Archbishop of Canterbury’s Holocaust Memorial Day Message

Posted on January 27, 2012 
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See the Archbishop’s message here – or read the text.

Moore College approved as Self-Accrediting Institution

Posted on January 26, 2012 
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Moore College has been approved as a self-accrediting institution, which is great news. In announcing it, the considerable work of Alan Höhne in achieving this status is acknowledged. Read more here.

Carl Trueman reviews The Iron Lady

Posted on January 25, 2012 
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“Yet the greatness of the film lies not in its depiction of Mrs Thatcher’s life; indeed, it is not really a conventional biopic at all. It lies rather in its portrait of the merciless cruelty of old age and the omnipresent tragedy of mortality that lies at the heart of the human condition…”

– At Reformation21. Worth pondering.

Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn on Gambling Reform

Posted on January 25, 2012 
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Stuart Robinson, Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn, has circulated this letter to his clergy –

“Australians need a Government that has the courage to pursue hard decisions…”

“Much of the media coverage this week has focused on the politics of the Government’s decision to sever their deal with Independent Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie.

Trust is certainly an important factor in leadership, but we must not forget that the Government’s job is to regulate the gambling industry to limit its impact on families and communities devastated by gambling addiction.  Read more

The Attributes of God

Posted on January 25, 2012 
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Tim Challies has produced a helpful PDF summary chart of The Attributes of God.

“When we talk about God’s attributes we do so to answer questions like Who is God? and What is God like? It is the way we seek to wrap our minds around just little fragments of who this God is…”

You can download the high resolution 8MB file here.

Oak Hill people

Posted on January 25, 2012 
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Oak Hill College in London has posted some more encouraging videos of Oak Hill people in various ministries.

‘Betraying problem gamblers’

Posted on January 24, 2012 
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“It is a serious moral problem to make a promise and then wilfully break it, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard has done,” says Melbourne Bishop Philip Huggins.

– Media release at Anglican Media Melbourne.

Phillip and Kel on Church ‘discipline’ and ‘pastoral care’

Posted on January 23, 2012 
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In the latest episode of The Chat Room, Phillip Jensen speaks with Kel Richards about Church discipline. But is that the best name for it? – and how do other denominations approach the question? 28 minutes of wise and thought-provoking discussion – at phillipjensen.com.

Church leaders in Wales attack presumed organ donation consent

Posted on January 23, 2012 
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“Church leaders in Wales have criticised ‘ill-judged’ proposals to introduce presumed consent rules on organ donation. …

They said the principles outlined in their document ‘seek to preserve the dignity and autonomy of every person whilst creating a proper framework in which the gift of human organs after death is precisely that – an act of solidarity, generosity and love.’…

Under the Welsh government proposal, everyone in Wales would automatically become a donor unless they opted out. … The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, has already called for the legislation to be scrapped.”

– Report from BBC News Wales.

New Presbyterian denomination in US

Posted on January 21, 2012 
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The Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians is a new body formed out of the increasingly-liberal Presbyterian Church of the USA (not to be confused with the PCA, to which Redeemer in NY belongs).

Gary Ware at Mount Gambier Presbyterian has some links.

Earlier related links:
Mexican Presbyterian Church breaks with PCUSA,
Presbyterian Church (USA) votes for gay ministers,
Vanishing Christianity — A Lesson from the Presbyterians.

Special day rates for Mission Convention

Posted on January 20, 2012 
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The Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn is offering a special day rate for locals to help them attend the Provincial Mission Convention, January 26-29. Details here.

‘Stop the Loss’ coalition

Posted on January 20, 2012 
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Bishop of Tasmania John Harrower draws attention to a new pro-pokie-reform website.

“I ask parishes to print out this… to stem this hemorrhaging of life blood from the vulnerable among us. Let’s care for the needy and protect the addicted…” – at Imaginary Diocese.

Learning from Steve

Posted on January 18, 2012 
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Oak Hill’s Vice Principal Chris Green looks at the man behind Apple, the late Steve Jobs, in the latest issue of the college’s Commentary magazine.

Download the full issue as a 4.8MB PDF file.

Warning Passages Ahead

Posted on January 15, 2012 
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Collin Hansen writes:

“The Book of Hebrews daunts even the most gifted preachers and scholars. For one thing, we don’t know the author. He quotes the Old Testament at length and repeatedly, but his method of interpreting these passages doesn’t always make sense to readers. His arguments about angels, Moses, and the temple require more than cursory understanding of the Hebrew Bible.

And then there are the so-called warning passages. It might be hard at first to grasp the significance of the priest Melchizedek, but many Christians viscerally understand the practical importance of these warnings. Can I lose my faith? What if I doubt? Fail to overcome sin?

To answer these questions and more, I turned to the acclaimed scholar Peter O’Brien, professor emeritus at Moore College in Sydney, Australia…”

– read his questions and Peter’s answers at The Gospel Coalition.

J. I. Packer: Fighting heresy in churches and small groups

Posted on January 12, 2012 
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“[I]t’s my firm conviction that churches ought to foresee this unhappy possibility of heresy getting in when lay-folk are leading. And they should counter the possibility by what in the history of the church has been called “catechesis.” We hardly hear of it these days, but in the second and third centuries A.D.—and indeed for some centuries after—it’s rather amazing to discover that inquirers into the faith were fed into catechetical classes.”

– J I Packer was interviewed by Christianity Today International for SmallGroups.com (h/t Anglicans Ablaze.).

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