Today is Reformation Day, the anniversary of that momentous occassion when Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door of Wittenburg Church. There will, today, be reams of posts written across the Reformed blogosphere (and elsewhere, no doubt) on this subject. We'll keep banging on about how important this stuff is and others will [...]
View Post Anglican, gospel, gospel coalition, grace, jesus, justific, justification, roman catholic church, scripture, theologyWe've had a fantastic few days with James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries. He's taught at our church's weekend away, lectured at Moore College and then took part in a debate. I'll leave it to James to tell you about it. Quick Note from Sydney 10/16/2011 – James White Greetings from Sydney. Today is “debate [...]
View Post Alpha and Omega Ministries, Anglican, debate, gospel, james white, photosJust a small thought as Muriel Porter launches another attack upon Sydney Anglicanism… Muriel Porter in her latest book “Sydney Anglicans and the Threat to World Anglicanism (Ashgate Contemporary Ecclesiology)” (quote from Mark Thompson's blog): To my mind the Articles are a quaintly-worded, seriously limited summary of Anglican understandings of faith and doctrine, scarcely relevant to [...]
View Post 39 Articles, abc, Anglican, consistency, constitution, integrity, muriel porter, sydney anglicans, theological liberalism, theologyThe memorial website for John Stott is up and running. It contains many gems, not least some brilliant videos. First, from the Langham Partnership, Then this wonderful little snippet from an interview with LICC where Stott is asked how he would like to be remembered, Isn't that telling? Stott's desire for public recognition is as …an [...]
View Post Anglican, Archbishop Peter Jensen, john stott, memorial, sydney anglicans, videoRemember all that fuss in 2003 that served to catalyse much of the still-ongoing fractures in the Anglican Communion? Well hold onto your hats because the new nominee for the same post is nothing like Jeffrey John… He is the Right Reverend Andrew Proud, and is currently the area bishop of Ethiopia and the Horn [...]
View Post Andrew Proud, Anglican, Bishop of Reading, church of england, ethiopia, jeffrey john, reform, sexual ethicsGreat little article by Gerald Bray at Ligonier The first Book of Common Prayer appeared in 1549. It contained services for daily worship, both morning and evening, and forms for the administration of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, along with other ceremonies that were used less often. The services were full of biblical phrases and [...]
View Post 39 Articles, Anglican, Book of Common Prayer, gerald bray, ligonier…which is, frankly, quite appalling for someone who keeps going on about “listening”. From here, Schori’s “Word to the Church”. Here’s the bits that really grabbed my attention. The current controversy brings a desire for justice on the one hand into apparent conflict with a desire for fidelity to a strict understanding of the biblical [...]
View Post Anglican, current affairs, theologyWell, it’s with us. The clone has a good summary. Here are the direct disciplinary requirements: The House of Bishops of TEC needs to make a statement that all it’s members will unequivocally NOT authorise or allow any same-sex blessings in theit dioceses or TEC as a whole The House of Bishops of TEC needs [...]
View Post Anglican, current affairs, theologyA wonderful clip from a debate between James White and Gerry Matatics on Long Island in 1996. Here White presses Matatics to demonstrate how those things that are supposed to be part of the ‘Tradition’ were believed by the early church. Well worth watching through the end. Pay careful attention to the arguments and assumptions [...]
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