The Longing
Stuff that didn't quite make it into The Briefing
Sending a clear message
Luke Tattersall / September 2003
Well the church has made it onto the front page of the news again ... and for all the wrong reasons.
In Melbourne a few weeks ago (17/7/03) the Uniting Church of Australia voted to allow homosexual ministers. They are the first (but probably not the last) Australian church to do so.
But the issue isn't just a hot one here in Australia. Recently we have seen the appointment of Gene Robinson as Episcopal (Anglican) Bishop of New Hampshire in the USA. Robinson is a gay activist who left his wife and two children, and now lives openly with a
Assurance
JC Ryle / September 2003
Based on ’Assurance’ in Holiness by J. C. Ryle, first edition 1877.
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I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good