May 2011 Australian Church Record

The latest issue of The Australian Church Record has been released on their website.

It’s available as an 820kb PDF file.

‘The key to Postmodern Evangelism’

“The key to evangelizing our postmodern generation is forming relationships and faithfully proclaiming the gospel. We can not wait for people to come to us; we must take the gospel out to them.

The course called Christianity Explored began when Chris Hobbs, former curate at All Souls Church in London, England, brought Michael Bennett’s Christianity Explained course to England in 1990. …”

– Rico Tice introduces Christianity Explored to the (mainly American) readers of the White Horse Inn’s Modern Reformation magazine.

And Michael Horton at the White Horse blog is enthusiastic about the updated version of Christianity Explored –

“‘Christianity Explored” – especially with this newly revised edition – is exactly what we’ve needed for a long time. My prayer is that churches faithful to getting the gospel right will become just as known for getting the gospel out. And ‘Christianity Explored’ is the best supporting resource I know of for helping us to do that.”

(The Christianity Explored course materials are available in Australia via The Good Book Company.)

The story of Harold Camping

Robert Godfrey, President of Westminster Seminary California writes:

“If you were to drive the freeways of southern California, you would see from time to time billboards proclaiming the Judgment Day on May 21, 2011 and declaring that the Bible guarantees it. To understand these signs we must know something of the history as well as the theology of Harold Camping.

I am in a somewhat distinctive position to write on this subject since I first met Camping in the late 1950s. I learned a great deal from him then, and so I find what follows a very sad story. I pray for him that the Lord will deliver him from the serious errors into which he has fallen.…”

He sketches out Harold Camping’s drift from orthodox Christianity in a series of five articles on the Westminster Seminary California website. (Reflection on this background may prove useful in conversations this week.)

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. (h/t Todd Pruitt at 1517.)

The End is near?

High profile American preacher Harold Camping is predicting Judgment Day will begin this weekend. There’s bound to coverage in Australian media.

Earlier this week, Albert Mohler posted this reminder of what Jesus teaches about such predictions.

Unveiling Grace: Wonderful news for Mormons

“Eight individuals… devoted, faithful Mormons, with unshakable testimonies and a sincere love for the LDS Church… now say that they have found something greater. … What could possibly cause them to abandon what they had always held near and dear?”

– Take the time to watch this 54 minute video. It’s available online and on DVD from Sacred Groves. (h/t David Ould.)

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.)

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.

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 —

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.

 

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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What is the Standing Committee? – video

This is the first in a series of short videos from the ACL aimed at helping Sydney Anglican Christians understand what Synod is all about.

These videos will be of particular interest to those newly elected to Synod.

Here, the Rev. Phil Colgan explains what the Standing Committee is and does.

Gospel Coalition Conference 2011 audio

You can now listen to the talks from the plenary sessions at last week’s Gospel Coalition 2011 National Conference in Chicago – here.

The conference theme: “They Testify about Me” – Preaching Jesus and the Gospel from the Old Testament. Speakers included Don Carson, Tim Keller, Al Mohler and Alistair Begg.

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