Anglicare promo video

Anglicare Sydney has releases a 4 minute promo video highlighting a range of ministries and the foundation for their work. See it at YouTube.

Scripture — God Speaks

The audio files of this year’s Clarus Conference, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have been made available by the organisers at Desert Springs Church.

G. K. Beale and Carl Trueman — both from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia — spoke on Scripture. (h/t Justin Taylor.)

Shadow Gospel: an uncertain faith

We’ve noted Charles Raven’s book – published in September 2010 – before, but it’s worth drawing attention to it again.

This week’s GAFCON Primates’ Statement from Nairobi includes these words:

“We continue to be troubled by the promotion of a shadow gospel that appears to replace a traditional reading of Holy Scriptures and a robust theology of the church with an uncertain faith and a never ending listening process. This faith masquerades as a religion of tolerance and generosity and yet it is decidedly intolerant to those who hold to the ‘faith once and for all delivered to the saints’.”

Charles Raven’s book, Shadow Gospel: Rowan Williams and the Anglican Communion Crisis, is important reading for all who want to understand the theology of the Archbishop of Canterbury and how it is informing his leading of the Anglican Communion. He writes in his introduction:

“Although I seek to show that Rowan Williams’ theological vision is so problematic that a biblically faithful future for the Anglican Communion will have to come from elsewhere, I have not set out to portray him as an Antichrist or even to suggest that the current crisis is simply ‘his fault.’ He is interesting as much for what he illustrates about the Anglican Communion and its governance structures as for what he generates, being deeply shaped by the same theological and social trends which were straining the Communion well before he came to Canterbury.”

The book is published by The Latimer Trust in the UK, and can be ordered from them, however Australian readers might find this link useful.

Naviget: GAFCON Unfurls its Sails

“I sense that the GAFCON Primates’ Nairobi Communiqué issued this week has about it this quality of divine summons; it is an expression of obedience to the call of the gospel. The GAFCON Primates who met in Nairobi last month have plenty to occupy them in their own backyards. They have growing vibrant churches which need vigilant oversight, many have to grapple with pressing issues of poverty, some of their Provinces are on the frontline of militant Islam and in an African context they are also often called to act as statesmen too.

The temptation to focus on their own immediate challenges and disengage from a Communion which is in a crisis not of their making must be very powerful. But it has been determined that GAFCON must unfurl its sails for the sake of the gospel and I see the Nairobi Communiqué unfolding the vision established at Jerusalem in 2008 in two areas which are vital to the re-evangelisation of the West.…”

– Charles Raven comments on the latest developments from GAFCON.

Music from Mark Peterson

Mark Peterson, Music Director at Holy Trinity Adelaide, is generously making two of his albums – When We See You and Whatever Happens – available as free downloads.

The offer ends on May 23! Find the songs here.

Lessons from History

“Today there are groups like the Pentecostals who have grown remarkably. Sydney Anglicans have not witnessed comparable growth but we have an important role to play in Australian Christianity. In particular, we can provide a theological and ecclesiastical stability that will buttress and support Christianity in our nation…”

– Wise words from Bishop Paul Barnett – over at SydneyAnglicans.net
(Photo courtesy Paul Barnett’s blog)

Politically Incorrect Motherhood

“We live in a free society, where people are not constrained but free to make their own choices about their life.

This freedom means it is improper to criticise others for the choices they make. Such impropriety constrains our freedom of speech and nourishes the concept of ‘political correctness’. It’s not politically correct to criticise the free choice of others about their living arrangements – de facto marriage, single parenthood, having lots of children or choosing to have none.…”

– Dean of Sydney Phillip Jensen writes on ‘Politically Incorrect Motherhood’ – at phillipjensen.com.

Gospel Coalition panel discussions

At The Gospel Coalition national conference in April, three additional panel discussions were hosted by BibleMesh (an overview of the Bible course).

Mp3 audio and video files are now available.

The panel sessions were —

Bin Laden and the measure of ‘justice’

The Social Issues Executive of the Diocese of Sydney has released this paper, ‘Bin Laden and the measure of ‘justice’, ‘intended to assist discussion’.

It’s available here (PDF file) and should appear on their website (as Briefing 094) soon.

Themelios, Volume 36 Issue 1 online

The latest issue of Themelios has been released by the Gospel Coalition.

(h/t Justin Taylor.)

 

Tim Challies’ “The Next Story” — Free Audiobook for May 2011

An audiobook version of Tim Challies’ new book The Next Story: Life and Faith After the Digital Explosion is the free download for May 2011 from Christian Audio.

 

Church Membership: Holding the Body Together. 9Marks eJournal May 2011

The latest 9Marks eJournal is on church membership. Get it here.

The Trial that still must come

“Such celebration points to the danger of revenge as a powerful human emotion. Revenge has no place among those who honor justice. Retributive justice is sober justice. …

The second troubling aspect is just part of what it means to live in a world in which true justice is always elusive. …”

– Albert Mohler adds perspective to the news everyone is talking about today.

Tackling poker machines head on

The latest briefing released by the Social Issues Executive of the Diocese of Sydney looks at the current debate on poker machines.

2007 UK Evangelical Ministry Assembly

“What does it really mean to live and minister as an Evangelical in our times? Now free for the first time, Defining Times, the 2007 Evangelical Ministry Assembly is available as an mp3 download.”

– The complete conference audio is now available as a single 179MB zipped file from The Proclamation Trust.

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