The Tragedy and the Bigger Picture
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4M ago
The behaviour of the Archbishop of Canterbury in recent months has been nothing short of scandalous. Not only has he betrayed his ordination vows, as the delegates at GAFCON in Kigali earlier this year recognised, but he has recklessly pursued an agenda contrary to the Scriptures and the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ despite urgent and repeated warnings from the vast majority of Anglicans worldwide not to do so. In this he has been supported by the Archbishop of York. The Archbishop will have a higher Judge than the rank and file of the Church of England, the GAFCON and Global South movemen ..read more
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A catastrophic failure of leadership
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1y ago
Tragically overnight, the Church of England continued its headlong plunge into irrelevance. A catastrophic failure of leadership, in particular from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, led to the General Synod agreeing to allow the blessing of same-sex civil unions. The bishops of the Church of England pledged at their consecration to guard and uphold the faith, yet with their behaviour during this General Synod, despite public displays of empty piety, this is precisely what they did not do. They have shown themselves to be theologically bankrupt, pastorally inept and without both cou ..read more
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The Limitations of Lambeth
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1y ago
In less than a week's time Anglican bishops from around the world will gather for what is usually a decennial Lambeth Conference in London. This year, a sizable number of bishops will not be attending the conference in protest at what they see as departures from biblical truth and standards of behaviour by a growing number of provinces in the Anglican Communion. They hold little hope that these departures will be addressed by the conference since so many of the bishops who will be attending have promoted them or have refused to speak against them. It is important to manage our expectations as ..read more
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The Supreme Court Decision
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1y ago
Photo: ABC News No matter on which side of the abortion debate you stand, this week’s US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization is rightly viewed as monumental. For almost 50 years the precedent established by the Court’s Roe v Wade decision (1973) has stood, declaring a constitutional right to abortion in the United States. That earlier decision has been celebrated and ridiculed throughout those 50 years. The issue has become a kind of litmus test. In some places a political or legal career has seemed to depend almost entirely on whe ..read more
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The Moon is Always Round
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4y ago
In one of those wonderful gifts of God in the midst of darkness, I received a copy of Jonny Gibson's book The Moon is Always Round only a day before hearing that the New South Wales parliament had failed to protect the most vulnerable in society and had passed its Abortion Bill. Though the Bill received some significant amendments, its basic thrust remains and we have descended further into a culture of death where life has no intrinsic value, only what we decide to give it. If you want this child, that's OK. Go ahead and carry the child to full term and share your life with her or him. But if ..read more
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Further towards a culture of death?
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5y ago
Picture from Tukundane Yonna, Uganda Capital FMAnother tragic milestone in our country’s history was put in place on Thursday night as the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, by a vote of 59 to 31, passed legislation to decriminalise the late-term abortion of unborn children. The tragedy lies not just in the vote, but in the arguments put forward in support of the Bill and the reaction of politicians and other advocates once it had been passed. Of course, this was simply one more step along a road that Australia and the Western world have been travelling for some time. (The reality, thoug ..read more
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Have all our changes been good ones?
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5y ago
Getty Images/iStockphotoIf there is any group of people on the planet who should be enthusiastic about change and transformation it ought to be Christians. At the heart of the Christian message is the change brought about by the saving work of the Lord Jesus Christ. God has done all that was necessary to transfer his people from the dominion of darkness into the kingdom of his beloved Son. That's change on a massive scale. By the mighty power of his Spirit, God changes the lives of individuals as he brings them to new birth, works in them to produce genuine repentance and faith, and unites the ..read more
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