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July 11, 2014
"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever." I John 2:16-17 NASB
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Update from Bishop David Anderson  Dear Friends in the Anglican Realignment, Just a little more than a week ago the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) held a historic meeting in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and all I can say is if you weren't there, I wish you could have been. Every church has issues, and if the members solved them all more would surely surface, but this new province of Global Anglicans is remarkably healthy, and I am confident that continued progress will be made in every area. One issue that the new Archbishop and Executive Council will need to address is long-term matching of available income to desired expense. Now that we are through the formative period of the ACNA, ways will need to be found to streamline and economize where possible and to build more consistent means of funding. If this isn't attended to, fundraising fatigue will begin to set in. Many questions are being asked in light of a new Archbishop's election, such as, will the ACNA offices move or stay in the same place in Ambridge, PA? At this point in the transition period it is too soon to tell. Five years ago it was clear that the support staff needed to be located near the Archbishop. It is too early to know if the new Archbishop will feel the same way. Phone, fax, text messaging, email and other electronic communication make a virtual office possible, but there is no final substitute for face to face time. This will over time be worked out. The new Archbishop, now the Most Reverend Dr. Foley Beach, is well known to many of us in the greater Atlanta area, as he is a product of this area, and at one time was the youth minister at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta under its Dean at the time, David Collins+.... Read more.
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Why "Good Disagreement" and "Conversational Ecclesiology" are neither good nor missional  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, friends of the Anglican realignment everywhere, Today I write to commend three resources to you in support of the proposition that we will do well as followers of Jesus Christ not to fall into the trap of endless conversations about human sexuality and the Bible which end in accommodating culture over Biblical content. At the very best, such processes divert the Church from proclaiming with clarity and certainty the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his saving, transforming love for all people, everywhere and at all times. At worst, such processes give access to false teachers to lead God's people astray. False teachers also lead those who do not yet know Christ to eternal separation from God. Finally, such processes divert the time, talent and treasure of God's people from the fulfillment of Christ's Great Commission. Remember the famous "Decade of Evangelism" of The Episcopal Church USA? Remember how it was utterly eclipsed by "conversational ecclesiology" and "good disagreement" over gay rights, same sex blessings and ordinations/consecrations of leaders (clergy and bishops) in same sex relationships? There is a lesson and a warning here for The Church of England (CofE) and the rest of the Churches in the Anglican Communion.... Read more.
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Article 11: On the Justification of Man
In this week's Anglican Perspective, Canon Ashey asks us how we know we are "right with God." He then looks at what Article XI of the 39 Articles of Religion says  about this and what the Bible ultimately says.
XI. Of the Justification of Man.
We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by Faith only, is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification.
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Lectures in Contemporary Anglicanism GAFCONBy Charles Raven The transcripts of Charles Raven's series of three lectures delivered in May at George Whitefield College, Cape Town, South Africa are now available. They provide a thoughtful perspective on the struggle experienced in the Church of England and the Anglican Communion since the Lambeth Conference of 1998. Summary of Lecture 1: Since the Lambeth Conference of 1998, there have been two basic reactions to radical revisionism in the West. The theological response, focused by GAFCON, is recovering the confessing Anglicanism of our Reformation title deeds, whereas the Lambeth based 'Instruments of Unity' have succumbed to the pragmatic attraction of an illusory middle ground where biblical truth is relativized to culture.... Read more here.
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England: Swing voters say they will now back women bishops
Church Times
July 4, 2014
By Madeleine Davies
The pivotal votes of a small number of members of the General Synod who helped to defeat the women-bishops Measure in November 2012 have swung to the Yes camp.
The earlier Measure was lost by six votes in the House of Laity. Instrumental to the defeat were a handful of members who, despite being in favour of the consecration of women as bishops, voted against the Measure, prompted by a concern that it did not offer enough provision for those who were opposed on principle.
Five of these members told the Church Times this week that they now planned to vote in favour....
Read more here.
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A Pastoral Letter from Bishop Lawrence [SC] Regarding Upcoming Trial Diocese of South Carolina July 6, 2014 Bishop Lawrence requested that the following letter be read aloud in congregations across the Diocese of South Carolina on Sunday, July 6, 2014.  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Grace and Peace to you from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ. I Corinthians 1:3 I write on the eve of the upcoming trial between the Diocese of South Carolina and The Episcopal Church scheduled, God-willing, to take place in St. George, SC from July 8 - 18, 2014 and under the jurisdiction of the Honorable Diane S. Goodstein. Much work by our legal team under the leadership of Mr. Alan Runyan has already been done. The staff and members from many of our parishes, as well as the diocesan staff, have logged countless hours in the detail work of discovery. Much prayer has been invested by our clergy, vestries, intercessors, and the rank and file members of our congregations. For all of this I am profoundly grateful.... Read more here.
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Colorado judge overrules the people in deeming gay 'marriage' ban unconstitutional
LifeSiteNews
July 10, 2014
By Dustin Siggins
A Colorado judge has acknowledged that the Supreme Court is likely to be the final decision maker on whether same-sex "marriage" is part of equal rights in America, even as he overturned state law on the matter.
On Wednesday, District Court Judge C. Scott Crabtree overturned Colorado's state amendment which had preserved the definition of marriage. In the decision, Crabtree decried the position of same-sex 'marriage' opponents, saying that the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees equal protection under the law.
However, Crabtree noted that Utah is challenging the decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that Utah's state amendment is also unconstitutional. With the 10th Circuit Court being a higher court than his district one, and the possibility of a Supreme Court decision on the Utah case expected, Crabtree placed a "stay" on his own decision. This allows Colorado's homosexual 'marriage' ban to stay in effect until a higher court makes a ruling....
Read more here.
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