critical one for the future of the church in Sydney, Australia and the world. We as a College community have been considering this question as we review our structures, education programs and delivery channels—to ensure we continue to serve individual Christians and the churches effectively. To answer this question we have to understand what Moore is, what it does and where it has come from in history. Read more

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