April 2009 Australian Church Record online
Latest issue of The Australian Church Record is now online – at the Church Record website. Included in this issue are some interesting nuggets of information recently discovered about the first Chaplain to Botany Bay, the Rev. Richard Johnson.
Issue number 1896 of The Australian Church Record is available as a 700kb PDF download.
Resources
Scripture
- Propositional Revelation, the Only Revelation – by Canon D.B. Knox
- Kept by the Power of God – by Canon D.B. Knox
History
- Long Ago and Far Away – a Tribute to Thomas Cranmer – by Allan Blanch
- Archbishop Sir Marcus Loane remembers the beginnings of the SUEU – audio
- David Broughton Knox – What we owe to him – by Archbishop Donald Robinson
- Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus – tribute to Broughton Knox – by Archbishop Sir Marcus Loane
- Richard Johnson – First Chaplain to Australia
- Richard Johnson’s Address To The Inhabitants Of The Colonies (pdf).
- Australia’s Christian Heritage: Analysing popular stereotypes on the foundation of Christianity in Australia – Dr. Stuart Piggin
- Giving thanks for John Newton
- Making your life count for Eternity – the story of Arthur Stace.
- Dr Ashley Null on Archbishop Thomas Cranmer – interview from ACL News.
Theology
- Evangelical Religion – by Bishop J.C. Ryle
- Punishment As Retribution – and Capital Punishment – by Canon D.B. Knox
- What is the gospel? – Dr Mark Thompson
- When to make a stand – Dr Mark Thompson (pdf)
Anglican Communion
- Communion in Crisis: the Way Forward for Evangelicals – by Archbishop Peter Jensen – (PDF files) 1. Have we a place? 2. Have we a plan?
- A Crisis in Koinonia – by David Short, Rector of St. John’s Shaughnessy
- Are we stronger than He? (PDF file) – by David Short, Rector of St. John’s Shaughnessy
- The Anglican Debacle: Roots and Patterns – by Dr Mark Thompson
- The Limits of Fellowship – by (the then) Dean of Sydney, Phillip Jensen.
Sydney Diocese – a series of articles by Dr Mark Thompson
- Sydney Anglicans I. Biblically confessional
- Sydney Anglicans II. The congregation as the centre
- Sydney Anglicans III. Complementarian ministry
- Sydney Anglicans IV: The Primacy of the Word
- Sydney Anglicans V: A commitment to mission
- Sydney Anglicans VI: An evangelical episcopate
- Sydney Anglicans VII: The value of theological education
Conferences
Encouragement to Evangelism
- Reaching Out In Difficult Situations – Bishop Dudley Foord.
- Evangelism – A Priority in Your Parish? – Neil Prott.
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Great Encouragement — yet much Grief that this is needed
Dominic Steele and the team in Kigali have posted a number reactions to the Kigali Commitment.
Do watch them here to understand something of the sadness and pain in this moment, as well as the encouragement to stand firm in Christ.
Interviewees include (not in order) –
* Michael Stead, Statement Committee Chair
* Richard Coekin, Co-Mission Network, London
* Jay Behan, New Zealand Bishop
* Lee Gatiss, UK Church Society Director
* Andy Lines, Bishop for Anglican Network in Europe
* Julian Dodds, USA Bishop
* Vaughan Roberts, Minister of St Ebbes Oxford
* William Taylor, Minister of St Helens London
* Matt and Anne Kennedy, Binghamton New York
* Pete Smith & Jennifer Hercott, Gafcon Australia
* Bill Atwood, Regional Secretary for the Americas
* Rico Tice, Christianity Explored
* Jonathan Pryke, Jesmond Parish Church, Newcastle upon Tyne
* Trevor Johnson, Tim Anderson, Ireland
Photo: William Taylor and Vaughan Roberts speak of their great encouragement at the release of the Kigali Commitment – as well as their sadness and grief that this is needed.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…