The Gospel in three minutes
Posted on May 6, 2009
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This three minute video was produced for the UCCF New Word Alive 08 conference.
h/t Unashamed Workman.
ACC refuses to seat Ugandan delegate due to his ‘cross border intervention’
Posted on May 5, 2009
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Background: At the Anglican Consultative Council’s meeting in Jamaica one of the elected representatives of the Church of Uganda has been refused a seat because he is involved in ‘cross border intervention’ in the US.
Here’s a Statement from the Church of Uganda —
“On the first day of the ACC-14 meeting, the Joint Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council made an unconstitutional decision to refuse to seat the clergy delegate from the Church of Uganda. The Church of Uganda is entitled to three delegates – a Bishop, priest, and lay person. …”
– from the Church of Uganda via Anglican Mainstream.
And the Anglican Communion News Service has released this statement justifying the decision – there’s also the audio of a press conference with ‘Secretary General of the Anglican Communion’ Canon Kenneth Kearon. Some questions from the press allege inconsistencies in the decision.
Canon Dr Chris Sugden sums it all up –
“We see here what appears to be a lack of fairness, evenhandedness and consistency applied to the advantage of those who have caused the current problems by departing from the teaching and practice of the Communion in faith and morals and to the disadvantage of those who have adhered to the teaching and practice of the Communion in faith and morals.”
Read the full text of his commentary here.
And the correspondence between Archbishop Orombi and Canon Kearon has been made available.
Foxes Book of Martyrs
Posted on May 4, 2009
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Foxes Book of Martyrs is the free audio book from ChristianAudio during May.
Archbishop of Sydney in rallying call to Church of Ireland evangelicals
Posted on May 4, 2009
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Delivering an extensive survey and commentary on the current inter-Anglican crisis over human sexuality last week at an open meeting of the Evangelical Fellowship of Irish Clergy (EFIC), the Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Revd Peter Jensen, issued a rallying call to Church of Ireland evangelicals to be vigilant that no “official act which endorses sin” should take place in the Church of Ireland. …
– The Church of Ireland Gazette. (Photo: Joy Gwaltney)
Cathedral to celebrate Graham Crusades
Posted on May 2, 2009
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Chris Moroney, Senior Minister at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, writes –
“[W]e are holding a special Thanksgiving Service for the Billy Graham Crusades in Australia. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the first Billy Graham Crusade in Sydney. It was a very exciting and significant time in the life of our churches, here in Sydney and in many other parts of Australia. Many of our key leaders were converted at the Billy Graham Crusades. Our own Archbishop, Peter Jensen, and his brother Phillip Jensen, the Dean of Sydney, were among those converted at that time.
This will be a special time to gather with people from all our Anglican Churches and fellow Christians from other denominations and give thanks to God for his gracious work of gospel proclamation and personal conversion.
The service will be led by the Dean and the Archbishop will be preaching. We will also be praying for ongoing gospel outreach, and taking up a collection specifically for evangelism. Copies of the DVD Remembering ’59 will also be available for sale.”
2:00pm Saturday 9th May 2009, St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney.
Download a PDF advertisement (with thanks to the Cathedral). Please pass on this news.
The amazing new iBible
Posted on May 1, 2009
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Yes, it’s a spoof, but you might enjoy this YouTube video. A bit of light relief. (h/t Michael Kellahan.)
Standing with those who stand in Scotland
Posted on May 1, 2009
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The Fellowship of Confessing Churches in Scotland seeks your prayers and invites your support –
“The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland meeting in May 2009 will hear an appeal against the decision of the Presbytery of Aberdeen to induct into a charge a minister who has openly declared himself to be living in a homosexual relationship.
If the Assembly votes to support the Presbytery of Aberdeen, it will publicly declare such behaviour as acceptable and honourable for a leader in Christ’s church. This would mark a historic departure for our church from the teaching of the catholic Christian faith, and a radical deviation from the clear Scriptural pattern that recognises the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman as the only proper place for sexual intimacy—a pattern which our church has hitherto always publicly affirmed.
To now declare explicitly an active homosexual lifestyle as holy, something the Bible unambiguously calls sin … would be immensely damaging for the cause of Christ in Scotland and disastrous for the national church. …”
Dr William Philip (St George’s-Tron in Glasgow) and other members of The Fellowship of Confessing Churches invite Christians worldwide to stand with them in prayer – and to indicate support of their call to the Church of Scotland General Assembly 2009 to uphold biblical orthodoxy on the issue of human sexuality. See the website to signify your support.
The Financial Breakdown: A Spiritual Diagnosis
Posted on May 1, 2009
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How to make sense of the Global Financial Crisis? How should Christians think about debt-based financial systems?
Dr Paul Mills is an economist and a Christian. He spoke last week at Capitol Hill Baptist Church’s Henry Forum. What message might this have for Sydney Anglicans?
More importantly how might we turn conversations about the financial meltdown to the Lord Jesus Christ? Hear the talk and question time from the CHBC website.
Richard Dawkins and John Lennox on The God Delusion
Posted on May 1, 2009
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This debate – on Richard Dawkins’ celebrated book The God Delusion – took place in Birmingham, Alabama, in October 2007.
The video is well worth watching – right to the end.
Carson on David Peterson on Acts
Posted on April 29, 2009
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Don Carson writes the Editor’s Preface to David Peterson’s newly-released Pillar Commentary on The Acts of the Apostles –
“His commentary focusses on what the text actually says, and his judgments are invariably sane, even-handed, judicious. While unpacking exegetical details, Peterson is careful to keep scanning the horizon so as to establish the larger vision. Moreover, his own commitments as a churchman, lecturer in New Testament, and long-time Principal of Oak Hill Theological College mean that he knows what kinds of information pastors and students want and need.”
– The book is available now at Moore Books. h/t Andy Naselli.
Love in a time of Swine Flu
Posted on April 29, 2009
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The history of humanity is the history of sickness, disease, and death. When sin came, death came, and sickness remains the leading agent of death. The horseman of pestilence has visited plagues and pandemics upon humanity throughout the centuries. Even in the age of modern medicine and the conquest of so many diseases, the very real risk of pandemic remains — and we feel it in our souls. …
– Albert Mohler on our need for Christ, our Physician.
Recognition for North American Anglicans
Posted on April 29, 2009
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The April 16 communiqué issued by the GAFCON/FCA Primates’ Council declared the Anglican Church in North America as genuinely Anglican and recommends that Anglican Provinces affirm full communion with the ACNA.
What does this mean? …
– ACL Chairman Robert Tong writes at SydneyAnglicans.net
New Archbishop of Kenya elected
Posted on April 28, 2009
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“The Rt. Rev. Dr. Eliud W. Wabukala was elected the 5th Primate and Archbishop of Kenya in a very peaceful, joyous and orderly election process by a 158 member Electoral College of the Anglican Church of Kenya that was gathered at the All Saints Cathedral on 24th April, 2009. Among him were other three contesting bishops namely:- Rt. Rev. Stephen Kewasis, Rt. Rev. Samson Mwaluda and Rt. Rev. Joseph Wasonga.
Bishop Eliud, 58, is married to Karen and blessed with five adult children between thirty and twenty one years old.
Archbishop-Elect Eliud Wabukala will succeed the Most Rev. Dr. Benjamin Nzimbi who retires on 30th June, 2009. Bishop Wabukala was consecrated and enthroned the first Bishop of Bungoma Diocese on 13th October, 1996 where he has served for the last thirteen years.
Bishop Wabukala will be enthroned the Fifth Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya on Sunday 5th July, 2009 at the All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi at 10.00 a.m.”
– Source: Press release from The Anglican Church of Kenya.
(More from Religious Intelligence.)
Harvard Law Professor declines prestigious award
Posted on April 28, 2009
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“The speech by pro-choice President Obama at the Catholic Notre Dame has caused all sorts of trouble.
It now turns out that Mary Ann Glendon, the former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, will NOT speak at the Notre Dame Graduation because of the controversy. The pro-life, Harvard professor was set to receive the Laetare Medal which is the annual award given in recognition of outstanding service to the Roman Catholic church and society. …”
– Story from CBN News. (h/t Stand Firm. Photo: Harvard Law School.)
Related: ‘Secretary of state Clinton admits Obama will work to dismantle abortion laws around the world’ – from Lifesite News. (h/t Anglican Mainstream.)
April 2009 Themelios online
Posted on April 28, 2009
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The latest version of Themelios – now published by The Gospel Coalition – is available from their website.
Worth downloading and reading!
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…