New Sovereign Grace album preview
A preview of the forthcoming album ‘Sons & Daughters’ from Sovereign Grace is now online at their website.
NT Wright on GC09 and the Archbishop of Canterbury: Unpacked or Repackaged?
“It has been said of the great twentieth century theologian Karl Barth that his was ‘a maverick ego that never lost the sense of continuity with itself’.
Whether the Bishop of Durham, one of Anglicanism’s most heavyweight theologians, has a maverick ego could be an interesting debate, but a strong ego is undoubtedly an asset to any theologian. In his ‘unpacking’ of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s reflections on TEC’s recent General Convention, he clearly demonstrates continuity with himself, but there is a worrying discontinuity in the image we are given of Rowan Williams. …”
– Charles Raven at SPREAD comments on Bishop Tom Wright’s “Rowan’s Reflections: Unpacking the Archbishop’s Statement” at Fulcrum.
More ideas for connecting
Steve McCoy in the US writes, “I’ve noticed in my life and in the life of my family that 5 tools have stood out this summer as helpful for connecting with our neighbours. Here they are for you. …”
– Not everything translates exactly, but there are some good, simple ideas here.
Themelios — July 2009 edition online
The latest edition of Themelios, published by The Gospel Coalition, is available on their website.
It’s a free download in a choice of formats (e.g. a 1.2MB PDF file).
Christian Missions in the Third Millennium
“The impulse of the missionary conviction is drawn from the assurance that God saves sinners, and that He is glorifying Himself by creating a new people through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, we have the glad opportunity to glorify God by declaring the Gospel to all the peoples of the earth. …” (emphasis added.)
– Albert Mohler’s comments are a world away from this earlier story.
Canterbury, you’ve missed the point!
“Archbishop Rowan Williams’ Reflections on the 2009 TEC General Convention has so incensed me that I am compelled to respond with a second post for today. …
The row is about the authority of Scripture which declares the practice of homosexuality to be a sin.”
– Bishop Glenn Davies writes at SydneyAnglicans.net. (Photo: Russell Powell.)
Trueman on John Owen
Carl Trueman gives a video introduction to Puritan theologian John Owen. It’s from Westminster Seminary on YouTube and runs for 10 minutes 20 seconds. (h/t Justin Taylor.)
Moratoria dashed
“Sad to say, just one year after the affirmations of Anglican Church unity made at the Lambeth Conference of 2008, the USA Anglicans have decided that one year was enough of a wait.
Their recent decision to affirm same sex relationships will deepen the split in the world-wide communion. All the Lambeth conversation groups (‘indabering’) bought only one year’s reprieve…”
– Bishop of Tasmania John Harrower laments the dashed hopes of Lambeth.
Carson on sermon preparation
Colin Adams at Unashamed Workman points us to an excellent talk given by Don Carson at the Katoomba Centenary Preaching Conference at SMBC in 2003.
Colin has also provided an outline with time markers to the 65MB mp3 file of the talk.
The Church and Schism — Packer at Oak Hill
Dr J I Packer spoke on “The Church and Schism” at the Oak Hill 2009 School of Theology in London.
Thanks to Oak Hill, you can read or watch the lecture here.
Worth watching!
Ministry Today — New Opportunities
William Taylor, Mark Dever and Phillip Jensen are speaking on ‘Ministry Today – New Opportunities’ at the Ministry Intensive planned for August 17 and 18 in Sydney.
Bible overview — from John Richardson
John Richardson of the Ugley Vicar is posting online audio files of his Bible overview talks. The first three are now online –
Part 1. (Genesis to Exodus)
Part 2. (Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy)
Part 3. (Joshua — 2 Kings)
Schori declaration a sad milestone
‘That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.’ Neil Armstrong’s words come readily to mind for those who watched (on television) the first ‘man on the moon’. That was 40 years ago. …
– Robert Tong writes at SydneyAnglicans.net
The spirit of Jezebel
Bishop David Anderson, President of the American Anglican Council, reflects on the TEC General Convention –
Dearly beloved in Christ,
As I have been reading my way through 1st and 2nd Kings, I have been almost bogged down in the depressing history of the Northern Kingdom of Israel – how they went further and further away from the Lord God, and more and more into the worship of the pagan deities, even to the sacrificing of their own children. Prominent in this journey was Ahab, the king, and Jezebel, the queen. Read more
The Bishop discovers heresy?
“The bishop is simply not concerned with seeing persons come to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. She has made this clear over and over again and her convictions were well-known when she was elected as the denomination’s Presiding Bishop. …”
– Albert Mohler on last week’s pronouncement by Katherine Jefferts Schori. (Photo courtesy ACNS/Rosenthal.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…