Crossway reverses decision to make ESV Bible Text permanent
“The publisher of the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible has reversed its controversial decision to finalize the text after tweaking 29 verses.
‘We have become convinced that this decision was a mistake,’ stated Crossway president and CEO Lane Dennis in an announcement released today. ‘We apologize for this and for any concern this has caused for readers of the ESV, and we want to explain what we now believe to be the way forward. Our desire, above all, is to do what is right before the Lord.’…”
– Story from Christianity Today.
‘Historic day for Catholics of Anglican heritage as Pope names first Ordinariate Bishop’
“Catholics of Anglican heritage are getting an early Christmas present from Pope Francis: The Holy Father has appointed the first Catholic bishop ever to lead one of three non-territorial dioceses (known as ordinariates) established to preserve the Anglican patrimony in the Catholic Church…”
– from The National Catholic Register.
(Note: The Ordinariates weer established by the Roman Catholic Church for High Church Anglicans unhappy with the liberal drift in sections of the Anglican Communion.)
$65 million jet for prosperity preacher?
“The Gulfstream G650 isn’t just any private jet. The billionaires lining up these luxury jets, which sell for upwards of $65 million each, are willing to put their names on a waiting list for years just for the pleasure. … And now, televangelist Creflo Dollar’s ministry has announced that it will also buy a G650, a purchase the ministry says is ‘necessary’ to spread God’s word.”
– Story from The Washington Post. Photo: Creflo Dollar Ministries. (h/t Albert Mohler.)
You might have missed — 8th March 2014
Here are a few items from the last week you might have missed –
- Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle film festival during Lent with Bishop Greg Thompson.
- A Statement Concerning the Consecration of Rev Dr Sarah Macneil in the Anglican Diocese of Grafton.
- Clarification on the Church of Uganda’s Relationship with the Church of England.
- 31 Days of Purity – from Tim Challies.
- New Moore Distance Courses – new options from MTC.
Ninth Bishop of New Westminster elected
Canon Melissa Skelton has been elected the Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster.
She is currently the Rector of an “urban, progressive Anglo-Catholic parish” in Seattle in the Episcopal Church of the USA. Earlier, she served as Vice President for Administration at the General Theological Seminary in New York.
Biographical info here. CV here (PDF). St. Paul’s Seattle.
Edith Schaeffer 1914–2013
Tim Challies reports that Edith Schaeffer has died at the age of 98.
“In 1948 the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions sent the Schaeffers to Switzerland as missionaries.
In 1955, after… withdrawing from that organization, they decided to simply open up their home and make it available as a place to demonstrate God’s love and provide a forum for discussing God and the meaning of life. They called it L’Abri after the French word for “shelter.’”
New Presbyterian denomination in US
The Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians is a new body formed out of the increasingly-liberal Presbyterian Church of the USA (not to be confused with the PCA, to which Redeemer in NY belongs).
Gary Ware at Mount Gambier Presbyterian has some links.
Earlier related links:
Mexican Presbyterian Church breaks with PCUSA,
Presbyterian Church (USA) votes for gay ministers,
Vanishing Christianity — A Lesson from the Presbyterians.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…