Remembering Leon Morris on the Centenary of his birth
Australian theologian Leon Morris was born one hundred years ago this weekend – on March 15th 1914.
The current Principal of Ridley College Melbourne, Dr, Brian Rosner, has a tribute. (Photo: Ridley College.)
If you are not familiar with the writings of Leon Morris, you can read three articles on the Church Society website:
The Person of Christ (1960).
The Authority of the Bible Today (1961, PDF file).
Christian Worship (1962, PDF file).
And if you can obtain a copy (and especially if you have some Greek), take the time to read his The Apostolic Preaching of The Cross – The Tyndale Press, London, 1955) – an enormously important book still today.
That book “is an attempt to understand certain key words, words which are crucial to the New Testament picture of the atonement, by seeing them against the background of the Greek Old Testament, the papyri, and the Rabbinic writings. Armed with our discoveries, we then proceed to examine them in their New Testament setting…” – from the Preface to the First Edition.
Update: Sandy Grant has just published this at The Briefing.
Calvin on ‘testing all things’
“I have long known that 1 Thessalonians 5.21 was one of Luther’s favourite verses. At least it is one which he keeps quoting again and again – ‘Test everything; hold on to what is good’. It is an encouragement to avoid both credulity (accepting without testing) and censoriousness (in the sense of always criticising and never settling on and delighting in the truth).
Luther’s words have often stiffened my resolve to avoid the censorship of ideas just because they are different from my own or seem to clash with my present convictions. …”
– Dr. Mark Thompson, Principal of Moore Theological College, writes at Theological Theology.
An Evangelistic Leaflet from Phillip Jensen — for St. Patrick’s Day
How can you use St. Patrick’s Day to share the good news of the One whom St. Patrick proclaimed?
Phillip Jensen has written a leaflet for members of the Cathedral congregation to hand out, or to give to friends. You may wish to use it too.
Please pray that this leaflet may be a blessing in pointing many to the Lord Jesus. There’s a PDF download link as well as some material you may find useful at phillipjensen.com.
One2One Bible reading promo
This video from St. Helen’s Bishopsgate is a simple encouragement to reading the Bible with someone else.
See One2One – part 1 – on Vimeo.
Proc Trust Spring Wives Conference 2014
The Proclamation Trust has been posting videos from their just-concluded Spring Wives Conference:
Lindsay & Wallace Benn – Ministry marriage.
John Samuel – Wisdom and its beginning, Wisdom and guidance, Wisdom and family.
Clare Heath-Whyte – What keeps us awake at night, What gets us up in the morning.
And the Proc Trust’s Adrian Reynolds reflects on the importance of the Conference.
Piper on Calvinism: Deeply Experiencing God’s Grace
Andy Naselli writes: “In some circles Calvinism unfortunately has a reputation for being sinfully contentious, especially when self-labeled Calvinists are arrogant and when non-Calvinists misunderstand what Calvinism really is. This 94-page book should help.”
John Piper speaks about his book “Five Points – Towards a Deeper Experience of God’s Grace”, here, where it’s also available as a free PDF download.
Free eBook — How the Gospel Brings Us All the Way Home
During March 2014, Ligonier Ministries’ Reformation Trust is giving away the eBook of Derek Thomas’ How the Gospel Brings Us All the Way Home. It’s an exploration of the wonderful Romans chapter 8.
A slippery Bible?
Adrian Reynolds (Proc Trust) on the discussion between Steve Chalke and Andrew Wilson, shown on Premier TV in the UK –
“This is actually a helpful episode, because Andrew draws out from Steve what he really thinks… This is liberalism and nothing more.”
Related:
- Steve Chalke or the repentant Rosaria? Whose religious experience? – Mike Ovey.
- Confidence in God and the word he has given us – Mark Thompson.
- Restoring Confidence In The Bible? Let’s Start With Confident Pastors, Seminary Professors and Church Leaders – Colin Adams.
Frozen my way
“In 1624 a cathedral Dean wrote: ‘No man is an island, entire of itself, every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.’ which ends with the famous lines ‘And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.’
The relationship of the individual with the community is one of the ongoing tensions of life. To what extent is the individual sovereign and how much is the community sovereign?…”
– Phillip Jensen writes in his weekly column for the Cathedral.
An appreciation of Gerald Bray
“Three decades ago, in January 1984, the Church Society’s theological journal, Churchman, was relaunched under new leadership. At a moment of crisis within the Anglican movement, when confusion reigned about the authority and interpretation of Scripture, some were beginning to ask: ‘When does neo-evangelicalism become simply a new form of the old liberalism?’ (CEN, 6 May 1983). The Church Society council turned to a young tutor at Oak Hill College, Gerald Lewis Bray, to take a lead as Churchman’s new editor…”
– Andrew Atherstone commemorates 30 years of editorial oversight of Churchman by Gerald Bray in this appreciation. (PDF file.)
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
Of Tim Keller’s book “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, Andy Naselli writes,
“It’s probably the best overall book on suffering because it shrewdly addresses the issue from three angles: cultural, biblical-theological, practical.
As with Keller’s other books, this brims with wisdom from decades of fruitful pastoral ministry.”
– Read more here. (Tim Keller is coming to Sydney later this month.)
Steve Chalke or the repentant Rosaria? Whose religious experience?
“Who’s the most unlikely convert you have ever met? Of course, given the ravages of sin in our hearts and minds any convert is nothing short of a miracle, a new creation that only the original creator can bring about. All the same, there are some whose place in life seems to make it especially hard to hear the gospel, and when someone in that position does become a Christian, one stands amazed at the power of God’s grace in encountering them and bringing them home to himself.”
– Mike Ovey at Oak Hill College asks whose religious experience counts.
New Moore Distance Courses
Moore College is offering new Distance courses. Here are three videos giving some background –
1. An introduction to new courses with Dr. Mark Thompson, College Principal.
2. New Distance offerings explained.
3. ITS, Moore College’s newest distance course.
Archbishop Davies endorses new PTC course
In a new video from Moore College, Archbishop Dr Glenn Davies endorses the PTC correspondence course and its value to the life of believers everywhere.
See also the PTC course website.
Phillip Jensen on ‘Singleness, Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage in Ministry’
Video files of Phillip Jensen’s talks from the recent Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference at Moore College are now available, courtesy of Audio Advice:
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…