Stuart Townend on Corporate Worship — notes

Posted on November 8, 2010 
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On Friday, songwriter Stuart Townend gave a seminar on Corporate Worship at Oak Hill College in London.

Mike Gilbart-Smith (Twynholm Baptist Church, Fulham) has shared his very helpful notes from the seminar at his blog, Loving Church.

Don Carson’s evangelistic talks in Melbourne

Posted on November 7, 2010 
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Don Carson spoke evangelistically in Melbourne in August.

The “Christ-Expo” was part of the celebrations of Ridley College’s Centenary. The audio files of Dr Carson’s talks are available on the Ridley website:

Monday: How can we see God?
Tuesday: How can we start over again?
Wednesday: How can God Have a Son?
Thursday: How to get the Best Bread in the World
Friday: How can I believe Jesus Rose from the Dead?

He also spoke at St. Alfred’s Blackburn North on Suffering: a theological response.

Sanctions against the Southern Cone — 2

Posted on November 6, 2010 
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“The significance of +Tito Zavala’s election as Primate seems clear – it is a rebuke to Secretary Kearon’s letter and sanctions. It is an affirmation of +Zavala’s role as a leader who is in fact faithfully representing the official teaching of the Anglican Communion on human sexuality and holy orders as stated in Lambeth Resolution 1.10 (1998).

Did Secretary Kearon assume the authority to remove +Zavala as a member of IASCUFO? Or was he directed to, and if so, by whom?…”

– Phil Ashey of the American Anglican Council continues his thinking about the sanctions applied against the Province of the Southern Cone. (part 1 here.)

Next Primate of the Southern Cone

Posted on November 5, 2010 
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“The tenth Synod of the Province of the Southern Cone of America, meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1-5 November, 2010, has elected Bishop Hector ‘Tito’ Zavala of Chile as its next Primate replacing Bishop Gregory Venables. Bishop Zavala becomes the province’s first Primate of Chilean extraction.

The role of Primate is a three year renewable term in the Cone. Bishop Venables is not retiring, but will maintain his present position as Bishop of Argentina and Northern Argentina.

In another closely followed vote, the possibility of allowing women’s ordination to the priesthood in those dioceses that so affirmed to move ahead (local option) was turned down by the house of clergy; the other two houses voted in favour.

The Province of the Southern Cone comprises the seven dioceses of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Northern Argentina, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.”

– from the Anglican Communion News Service. (Photo of Bishop Zavala: CMS UK.)

Audio: Reformation Conference with Stephen Nichols

Posted on November 4, 2010 
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Last weekend, at the Omaha Bible Church in Nebraska, Stephen Nichols spoke at their Reformation Bible Conference.

All the audio files have been posted here, thanks to Erik Raymond. Total 67MB. Or links to individual talks below:

The Road to Worms: Jan Hus, Martin Luther, and Sola Scripture
Wittenberg: The Life of Luther and Commitment to the Church
Flossenburg: Martin Luther to Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Cross and Discipleship
Marks of the True Church with Question & Answer
Sunday morning sermon: Spare Everything But the Word

History comes alive. Great to pass on to members of your church while memories of Reformation Sunday are fresh.

Updated ESV website

Posted on November 4, 2010 
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Mary Kassian is among those who testify to the usefulness of the ESV on Crossway’s newly updated ESV website.

(If you’re looking for the “search the ESV” page – it’s here.)

Christians responding to suffering

Posted on November 3, 2010 
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Over the last week, Bishop of Tasmania, John Harrower, has been sharing the insights of some friends on the topic of Christians responding to suffering. See his blog – Imaginary Diocese.

Don’t Waste Your Life — free audiobook

Posted on November 2, 2010 
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The free audiobook for November 2010 from Christian Audio is John Piper’s Don’t Waste Your Life. Narrated by Lloyd James.

Grab it here. (175MB mp3)

God displays his wisdom — through the church!

Posted on November 2, 2010 
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John Piper spoke at the Lausanne Congress in Cape Town a week or so ago – on Ephesians 3 and the breathtaking wisdom of God.

It’s worth watching his full talk. See it via The Proclamation Trust website.

Defence Sunday & Remembrance Day 2010

Posted on November 2, 2010 
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Sunday November 7th (the Sunday closest to Remembrance Day) is ‘Defence Sunday‘ and prayer is requested for Defence Force Personnel and the Chaplains who minister to them.

The Defence Anglicans website has some useful resources, including Bible readings, prayers and music which could be used in church – as well as a Powerpoint presentation shown at General Synod.

Facts and Questions for the Southern Cone HOB and Standing Committee

Posted on October 30, 2010 
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“The House of Bishops of the Anglican province of the Southern Cone will be meeting this weekend to discuss a variety of matters.  Among them will be the unprecedented action by the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, purportedly on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Communion, asking Bishop Tito Zavala of Chile to withdraw from the Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Unity Faith and Order.”

– Canon Phil Ashey, from the American Anglican Council, urges prayer for Archbishop Greg Venables and friends in the Southern Cone this weekend.

Luther’s Stand

Posted on October 30, 2010 
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“Luther understood what was at stake.

He mentioned to a friend in advance, ‘Unless I am restrained by force or the emperor rescinds his invitation, I will enter Worms under the banner of Christ against the gates of hell…. I have had my Palm Sunday. Is all this pomp merely a temptation or is it also a sign of the passion to come?’

In just over 24 hours Luther would receive the answer to his question.”

– While this weekend is the anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing of the 95 Theses to the castle church door in 1517, it led to his crucial stand at the Diet of Worms in April 1521. Chris Castaldo has written a gripping account of the events.

(Chris serves at College Church in Wheaton, Illinois. h/t Tim Challies.)

FCA (Southern Africa) Conference in Port Elizabeth

Posted on October 28, 2010 
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“The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (Southern Africa) opened its second annual conference at St Saviour’s Church in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday October 27th…

Bishop John Guernsey preached and began by noting that at the urging of the GAFCON movement the new province of the Anglican Church in North America was formed in North America. ‘We have seen a great deal of persecution. Churches have lost their property, clergy have lost their positions, given up medical insurance and pension benefits and been sued by their own bishops,’ he said.

– Chris Sugden writes for Anglican Mainstream.

Cracks at the top — ECUSA’s ‘Constitutional Crisis’

Posted on October 28, 2010 
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“Now that we have the reports from the third and final day of the meeting in Salt Lake City of ECUSA’s Executive Council, we are finally able to fill in the picture of what is going on among the Church’s elected and appointed officials. The picture is neither pretty nor reassuring.…

We find out that in approving a reduced budget for 2011, the Council approved the Church taking out a new loan of up to $60,000,000, and securing its note by mortgaging its headquarters at 815 Second Avenue, as well as by pledging unrestricted endowment funds…”

– A S Haley, The Anglican Curmudgeon, pieces together what’s been happening in the Episcopal Church’s halls of power. (Image courtesy St. Paul’s Church, Ventura, CA.)

Do not be afraid

Posted on October 27, 2010 
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“It is amazing, once you are alerted to it, how often the brief encouragement ‘Do not be afraid’ occurs in Scripture. Often in the context there seems very good reason to be afraid. There might seem no way out. The opposition arrayed against you might seem overwhelming. The virulence and persistence with which you are opposed may be a very real cause for terror. And then the words come, ‘do not be afraid’. …”

– Read Mark Thompson’s encouraging words at Theological Theology.

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