Bishop Bob Duncan radio interview
Bob Duncan, Bishop of Pittsburgh and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, was interviewed on Christian radio in Pittsburgh last week.
You can hear the interview (37 minutes / 36MB mp3 file) from WORD FM. (h/t Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh.)
A matter of Trust(s)
Here’s an excerpt from the weekly update from Bishop David Anderson, President of the American Anglican Council –
Beloved in Christ,
As we went to press last week there was breaking news of the decision of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, finding in favor of the local parish of All Saints’, Pawley’s Island and against the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and The Episcopal Church (TEC). Among the findings of the court is that the so-called “Dennis Canon” is illegal in SC and has no effect. The basis for this is that one person can’t establish a trust on someone else’s property. It is the person who owns the property that is the one to establish a trust, if they wish to. Makes sense, doesn’t it? As the court stated in the finding, “It is an axiomatic principle of law that a person or entity must hold title to property in order to declare that it is held in trust for the benefit of another or transfer legal title to one person for the benefit of another.” Read more
Why do the heathen rage?
“Ready for a day to honor blasphemy? According to press reports, September 30 is set as the observance of the first-ever International Blasphemy Day. …
How should Christians respond?
First, take no offense. Refuse to play into the game plan of those sponsoring International Blasphemy Day. The Lord Jesus Christ was and is despised and rejected of men. Our Lord bore the scorn heaped upon him by his enemies. Christianity is not an honor religion. Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are not commanded to defend his honor, but to be willing to share in the scorn directed to him. Is the servant greater than his master?…”
Bishop Martyn Minns’ message to Lutherans
“[The] Convocation of Anglicans in North America… has posted a video for the benefit of a this weekend’s Lutheran CORE meeting near Indianapolis…”
– Julia Duin blogs at The Washington Times.
Three helpful posts for difficult times
Worth reflecting on –
What To Do When You Receive Bad News – Mark Altrogge.
Helpful Things: Pastors Who Love Their People – John Knight (h/t Desiring God).
Not afraid of bad news – Iain D Campbell quotes Spurgeon.
(Image: Blazing Center.)
Landscape — new CMS online magazine
CMS NSW has launched its new online magazine – Landscape.
Moore College open day Saturday
Moore College is holding an Open Day and Spring Carnival on Saturday, 26 September, 9:30am – 2:30pm in the College grounds. Families welcome. See this PDF file for details.
Inspiring People in the news
“Peter Costello caused quite a stir when he addressed the Hillsong Church conference on leadership in 2004 while he was federal Treasurer. Now he has taken up an invitation from the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, to speak at one of a series of one-hour panel discussions at the Westin Sydney on Tuesday…”
– from The Sydney Morning Herald.
Details of the events at Inspiring People.
Mission Summit 09 talks online
CMS NSW has made available audio files of the talks from Mission Summit 09 held at SMBC September 9–12.
Talks included:
Training Global South pastors – Greg Anderson.
Engaging with Muslims in a divided world – Peter Riddell.
Mission and development – John Thew.
Directions for mission – Bruce Dipple.
Plenty of challenges and food for thought from the CMS website.
(Photo of Greg Anderson: Moore College.)
Peter Jensen on CMS Summer School 2010
Archbishop Peter Jensen encourages you to come to CMS Summer School 2010 at Katoomba (watch on Vimeo).
Jesus All About Life TV ad released
The Bible Society has released a Jesus. All About Life TV advert.
Hey Jesus, Thanks for everything.
Like, thanks for sunshine, but what about sunburn?
How come the more you have, the more you want?
We’ve got more friends, but less friendship
More convenience, but less patience
More hope, but more uncertainty
A healthy body still isn’t good enough
And how come the best things always have to end?
Jesus Has Answers.
You can see it here on YouTube.
Foundations: new website by Peter Corney
Peter Corney writes:
“Due to the generous help of a friend I have recently developed a website that contains a number of articles I have written and resources I have developed over the years. It will also have a couple of my books that are now out of print downloadable as PDFs. I also plan to place new material regularly on the site.
The site is called ‘Foundations’ and its aim is to stimulate creative thinking about Christianity and culture, provide resources for those in Christian leadership and to encourage Christians to be more effective in our mission of sharing Christ with the world.
The material is all freely available under the Creative Commons licence and acknowledgement of material used would be appreciated. I pray that you may find it useful and stimulating. I would appreciate any feedback you might want to give.”
Peter was the Senior Minister at at St. Hilary’s Kew in Melbourne until 1999 and is well known to many ACL members. He was the guest speaker at the ACL AGM in 1991. His 1992 book ‘The Welcoming Church’ has been used widely around Australia. You can hear his talk on ‘Being a Welcoming Church’ here.
See the website at petercorney.com.
Peter Jensen on Sunrise (updated)
From the Bible Society —
“Dr Peter Jensen will be giving an exclusive interview to Channel 7’s Sunrise at 8:15am tomorrow morning (23 Sept). Sunrise will be unveiling the Jesus. All about Life TV adverts exclusively across the nation.”
Update: You can now watch the segment here.
From the Bishop of NWA, September 2009
In the current issue of North West Network, David Mulready, Bishop of North West Australia, writes on ministry in his sparsely populated diocese. It’s a good reminder to keep the churches of the North West in your prayers –
“What a terrific time Maureen and I had visiting the Kimberley in July. We flew into Kununurra and spent several days with the growing ministry team. Large numbers of tourists were in town for the ‘dry season’ with hundreds of campers and caravans. Read more
Inspiring People: John Anderson
Former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson speaks with Karl Faase at one of last week’s ‘Inspiring People’ events – about what’s wrong with Australian society. See the 1 min 45 sec clip on Vimeo.
(Thanks to SydneyAnglicans.net)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…