Meet the new Presbyterian Moderator-General
Posted on October 9, 2012
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The Pulse, the magazine of the Presbyterian Church in NSW & ACT, has a profile on Moderator-General-designate David Cook. Himself a Moore College graduate, David served as the Principal of SMBC for 26 years.
Read the profile here or on page 7 of the October 2012 edition of The Pulse (PDF). h/t Gary Ware.
Reform National Conference 2012
Posted on October 8, 2012
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Reform has posted online audio from their recent UK National Conference, including –
Lessons from America – Martyn Minns
Culture in Crisis – Melvin Tinker
Gospel Trials in 1662: to stay or to go – Peter Adam.
Creeds and Confessions in the Contemporary Church
Posted on October 6, 2012
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Carl Trueman was interviewed on the role of creeds and confessions in the church – at Christ the Center broadcast.
Where general church culture is increasingly forgetting the place of creeds, this is worth hearing. The interview starts 5:15 into the audio file.
Related: See also the video about Trueman’s new book The Creedal Imperative here. (Availability.)
Sydney Synod to begin Monday
Posted on October 5, 2012
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The Synod of the Diocese of Sydney begins its 2012 gathering on Monday.
Please pray for all of the Synod members, and all the support staff and helpers who serve in many different ways.
Please particularly uphold in prayer Archbishop Peter Jensen as he delivers his last Address as President of the Synod.
Pray that the Lord Jesus would be glorified in all the discussions and deliberations of the Synod.
Related: Introduction-to-Synod videos.
Why Archbishops must lead Theologically
Posted on October 3, 2012
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The latest issue of The Australian Church Record (number 1906 / October 2012) is now available for download at their website.
Here’s the Editorial – Read more
The Power of overlooking an Offense
Posted on October 3, 2012
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“In her masterful biography of Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin records an interesting story in the mid-1850’s, when Lincoln was in the middle of his career in law. The story shines light on Lincoln’s ability to overlook major personal offenses. …”
– Trevin Wax gives an illustration with wide contemporary application. (h/t Tim Challies.)
Archbishop Wabukala condemns attack on Nairobi Sunday School
Posted on October 2, 2012
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“Following the explosive attack at Anglican Church of Kenya St. Polycarp Parish on Juja Road in Nairobi yesterday, Archbishop Dr. Eliud Wabukala joined other religious leaders in condemning the explosive attack. …
‘This is a cruel provocation, but I appeal to Christians not to feed violence with violence, either in word or deed, because we are called to overcome evil with good’…”
– from The Anglican Communion News Service.
Preaching Matters
Posted on October 1, 2012
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The beginnings of a what looks to be wonderful video resource from Great St. Helen’s Bishopsgate.
Preaching Matters. (h/t Reformation21.)
October — November Prayer Notes from DNWA
Posted on October 1, 2012
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Bishop of Northwest Australia, Gary Nelson, writes:
“Dear Praying Friends,
It is such a delight and encouragement to hear about the many who are praying for gospel work in the north-west. It’s certainly a matter for rejoicing in the Lord. I know it is very easy to get anxious about the ordinary things of life, let alone the responsibility of Christian service. So Paul’s words to his friends in Philippi are such a terrific reminder that when we’re anxious we need to be turning to our loving Father in prayer. …”
– Download the latest Prayer Notes & Bishop’s Letter here (PDF).
Speaking of Prayer, there’s a request to pray for “God to raise up someone to minister in the parish of Paraburdoo-Tom Price”.
The hermeneutics of homosexuality: A response to Michael Kirby
Posted on October 1, 2012
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“In his winsome way, the Honourable Michael Kirby introduces his recent Marshall Memorial Lecture with a surprising autobiographical account of his Sydney Anglican Protestant credentials, given the more Melbourne Anglo-Catholic audience…”
– On the ABC’s Religion and Ethics website, Gordon Preece (co-editor of Sexegesis) responds to a lecture by Michael Kirby, also published on that website.
‘Churchman’ digitised for the Web
Posted on October 1, 2012
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“Church Society are pleased to report that Rob Bradshaw, Director of “Theology on the Web”, has recently digitised and uploaded to the internet, most back articles of Churchman (est 1879), dating from the 1920s. In total Rob has uploaded 3,531 individual Churchman articles to his Biblical Studies website, for which the Council of Church Society express their deep gratitude.
Click here to view the Churchman page on Rob’s Biblical Studies website. It is hoped in due course that these files will also be made available on the Churchman website. …”
– from Church Society’s EV News.
The Land of the Lost Weekend
Posted on September 29, 2012
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Dean of Sydney Phillip Jensen reminds us what this long weekend is all about –
“This long weekend celebrates Labour Day, but most 21st century Australians do not give it a second thought. We have forgotten the struggle of the 19th century when twelve hour shifts for six days a week was the normal lot of the worker.”
– Read it all at Phillip Jensen’s website.
Crown Nominations Commission — nothing to report
Posted on September 29, 2012
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“This week’s meeting of the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) has been accompanied by much speculation about possible candidates and the likely timing of an announcement of the name of who will succeed Dr Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury … There will be no comment on any speculation about candidates or about the CNC’s deliberations.”
– from the Anglican Communion News Service.
Did we get Jesus right? Jesus in the Canonical and Apocryphal Gospels
Posted on September 29, 2012
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Another lecture given at The Lanier Theological Library in Houston has been released. It’s Dr Simon Gathercole (Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University) on “Did we get Jesus right? Jesus in the Canonical and Apocryphal Gospels.”
He looks at the message of the four Gospels, and then compares them with the later Apocryphal ‘Gospels’.
The talk runs for 49 minutes, followed by two responses and then questions. Worth watching and sharing, and a good answer to notions arising from The Da Vinci Code and similar.
Related: Dr Peter Williams, New Evidences the Gospels were Based on Eyewitness Accounts. (Vimeo)
Why I am a Complementarian
Posted on September 28, 2012
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“God is graciously moving his universe towards the goal of all things being summed up under Christ (Eph 1:9-10). But this ultimate state of life has already begun, as the Father brings people to the Son, and unites them together under Christ as their head (Eph 4:1-16). …”
– Read Jane Tooher’s essay at the Moore College website.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…