The Challenges we face

Posted on March 14, 2012 
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“The church, like the Bible, is not primarily concerned with human sexual behavior. Our main concern is to seek the glory of God in all things, and to bear witness to the saving power of Christ’s gospel. But the Bible makes clear that God’s glory is inherently connected to our sexual behavior and our identity before the Creator. Furthermore, the gospel requires a clear understanding of human sinfulness, including, very specifically, sexual sins.

One thing is clear – the church has to learn how to speak honestly and courageously about sexual morality, but also to speak with true gospel humility. In other words, we must make clear that we are not moral superiors speaking to moral inferiors, but those who have been redeemed by God’s grace pointing others to his grace to us in Christ…”

– Albert Mohler outlines some of the key issues facing a new generation of ministers of the gospel.

Visual Theology — The Trinity

Posted on March 14, 2012 
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Tim Challies has produced another ‘infographic’ in his ‘Visual Theology’ series.

“It seeks to show what we must and must not believe about the Godhead while also explaining the complementary roles of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.” – See it here.

What marriage is, and why it matters

Posted on March 13, 2012 
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“Why do Christians care about marriage, and what does it mean to them? The answer is quite simple, though it demands a considerable amount of unpacking: just as, according to Genesis 1:27, human beings ‘image’ God, so marriage ‘images’ the relationship between Christ and the Church, or to put it another way, the relationship between the Creator-Redeemer God and his created-redeemed people…”

– John Richardson in the UK seeks to flesh out (so to speak) the significance of marriage – at The Ugley Vicar.

‘The mistakes of Phillip Jensen’

Posted on March 12, 2012 
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Few people have been used by the Lord to bring gospel blessing to Sydney as has Phillip Jensen. And few people have been as maligned and misrepresented.

At The Briefing, Tony Payne chats with Phillip about his days in university ministry, about the Anglican Church, about being nominated for Archbishop, about the real agenda of REPA, and much more. Read it all here.

Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?

Posted on March 10, 2012 
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Keep a look out for this one –

“Crossway has just published a major new collection of essays from an international team of top-flight scholars on the historicity of Scripture and why it matters to faith: Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? A Critical Appraisal of Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Scripture, edited by James K. Hoffmeier and Dennis R. Magary…”

– Details from Justin Taylor. (Availability.)

Credo — Make Disciples of All Nations

Posted on March 10, 2012 
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“The March issue of Credo Magazine seeks to ignite a passion for missions. And what better timing as this year marks the 200th anniversary of Adoniram and Ann Judson setting sail aboard the Caravan to take the gospel to Burma.”

– The latest issue of Credo Magazine is available to be viewed online or as a 38MB PDF file.

After-birth Abortion: Atheist Ethics at Work

Posted on March 9, 2012 
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“Whenever I mention Professor Singer’s views, I am assured that he is an extremist who in no way represents atheism itself. … However, Professor Singer is a leading ethicist and atheist, holding the chair of Bio-ethics at Princeton University and in 2004 voted as the Australian Humanist of the Year by the Council of Australian Humanist Societies. His views are those of reasoned atheism … His views are not held by him alone.”

– Dean of Sydney Phillip Jensen writes in his weekly message for the Cathedral.

Peter Adam teaches from John’s Gospel

Posted on March 9, 2012 
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Late last year, Dr Peter Adam gave a series of six talks on John’s Gospel to the Anglican Military Chaplains’ annual retreat. His theme was ‘Taking Care’.

Thanks to Defence Anglicans for making the audio files available.

Memorial Service for Professor Patrick Collinson

Posted on March 8, 2012 
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There will be a Memorial Service for Prof. Patrick Collinson, C.B.E. (1929–2011) in Cambridge on Saturday 10th March. A number of Sydney folk would have been taught Reformation history by him when he was at Sydney University 1969-75. He died last September. Obituary in The Guardian, and tribute at Trinity College website.

‘Bishop defends gay priest appointment’ – updated

Posted on March 8, 2012 
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“The Anglican Bishop of Gippsland has defended his decision to appoint an openly gay priest to a local parish, saying he has acted appropriately…”

– Story and audio from ABC Gippsland. (February 27th 2012)

Related: ACL Statement on developments in the Diocese of Gippsland.

Update March 8th:
Bishop John McIntyre of Gippsland Responds, “I have no intention of responding…”

(Photo: Diocese of Gippsland.)

Just what’s needed: clarity in the debates over men and women

Posted on March 7, 2012 
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ACL President Dr Mark Thompson writes about a new book he’s reading:

“This is a book worth handing out to women in our churches en masse…

This book needs to be read by men too and especially those men responsible for teaching the Bible in our churches. In a world where women and men receive the most absurd messages about what it means to be human, what it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman, here is real sanity…”

God’s Good Design: What the Bible really says about Men and Women will be available later this month from Matthias Media. (Photo: in tandem.)

The Underestimated Doctrine of Conversion

Posted on March 7, 2012 
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– That’s the focus of the current edition of the 9Marks Journal, available for download here.

Something deadly this way comes

Posted on March 6, 2012 
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“This article in the Journal of Medical Ethics is a clear signal of just how much ground has been lost to the Culture of Death. A culture that grows accustomed to death in the womb will soon contemplate killing in the nursery. The very fact that this article was published in a peer-reviewed academic journal is an indication of the peril we face…”

– Albert Mohler speaks out on the JME paper.

Tell your children what Hitler did

Posted on March 5, 2012 
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“Tell these stories to your children. Tell them with passion. Tell them with tears. Send your children into the world with their eyes sharpened with the bright light of history.”

– John Piper thinks it’s time to recall the horrors of Nazi Germany.

Related:
After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?
Commentary from Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun.
Interview on Iowa radio. (starts 12:30 into clip.)

The Christian Leader as Evangelist — Dick Lucas

Posted on March 4, 2012 
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Dick Lucas spoke at the 1993 Evangelical Ministry Assembly on ‘The Christian Leader as Evangelist’. As always, very edifying. Audio from the Proclamation Trust.

(Dick spoke at St Helen’s in London on New Year’s Day on 2 Timothy 1 – you can see the video here. Well worth watching.)

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