13 common objections to the proposed internet filter

There is some interesting discussion happening on an article on the Aust. Gov internet filter over at Communicate Jesus: 13 common objections to the proposed internet filter | Communicate Jesus

Scraps of Thoughts on Daily Prayer

Tim Keller's Bible reading and prayer routines... Scraps of Thoughts on Daily Prayer – The Gospel Coalition Blog

Just Do Something in Church

I have listened to the whole Next2010 conference and it is worth a listen. Here are some tips from DeYoungs talk on the church. Just Do Something:

To close out his Next 2010 conference message, “The Church,” Kevin DeYoung gave a list of suggestions for how to be a difference maker in the local church

'Back to Church Sunday' 29th August 2010

Last year Canberra did this while Sydney didn't as they had connect 09. I wonder if by moving the dates Sydney will also jump on board. Come as you are: Invite a friend to 'Back to Church Sunday' 29th August 2010: 6 WEEKS TO GO - Anglican Diocese Canberra & Goulburn:

Every parish in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn is being encouraged to take part in Back to Church Sunday this year, on August 29.

2011 National Conference - The Gospel Coalition

Details of the 2011 National Conference by the The Gospel Coalition is now up. There seems to be stacks of workshops. Including a Trellis and the Vine one...

Bishop of Montreal approves same-sex blessing liturgy

A new liturgy for same-sex weddings for the Anglican church: Bishop of Montreal approves same-sex blessing liturgy

Was it also the Anglican Church in Canada that removed J.I Packer from their flock?

One of the best ways for a pastor to gain evangelistic opportunities?

Its a little morbid, but offering your services as a minister to funeral homes is an evangelistic opportunity: What is one of the best ways for a pastor to gain evangelistic opportunities?

What is the Gospel? — Available free on Kindle

New book by Greg Gilbert: What is the Gospel? — Available free on Kindle. Thats not a bad price. It seems you can also download a kindle app for your PC.

WorldNetDaily Supports Atheist Billboard Vandalism

Friendly Atheist responds to My kind of vandals over a billboard that was vandalized WorldNetDaily Supports Atheist Billboard Vandalism

You don’t have a right not to be offended. Go ahead. Put up your own billboard (with your own money). It can say whatever you’d like. We might poke fun at it, or write about how dishonest or misguided it might be, or put up our own billboard in response.

But I can’t think of any atheists who would even think to vandalize it. We support freedom of speech, including speech that we dislike.

If a Christian group would like to respond to this tripe in a positive way, they could always pay for a new atheist billboard. It would suggest: “We may disagree with your beliefs, but we defend your right to believe them. And Satterfield does not represent the true meaning of Christianity.”

Yeah, I’m not holding my breath for that…

Online Bible updates

My ESV study bible account was updated over night. It now has a different interface and allows searching through their notes and resources (as well as the bible): ESV Bible Blog - Introducing the New ESV Online!

YouVersion is also Celebrating Two Billion Minutes of users time on their site and have updated their menus and improved their mobile device apps.

Kevin DeYoung on Complemegalitarianism

Kevin DeYoung has posted a three part series on his complemegalitarian position as a response to what John Stott thinks. He chose Stott as he is very much not a straw man when it comes to understanding biblical texts.

Go Big or Go Home: Why Complemegalitarian Doesn’t Work (1)
Go Big or Go Home: Why Complemegalitarian Doesn’t Work (2)
Go Big or Go Home: Why Complemegalitarianism Doesn’t Work (3)

Also 9marks have release another eJurnal on the issue of women and complemegalitarianism (link also from DeYoungs blog):
New 9Marks eJournal: Pastoring Women

New atheists embody the very things they hate - PAUL PRATHER - Kentucky.com

This story made it to the front page of digg and at the moment has 2017 diggs and 1356 comments.

New atheists embody the very things they hate - PAUL PRATHER - Kentucky.com

I'm equally intrigued by the online comments that follow every news story online about religion; the responses seem to come disproportionately from readers who jeer at all references to God or piety.

Only 2 percent of U.S. adults are atheists, the Trinity study found. Still, by another estimate I saw, that's three times the percentage of avowed atheists 20 years ago.

My objection to the new atheists isn't that they're atheists. It's that they strike me as hypocrites...

I wish these atheists would venture, say, into a seminary library.

If the new atheists are as bright as they claim, they ought not imitate the worst traits of the very people they consider their inferiors.

Reformed Evangelical Anglican Library : Anglican Church League, Sydney, Australia

The Anglican Church is building a library and remembering where it has come from: Reformed Evangelical Anglican Library:

By constitution the Church of England is a Reformed, Protestant, and Evangelical denomination. In its original foundation it was never intended to be merely the religious expression of changing English culture; nor was it designed as a pluralistic melting pot of various contradictory persuasions

When Feminism Kills — Abortion As ‘The Lesser Evil’

When Feminism Kills — Abortion As ‘The Lesser Evil’:

“If you are willing to die for a cause, you must be prepared to kill for it, too.” That statement, published for all the world to see, perfectly distills the inescapable logic of the abortion right argument. It is based on a willingness to kill — and on the horrifying audacity to call this killing “the lesser evil.”

Crossway ESV Bible Atlas

Whats the difference between a Bible Atlas and an ESV Bible Atlas? I have no idea, but you can see the first 45 pages here: Crossway ESV Bible Atlas

For Bible maps I use http://www.biblemap.org/ it uses Google Maps and the ESV or KJV