Two new Apps

Two new apps (for those using iPhones and iPads) have been released this last week – the Two Ways to Live app from Matthias Media and the Desiring God app. Might be worth checking out.

2012 Priscilla & Aquila Centre conference

“The Priscilla and Aquila Centre is an initiative of Moore College established to encourage and promote further thinking about the practice of Christian ministry by women, in partnership with men. The Centre’s second annual conference held at Moore College on 6 February was well subscribed…” – Read about the conference here.

Dr John Woodhouse’s keynote address, “1 Timothy 2 – What does it teach?” is available here (Part 1 audio | video, Part 2 audio | video). Very much worth hearing or watching.

And there’s other material from the day on this page.

The story of ‘Amazing Grace’

The John Newton Project’s Marylynn Rouse helps tell the story of John Newton’s hymn Amazing Grace in this 15 minute feature on Vimeo. (h/t Gary Ware.)

Idolatry

In their latest Chat Room video, Phillip Jensen chats with Kel Richards about idolatry. How might you fall into idolatry? Check out the video here.

Trusting God by Jerry Bridges — free Audiobook

The free audiobook from Christian Audio for February 2012 is Jerry Bridges’ “Trusting God”.

Here’s the link.

Presbyterian Pulse

You don’t have to be Presbyterian to appreciate some of the articles in the latest issue of The Pulse, the bi-monthly magazine of The Presbyterian Church in NSW and the ACT. Includes a story and testimony about ‘same sex marriage’ on pages 8 & 9, and the latest on the Timothy Partnership on page 7.

Download the 7.7MB PDF file here.

Evangelical worship

In their latest 28 minute chat, Phillip Jensen and Kel Richards discuss ‘Evangelical worship’.

Is our theology reflected in what we do in church?

See the video at phillipjensen.com. Stimulating, as always, and a good antidote to much of the ritual and mysticism that’s common in churches.

Francis Schaeffer centenary

Over at Between Two Worlds, Justin Taylor marks the centenary of the birth of Francis Schaeffer on January 30th 1912.

Alister Chapman on John Stott

From Oak Hill College in London: “Dr Alister Chapman teaches history at Westmont College in California. Alister has spent the past 10 years studying the teaching and life of John Stott. He recently came to Oak Hill to talk about John Stott’s role as a leader in evangelical Christianity and was interviewed by Peter Sanlon…”

– see the 20 minute interview here.

The Attributes of God

Tim Challies has produced a helpful PDF summary chart of The Attributes of God.

“When we talk about God’s attributes we do so to answer questions like Who is God? and What is God like? It is the way we seek to wrap our minds around just little fragments of who this God is…”

You can download the high resolution 8MB file here.

Oak Hill people

Oak Hill College in London has posted some more encouraging videos of Oak Hill people in various ministries.

Learning from Steve

Oak Hill’s Vice Principal Chris Green looks at the man behind Apple, the late Steve Jobs, in the latest issue of the college’s Commentary magazine.

Download the full issue as a 4.8MB PDF file.

J. I. Packer: Fighting heresy in churches and small groups

“[I]t’s my firm conviction that churches ought to foresee this unhappy possibility of heresy getting in when lay-folk are leading. And they should counter the possibility by what in the history of the church has been called “catechesis.” We hardly hear of it these days, but in the second and third centuries A.D.—and indeed for some centuries after—it’s rather amazing to discover that inquirers into the faith were fed into catechetical classes.”