Douglas Moo to speak in Sydney

Posted on August 9, 2011 
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This year’s Eliza Ferrie Public Lecture, sponsored by the Presbyterian Theological College in Sydney, will be given by Dr. Douglas Moo on “Justification in the Crosshairs”. 11th August 2011 at PLC Croydon.

Details from the PTC website.

‘America dons the victim’s mantle’

Posted on August 8, 2011 
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“The murders, beatings and state-sanctioned violence suffered by Anglicans in Harare under the Mugabe regime are akin to the discomforts faced by Episcopalians loyal to the national Church who reside in dioceses that have departed for the Anglican Church in North America.

This summary of the situation in Harare from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori came in an August 2 report released by the Episcopal News Service…”

– George Conger writes for The Church of England Newspaper.
(h/t Anglican Mainstream. Photo: Episcopal News Service. ENS story is here.)

Holding the Word of God in your hands

Posted on August 8, 2011 
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A few weeks back, Crossway, the publishers of the ESV, hosted a dinner at a Christian booksellers’ convention in Atlanta, Georgia. They asked someone who loves God’s word to give the keynote address.

John Piper spoke about William Tyndale, the 400th anniversary of the AV, the RSV, the NRSV, the rationale for the ESV – and the incomparable worth of God’s word. You can watch his 31 minute address on Vimeo. h/t Dane Ortlund.

Idea: Registered Vimeo users can download the 175MB file. Have a big TV? Invite your Bible Study group around to watch.

John Stott remembered in Sydney

Posted on August 6, 2011 
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At SydneyAnglicans.net, Russell Powell has posted a story – complete with a 7 minute video – on the Sydney Memorial Service for John Stott.

Archbishop Peter Jensen’s sermon is available here in PDF format.

(Photo: Ramon Williams.)

Need help sharing the gospel?

Posted on August 6, 2011 
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With the proliferation of evangelistic resources available these days, it’s possible to overlook one of the most helpful.

The two brief videos on this page (scroll down) illustrate why Two Ways to Live has been such a blessing to so many people.

(Thanks to Dane Ortlund for the reminder.)

Tim Harris new bishop for Adelaide

Posted on August 6, 2011 
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Tim Harris, the Dean of Bishopdale Theological College in Nelson, New Zealand has been appointed Bishop for Mission and Evangelism in the Diocese of Adelaide.

Reports from Anglican Media Adelaide, and Anglican Taonga.

Two stories on ‘the Culture of Death’

Posted on August 6, 2011 
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Two disturbing stories – one from the US, and one from the UK.

From Albert Mohler:

“Consider … the fact that 40 percent of all pregnancies in New York City end in abortion (and fully 60 percent of all pregnancies to African American women). Those horrendous and chilling percentages are evidently not enough for the abortion industry and its ideological supporters. They want to shut down crisis pregnancy centers or render them ineffective.”

and this story in the UK’s Mail Online (h/t Bishop John Harrower):

“Can you imagine a lonelier or more frightening place to be trapped in, unable to communicate, than your own body?

These are terrifying times for anyone who cannot speak up for themselves. Whether they know it or not, they are lying prone in a world increasingly seduced by the idea that death is preferable to the life they are living. … But I can. I have lived that life and I know how precious it is.”

(Image: Feggy Art on Flickr.)

Top commentaries on Paul’s letters

Posted on August 5, 2011 
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Tom Schreiner (Southern Baptist Seminary) has released his list of the three best Commentaries – for students, teachers, and pastors – on each of Paul’s letters. A very handy resource.

Andy Naselli has the list here.

Paul Barnett’s tribute to John Stott

Posted on August 4, 2011 
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“Two World Wars and the Depression left Christianity in a poor state in the post-World War II era, compounded by the influence of sceptical Biblical Criticism. Amongst those God raised up in these difficult times were C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, F.F. Bruce, J.I. Packer, and John Stott.

Stott was deeply committed to the theology of the Reformation, as may be seen in his magisterial The Cross of Christ and his commentaries on Romans and Galatians. …”

– Bishop Paul Barnett adds his own words of thanks for the life of John Stott.

Evangelism cannot be enough for Evangelicals

Posted on August 4, 2011 
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John Richardson writes of what it is to be an Evangelical in the Church of England:

“We have an ‘honoured’ place in the institution, but the price exacted from us is to identify ourselves as a ‘tradition’ — one amongst the many different traditions which make up the all-embracing comprehensiveness of the Church of England.

But, … at least from our own perspective, this is a betrayal not only of ourselves but of everyone else. To accept this definition of ‘evangelicalism’ is to cease to be Evangelical. …”

– Read it all at The Ugley Vicar.

 

Iain Murray on reading church history

Posted on August 4, 2011 
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“The reason church history is not always thrilling is that people do not read it around the flesh-and-blood figures of men and women whom God used to shape its course.

Biographies raise the questions: Why were individuals so used? What made Mary Slessor or William Carey? What are the abiding spiritual lessons? Biographies show that doctrinal belief is not a secondary or theoretical thing; rather, it has vital consequence in the way Christians live. Weak doctrine produces weak lives. Those who ‘turn the world upside down’ are always those ’mighty in the Scriptures.’…”

– from an interview with Iain Murray (the Banner of Truth founder) at Ligonier Ministries.

The Horn of Africa Famine Crisis Appeal

Posted on August 3, 2011 
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“The Archbishop of Sydney, The Most Rev Dr Peter Jensen,through Anglican Aid, is seeking the goodwill of all Sydney Anglicans to show an extraordinary outpouring of compassion and generosity to raise $500,000 for drought and famine relief for the peoples of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.”

– Read about Anglican Aid’s latest appeal here.

ACL subscription reminder

Posted on August 2, 2011 
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Here’s a friendly reminder for members of the Anglican Church League.

Subscriptions for 2011/12 are now due. If you have not paid since April, we would very much appreciate it if you could please do so here (Paypal and credit cards). Alternatively you could download the renewal form (PDF) to post with your payment. Thank you for your support!

With thanks for John Stott

Posted on August 2, 2011 
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“His death has made me realise afresh that I’ve been reading John Stott all my Christian life. The Cross of Christ is still my favourite among his books, but My Confirmation, as I have said, shaped me at a very significant stage of my development. Tapes of his sermons, books and articles written by him have been helpful in the years that followed. I’ve read his last few books with particular interest. They are the lasting testaments of an elder statesman, deceptively simple and yet rich in biblical truth and gospel wisdom. …”

– At his blog, Mark Thompson expands on his earlier tribute to John Stott.

Christ abolished death

Posted on August 2, 2011 
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“The death of the evangelical Anglican preacher and author John Stott at the age of 90 has been greeted with acclamatory obituaries in the leading newspapers of the English-speaking world. This was a man named by Time magazine as among the top 100 influential people on the planet in 2005. So what was all the fuss about?…”

– at the ABC Religion & Ethics blog, Michael Jensen writes about John Stott and what made him tick.

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