Money, Sex, Indaba: Corrupting the Anglican Communion Listening Process
Posted on June 16, 2009
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“The Listening Process, also known as the ‘Continuing Indaba Project’, was announced last month at the Kingston, Jamaica meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council after a briefing by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Anglican Communion Office (ACO).
The staff of the ACO, under the direction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, announced that a $1.5 million gift was given to fund this project-a gift 2-3 times the size of any previous gift received by the Anglican Communion Office for its work… The delegates to the Anglican Consultative Council were told that the money was coming from a grant through the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.
After subsequent questioning at press conferences, it turns out that the Satcher Institute is not the source of the $1.5 million dollars.
So where did the money come from?…”
– Ralinda B. Gregor, writing for The American Anglican Council asks some uncomfortable questions of the Anglican Communion Office.
Adelaide tributes to Sir Marcus
Posted on June 16, 2009
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Adelaide’s diocesan newspaper, The Guardian, pays tribute to Sir Marcus Loane in its current (June 2009) issue. It’s on page 3 of the PDF file available here (direct link).
It is God’s battle
Posted on June 15, 2009
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“We are always looking inwards and pitying ourselves and being sorry for ourselves, and looking for something to help us. Get rid of that outlook, forget yourself for a moment; the battle is the Lord’s! Salvation is His. It is for the honour of His great and holy Name.
But go further and realise that because it is God’s battle this almighty power is being exercised on our behalf even when we do not realise it. Things are being done in this great campaign of which we are not aware. We may perhaps be half-asleep at our post, and we do not realise that the great Captain is planning something with respect to us. We are unconscious of it. We would all be lost were it not for that. He, I say, is exercising this power on our behalf.”
– Martin Lloyd-Jones, The Christian Solider (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1977), 30. With thanks to Of First Importance.
We need to be reminded: Don’t waste your life
Posted on June 13, 2009
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A thought-provoking 3 minute video using preaching from John Piper – from Desiring God.
“Repent and Refocus on mission” — Bishop of Rochester to say at launch of FCA
Posted on June 12, 2009
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Anglican clergy and laity attending the launch of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans in the UK and Ireland in London on July 6 will hear the Bishop of Rochester call for ‘repentance and a renewed commitment to evangelism and mission’. …
– Press release via Anglican Mainstream. (Photo: Joy Gwaltney, GAFCON.)
Christ’s atoning death
Posted on June 11, 2009
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“Christ’s atoning death ratified the inauguration of the new covenant, in which access to God under all circumstances is guaranteed by Christ’s one sacrifice that covers all transgressions (Matt. 26:27-28; 1 Cor. 11:25; Heb. 9:15; 10:12-18). Those who through faith in Christ have ‘received reconciliation’ (Rom. 5:11) ‘in him . . . become the righteousness of God’ (2 Cor. 5:21). In other words, they are justified and receive the status of adopted children in God’s family (Gal 4:5). Thereafter they live under the motivating constraint and control of the love of Christ for them as made known and measured by the cross (2 Cor. 5:14).”
– J. I. Packer, “Sacrifice: Jesus Christ Made Atonement for Sin” (with thanks to Of First Importance.)
Sometimes you need to be blunt
Posted on June 11, 2009
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This 4 minute video on BlipTV doesn’t pull any punches. Sobering viewing with a strong exhortation. Is your Christianity genuine? Do you care for the lost? (h/t Tim Challies.)
New Westminster Day 8
Posted on June 10, 2009
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ANiC Parishes Closing Argument – June 8, 2009
“The morning began with counsel for the parishes, Geoff Cowper, QC, explaining to Mr Justice Kelleher that he expected presentation of his argument to be two full days. Two volumes of a ‘Statement of Facts’ and ‘Written Argument of the Plaintiffs’, together with a two volume ‘Book of Authorities’ were handed to the judge, who last week, jokingly remarked he had enough material before him and he didn’t want anymore. …”
– from the Anglican Essential Canada blog.
Anglican losses in global finanical crisis
Posted on June 10, 2009
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The ABC reports on the financial losses affecting Sydney Diocese’s investments – on ABC Radio’s AM programme.
Also Archbishop Peter Jensen has sent this letter to ministers and Russell Powell writes about the implications – at SydneyAnglicans.net.
Events associated with the launch of FCA
Posted on June 9, 2009
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Anglican Mainstream has posted a list of events in churches in and around London on Sunday July 5th in association with Be Faithful!, the launch of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans in UK and Ireland.
A number of visiting Anglican leaders will be in London and are speaking at events at these churches –
9:30 a.m. St Peter’s Bushey Heath Bishop Michael Nazir Ali (Rochester)
10:30 a.m. St Michael’s Chester Square. TBA
6:00 p.m. St Mark’s Battersea Rise. Archbishop Peter Jensen (Sydney)
6:30 p.m. St Mary’s Lewisham, Bishop Keith Ackerman (USA)
6:30 p.m All Saints Woodford Wells, Canon Vinay Samuel (India)
6:30 p.m. Christ Church Virginia Water TBA
6:30 p.m. St Peter’s Harold Wood Bishop Colin Bazley (former Primate of the Southern Cone)
8:00 p.m. St Nicholas Sevenoaks. TBA
There were some Anglican Puritans also
Posted on June 8, 2009
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“I think that it is important to appreciate the continuity between Puritanism and Evangelicalism. 18th Century Evangelicals were spiritually strengthened and influenced by the Puritan literature which they read. With the term ‘Evangelical’ being so broadened today to include many who are neither ‘Reformed’ nor ‘Puritan,’ those of us who want to remain faithful to the teaching and practice of Scripture, should regard ourselves as ‘Reformed’ and ‘Puritan.’…”
– David Hilton writes in Cross†Way, Spring 2009 (PDF – direct link), asking who are the heirs of the Puritans.
How Tim Keller found Manhattan
Posted on June 7, 2009
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“Standing 6’4″, with a bald head, glasses, and a coat and tie, Keller, 58, does not look hip. Nor is his sermon funny, charming, or daring. He preaches from the first chapter of Genesis, on the doctrine of Creation.
Keller speaks like a college professor, absorbed in his content, of which there is a lot…”
– Christianity Today story. (h/t Justin Taylor.)
ANiC parishes court case opening statement
Posted on June 7, 2009
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The Opening Statement by the ANiC parishes’ legal counsel is now available on the ANiC website – PDF file (direct link).
Building Healthy Churches
Posted on June 6, 2009
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The audio files from the just-concluded Toronto Pastors Fellowship conference are now available. The theme?’Building Healthy Churches’.
Mark Dever and Matt Schmucker were the main speakers. (h/t Tim Challies.)
New Westminster — New Gospel; the ANiC trial
Posted on June 5, 2009
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“So for the future, the very clear lesson emerging from this case is that moratoria and incremental negotiation over covenant clauses are futile strategies. The revisionist aim is not, initially, to exclude orthodox ministry, but to neutralise it through defining the church institutionally. …”
– Charles Raven writes at SPREAD.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…