I don’t do Lent, and I forgot to eat pancakes on Tuesday. The problem with the church year is that, without biblical warrant, it compartmentalises dimensions of new covenant spiritual life that are meant to be lived out simultaneously. For instance, these two reflections on ‘Ash Wednesday’ are helpful, no matter what time of year …
Phillip Jensen offers a some observations about Samuel Marsden, New South Wales’ second colonial Christian chaplain. To say that Marsden has been a controversial figure in historical evaluation is an understatement. His additional role in the judiciary saw him given the title of the ‘Flogging Parson’. For a time, history recorded something of a disparity …
Tim Keller identifies ‘The Big Issues Facing The Western Church’ at the Redeemer City To City Blog. Here are his five headlines. 1. The opportunity for extensive culture-making in the U.S. [relevant in Australia, as well] 2. The rise of Islam. 3. The new non-western Global Christianity. 4. The growing cultural remoteness of the gospel. …
Albert Mohler provides commentary on the “Religious and Demographic Profile of Presbyterians, 2008”, published by the Presbyterian Panel, a research group that serves the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) [PCUSA] in a post entitled ‘Vanishing Christianity — A Lesson from the Presbyterians’.” Here’s a link to a pdf of the report itself: Religious and Demographic Profile of …
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