Change, or Die Out — Dr Andrew Cameron
“The Western world is rapidly changing. And this brings with it many challenges, particularly for Christians. So to get a better handle on these changes, I’ve started interviewing a number of Christian leaders.
What follows is an edited version of an interview I did with the Reverend Dr Andrew Cameron, who is the Director of St Marks Theological Centre, in Canberra, Australia…”
– from Akos Balogh.
Priscilla & Aquila Centre Annual Conference 2016
The Priscilla & Aquila Centre Annual Conference is coming up on Monday 1st February. Moore College Principal, Mark Thompson is speaking – and there’ll be a number of electives.
The theme? “The Christian and Submission”.
Registration for the conference closes January 22.
The scandal of Biblical illiteracy
“Christians who lack biblical knowledge are the products of churches that marginalize biblical knowledge. Bible teaching now often accounts for only a diminishing fraction of the local congregation’s time and attention…”
– Albert Mohler addresses a scandal which is not confined to the USA.
Canadian Primate reponds to criticism
“I am aware of sharp criticism over what some regard to have been a failure on my part to stand in solidarity with The Episcopal Church in openly rejecting the relational consequences it bears as a result of The Primates’ Meeting, or in accepting similar consequences for our own Church. Allow me to comment on each of these matters. …
I was not and am not prepared to take any action that would pre-empt the outcome of our deliberations at General Synod in July. As the report ‘This Holy Estate’ declares, ‘It is for the General Synod to decide the matter’ in accord with the jurisdiction given it regarding ‘the definition of doctrine in harmony with the Solemn Declaration’.’
– Anglican Church of Canada Primate Fred Hiltz speaks about the fallout from the Primates’ Meeting.
‘Primates reaffirm teaching on marriage’ — encouragements and concerns
“In the immediate aftermath of the gathering of Anglican Primates last week, what are we to make of it all? … Some of the initial headlines suggested that all will be well for the Church, but a closer analysis shows that there are some real concerns going forward, as well as some encouragements…”
– Anglican Mainstream’s Rev. Andrew Symes comments on the outcomes of the Primates’ Meeting.
Amidst some real encouragements, he turns to the apologies which have been voiced by some –
“While part of the Church’s role is to encourage love of neighbour and pastoral care of all people, its Gospel witness is compromised if it suggests that it is saying sorry to people whose feelings have been hurt by the clear teaching of the Bible and basic principles of Christian discipleship.”
Reform Media Statement, Jan 16th, 2016
Reform in the UK has published this media statement in the light of last week’s Primates’s gathering:
REFORM Media Statement – 16th January 2016
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What they’re saying about Moore College
Here are four brief videos, with clips from Gerald Bray, Michael Horton and Kevin Vanhoozer, sharing their impressions of Moore College.
Especially useful to pass on to anyone considering studying at Moore.
Another three videos below:
Anglican TV interviews ACNA Primate Foley Beach on the Primates’ Meeting
“tremendous for GAFCON.”
In this 20 minute interview with Archbishop Foley Beach, recorded by Anglican TV’s Kevin Kallsen, Archbishop Beach speaks about his experience of the Primates’ 2016 meeting. Very frank, informative and encouraging.
‘Time for GAFCON to lay down conditions for Lambeth 2020’
“GAFCON needs to make clear soon that it will not participate in Lambeth 2020 if the ACNA bishops are not invited. If it does not publicly lay down this condition, then that would allow the revisionist institutional narrative to gain momentum in the Anglican Communion.”
– in an opinion piece published at Anglican Mainstream, The Rev Julian Mann argues that GAFCON needs to set its sights on the 2020 Lambeth Conference (if it hasn’t already).
Photo: Julian Mann with Archbishop Dr. Ben Kwashi.
An Aussie’s take on the abduction of two fellow countrymen in Burkina Faso
Dominic Steele writes –
“If you have been praying for the two Australian medical missionaries abducted in Burkina Faso I’d encourage you to listen to this interview with a fellow Aussie over there.”
– Listen here.
More background at Bible Society Australia.
Wedding venue owners fined for declining same sex wedding
“In the latest in what seems like a long series of religious freedom cases involving Christian small business owners in the ‘wedding industry’, a New York couple, the Giffords, have been fined $13,000 for declining to make their venue available for a same sex wedding ceremony, and a New York State appeal court has now upheld the verdict…”
– in his latest post at Law and Religion Australia, Neil Foster (Associate Professor in Law, Newcastle Law School) looks at a ‘religious freedom’ case in the USA, and similar cases in Australia.
Dr Peter Jensen reflects on how the Primates’ meeting went
“A small beginning to what we long for – the renewal of our Communion.”
Peter Jensen interviewed from London by Dominic Steele
Dominic Steele writes:
“Dr Peter Jensen, the General Secretary of GAFCON and Former Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, will be speaking with me from London at 9pm on Sunday night on 2CH 1170 about the outcome of the important meeting of the international leaders of the Anglican Church this week in Canterbury.”
The interview was conducted, as advertised, and the audio file is now available on Dominic’s website.
Dominic also spoke with David Ould for his take on Primates2016.
Two Australians kidnapped in Burkina Faso
“An Australian couple has been kidnapped by jihadists in the West African nation of Burkina Faso. The couple, believed to be surgeon Dr Ken Elliot and his wife Jocelyn, were kidnapped … near the Burkina Faso’s borders with Niger and Mali…”
– Report from Nine News.
Later report from ABC News.
(Please pray for them and their captors. Dr. and Mrs. Eliot have served in various parts of sub-Saharan Africa since 1967.)
Primates’ 2016 press conference
Kevin Kallsen at Anglican TV has made available his video of the Primates’ Press Conference. The event was held at 1500 BST on Friday 15th January. The GAFCON Primates had left shortly before.
The meeting began with Archbishop Welby announcing the sad news of the wife of the Archbishop of Wales.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…