GoThereFor.com 2.0 now live
Posted on June 25, 2015
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The new GoThereFor.com from Matthias Media was launched last night, with lots of resources available, and they’re offering a free trial sign-up.
(“Sign up for a free trial by June 30 and receive an exclusive free ebook, Can we talk about Islam? by Tony Payne.”)
Here’s what ACL Council member Dr. Lionel Windsor says about it:
“I’m thinking GoThereFor.com is a bit like Netflix, but better.
It’s like Netflix because – a simple subscription gives you access to lots of content.
It’s better because – the content is all excellent quality, the subscription is cheaper, and subscriptions help people in the developing world to access resources for making disciples who wouldn’t otherwise be able to.”
GAFCON Chairman’s Pastoral Letter, June 2015
Posted on June 25, 2015
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Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, Chairman of the GAFCON Primates’ Council, writes:
“My dear brothers and sisters,
Grace and peace to you in the name of our only Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
It is a strange thing that in the Church we can see both extraordinary strength and extraordinary weakness at the same time.
The strength of Christian faith has been revealed in a most profound way by members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston following the shooting of nine of its members during a bible study…
In contrast, there are too many examples in the Church of weakness in the face of the subtle challenges of cultural and financial pressure. In Africa we are still too dependent in our thinking on outside agencies. This makes us vulnerable to relationships designed to buy influence and damages the integrity of our witness, while in the more economically developed world there is too often a fear of being out of step with secular culture.
In this context I cannot avoid mentioning a very disturbing event in England…”
– Take the time to read it all, including a quote from Archbishop Peter Jensen at last week’s FCA meeting in Belfast.
Moore Matters — Winter 2015
Posted on June 24, 2015
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The Winter 2015 edition of Moore Matters is now available as a 3.5MB PDF file on the college website.
Check it out, and be encouraged in your prayer (and other) support of the college.
Reckless Abandon by the Sea
Posted on June 24, 2015
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“This week marks the 150th anniversary of Hudson Taylor’s Brighton Beach experience – one of the seminal events of the Gospel’s advance in China and in the history of missions…”
– Tim Keesee marks a significant anniversary – with the hope of stirring hearts today.
Update: Tim Keesee has a guest post at Challies.com –
“One of my favorite quotes from Hudson Taylor, the very quotable pioneer missionary to China is ‘There are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.’ Taylor knew about impossible…” – read it all here.
The Heresy of Racial Superiority
Posted on June 23, 2015
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“In 1995, on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Southern Baptist Convention, the denomination publicly repented of its roots in the defense of slavery.
In 2015, far more is required of us. It is not enough to repent of slavery. We must repent and seek to confront and remove every strain of racial superiority that remains and seek with all our strength to be the kind of churches of which Jesus would be proud — the kind of churches that will look like the marriage supper of the Lamb…”
– Albert Mohler looks at the history of his own denomination – and college.
Prominent Oxford Diocese Evangelicals call for the resignation of the Bishop
Posted on June 22, 2015
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“This morning not one but two prominent evangelical ministers in the Diocese of Oxford appeared on BBC radio to call for the resignation of Bishop Alan Wilson…”
– David Ould has the details.
Expositional Preaching – new 9Marks Journal
Posted on June 20, 2015
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The latest 9Marks Journal is out. It’s on expositional (otherwise called expository) preaching.
GAFCON: A moment and a movement — report on Belfast meeting
Posted on June 19, 2015
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“A meeting of church leaders from across Ireland has been challenged to remain biblically faithful but to ‘dare to do new things’ in the face of a ‘new spiritual darkness’ in the west.
The General Secretary of the Global Anglican Future Conference, Dr Peter Jensen, who addressed the event at Belfast’s Willowfield Church, told the story of GAFCON’s beginnings in the landmark conference of Bishops, clergy and lay leaders in Jerusalem in 2008, through to the Nairobi meeting in 2013 and the movement’s unifying work today across the Anglican world…”
Update:
Here’s a report from The Belfast News Letter.
and a correction to that report, from Philip Robinson GAFCON Operations Manager.
Welcome to Upsy Down Town
Posted on June 19, 2015
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“Fifty years ago the Christian world view was accepted as the norm by most of the western world. Twenty years ago it was tolerated as the view of some.
Today, in Upsy Down Town, if you want to stand for the Christian way of thinking on almost any ethical issue, expect to be swimming against the tide…”
– Stephen Rockwell, who teaches at George Whitefield College in Cape Town, writes about how to live in Upsy Down Town.
Evangelicals call for the Church of England to uphold the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Posted on June 19, 2015
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Here’s a Joint Press Release from Reform and Oxford Diocesan Evangelical Fellowship:
“This week began with Katherine Jefferts Schori, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (TEC) of the USA, preaching in Westminster Abbey; it will end, we are told with Canon Michael Smith of York Minster blessing the York Gay Pride March. In between we have seen the Bishop of Buckingham describe doctrine that he swore to teach and pass on as ‘lousy’.
Nowhere in any of this has there been the clear message of the Gospel that despite our rejection of his ways we are all loved by God and can find forgiveness through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is not surprising, then, that the majority of the world’s Anglicans now look to the Primates of Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) for Leadership – the only question is whether after weeks like this one, those in the Church of England who wish to proclaim this Gospel will be forced to follow the same path…”
– Read the whole thing here (PDF). via Anglican Mainstream.
Related:
Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori preaches at Westminister Abbey. – Abbey website.
York Minster Joins in with Gay Pride – Minster FM.
‘Archbishop Welby joins faith leaders calling for action on climate change’
Posted on June 19, 2015
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“The Archbishop of Canterbury has joined faith leaders in Britain pledging to fast and pray for the success of key international negotiations over climate change, in a new declaration warning of the ‘huge challenge’ facing the world over global warming…
In the Lambeth Declaration, which will be launched tomorrow, signatories call on faith communities to recognise the pressing need to make the transition to a low carbon economy.”
– When you have a theological vacuum, something will fill it. Photo: Lambeth Palace.
Related:
- Evangelicals call for the Church of England to uphold the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 5:11-21.
- Albert Mohler responds to Pope Francis’ ‘Laudato Si’ –
“My guess is that the secular press will make much of the Pope’s statements on climate change and very little of his affirmation of historic Catholic teachings that run contrary to the modern secular worldview.”
Pray through Ramadan
Posted on June 18, 2015
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As the month of Ramadan begins, Christians around the world are being urged to pray for their Muslim friends and neighbours, that they may hear the saving news of Jesus Christ and to put their trust in him.
Open Doors is one of several organisations providing prayer resources. Another is 30 Days Australia.
Matt Brain consecrated Assistant Bishop in Canberra & Goulburn
Posted on June 18, 2015
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“Although the winter chill had settled on Goulburn, the congregation in St Saviour’s Cathedral received Dr Matt Brain warmly as bishop following his consecration on Saturday 13 June 2015.
Dr Brain was consecrated as the new Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn with responsibilities for training and development, making him of the nation’s most youthful bishops…
The Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Revd Dr Glenn Davies, led the consecration service while Dr Brain’s father, the Rt Revd Peter Brain and former Bishop of Armidale, delivered the sermon.”
– Report from the Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn.
Who counts as an extremist?
Posted on June 17, 2015
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“Shortly after the last general election, prime minister David Cameron said that the UK had been a ‘passively tolerant society’ for too long. ‘Passively tolerant’, he says, is a society in which people were told ‘as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone’.
This is rather odd…”
– Oak Hill Principal Mike Ovey considers some ominous proposals in the UK.
Anglican church failed abuse victims: Bishop of Newcastle
Posted on June 17, 2015
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“In an emotional media conference at Lambton on Wednesday, Bishop Greg Thompson conceded that the church had failed abuse victims…”
– Report from The Newcastle Herald.
See also: newcastleanglicanhealthyfuture.com
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