Paul’s Missionary Journeys
Posted on February 15, 2014
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CleverWhy support Moore?
Posted on February 15, 2014
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Why support Moore College with your prayers and your finances?
Read commendations from two men we know and love – at the Moore College website.
Reflections on ‘What Can Miserable Christians Sing?’
Posted on February 15, 2014
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“Of all the things I have written, my little essay, ‘What Can Miserable Christians Sing?’ has provided me with so many delightful surprises over the years. …”
– Carl Trueman at Westminster Seminary reminds us of “the power of liturgy to shape the mind of a Christian congregation” – at 9Marks.
A Sat-Nav with Nowhere to go
Posted on February 14, 2014
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“Do you ever find yourself driving on auto pilot? Not just do you change gears and use the traffic indicator without conscious thought but do you also travel along habitual routes without thinking about it? Have you ever found yourself following your usual route but going in the wrong direction? Forgetting your destination is a significant mistake to make…”
– Phillip Jensen writes in his latest column for the Cathedral.
The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert
Posted on February 14, 2014
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Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, author of “The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert”, spoke recently at Wheaton College in Illinois. The video and audio files from her talk are now available.
Update: You are What – and How – You Read
“I just returned from a well-known (and well-heeled) Christian college, where roughly 100 demonstrators gathered on the chapel steps to protest my address on the grounds that my testimony was dangerous. Later that day, I sat down with these beloved students, to listen, to learn, and to grieve.”
Senate rejects push to dump Lord’s Prayer
Posted on February 13, 2014
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“The Australian Christian Lobby has welcomed the Senate’s decision to reject the Greens’ push to dump the Lord’s Prayer from parliament.”
– from the Australian Christian Lobby.
TEC Annual Litigation Summary 2014
Posted on February 13, 2014
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A. S. Haley, Christian lawyer and blogger (as The Anglican Curmudgeon) has provided a comprehensive list of legal action by (and against) The Episcopal Church of the USA.
See also: How Much Has ECUSA Spent on Lawsuits? (Updated Jan. 2014).
Church Society Director looks to Archbishop Welby for credible action
Posted on February 13, 2014
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“After this candid speech, we are looking to him, in a positive and hopeful way, to make the claim that he wants evangelicals like us to flourish in the Church truly credible. He could do that in two ways: first, by engaging conservatives in real dialogue, listening in detail to our concerns; and second, encouraging and ensuring the appointment of 12 Conservative Evangelical Bishops.”
– Church Society Director Lee Gatiss responds to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Presidential Address to the Church of England’s General Synod.
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey: 460 years ago
Posted on February 12, 2014
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“Lady Jane Grey… is a daughter of the Reformation whose story of faithfulness and grace deserves to be better known.”
– Justin Taylor at Between Two Worlds remembers Lady Jane Grey, who was executed on this day in 1554.
UK Girl Guide troop which refused to drop ‘God’ from their oath win their fight
Posted on February 12, 2014
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“Girl Guides who were told to adopt a new promise which omits God or face being axed from the organisation have won a reprieve after they were told no further action would be taken. …
The group, which meets at Jesmond Parish Church, received a letter from the Girl Guide’s chief commissioner in the North East saying their membership to the organisation would end on December 31 last year unless they used the new promise.”
– story from Mail Online. (h/t SydneyAnglicans.net.)
Related:
Girlguiding’s New Direction – Is It Really Wanted? – David Holloway, Jesmond Parish Church.
The Religion of the Self – David Holloway, Jesmond Parish Church.
‘Riding the waves to help the poor’
Posted on February 11, 2014
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“Two Illawarra men have plunged into a hectic surf tour – 100 beaches in 10 days – to raise $1 million to help alleviate world poverty.
Starting at Bawley Point yesterday morning, Wombarra’s Reverend David Mansfield and Helensburgh’s Ron Balderston joined three others from Anglican Aid in the 100 Beaches Challenge…”
– Story and photo from The Illawarra Mercury.
For more info and how you can help, see Anglican Aid.
Primate of West Africa’s funeral to be broadcast on the web
Posted on February 11, 2014
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“Members of the global Anglican Communion have been invited to watch the funeral of Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa Archbishop S. Tilewa Johnson, online.
Anyone with access to the Internet will be able to watch the funeral and requiem mass which is being streamed live on Friday 21 February.”
– from the Anglican Communion News Service.
Related: Condolence message on the death of Archbishop Johnson. Photo: ENS.
Archbishop of Canterbury on BBC HardTalk
Posted on February 10, 2014
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Aired a fortnight ago, Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury was interviewed on the BBC’s HardTalk. In a wide-ranging interview, he is asked about human sexuality from 13:27.
The American Anglican Council has a link to the video and a partial transcript. (Image: BBC.)
J. I. Packer on Personal Holiness
Posted on February 10, 2014
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“At the age of 87, Dr. Packer is not travelling to lecture much these days, but a few weeks ago (January 16th, 2014) he spoke at the Trinity School for Ministries on a subject of his choice.
He says that his desire in his remaining days is to ‘campaign for a renewal of personal holiness, as a project, as a focus of interest, as a reality – which our churches need, which our country needs, which the world needs at this time in its history’.”
– Justin Taylor has the link. 51 minutes. Well worth watching and contemplating.
Moore College Graduation 2014
Posted on February 9, 2014
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The Moore College Graduation 2014 (Into All The World) is set for Thursday 13th March at the City Recital Hall in Angel Place.
The Rev. Mark Dickson, Principal of George Whitefield College in South Africa, is the guest speaker.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…