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Rev DanGafcon Rebukes Welby & De Facto Province Becomes A Reality!Gafcon has issued a stern rebuke to Justin Welby - The De Facto Province gathers pace after Welby's recent comments - Church heating debacle and net zero - King Charles on the CofE and much more on Rev Dan's Round-Up. Engage with me - https://lm.fm/mylinks Support me - https://lm.fm/substack Email: revdan@btrministries.org ESV Bible Study Bible - I have used this for years, it is excellent. UK - https://amzn.to/3Q7Sqly US - https://amzn.to/3i5Qeym 2024-11-0144 min
The Industrial Talk Podcast NetworkJohn Turner with Gafcon Digital
Scott MacKenzie hosts John Turner, CEO of Gafcon Digital, to discuss the application of digital twins in data centers and the construction industry. Turner emphasizes the inefficiencies in current construction processes due to silos and the need for a digital building lifecycle. He highlights the importance of digitizing construction through BIM and integrating data from various sources like reality capture. Turner explains the benefits of a digital twin, including predictability in safety, cost, and schedule, and mentions that buildings consume 41% of the energy in the US. He advocates for a transformational approach to organizational change management to achieve these efficiencies.
2024-10-0237 min
Global Anglican Podcast#1 Archbishop Mbanda - A Call to Unity: The Role of Gafcon’s Jerusalem Declaration (Part 1)In this inaugural podcast episode, Archbishop Laurent Mbanda, Chairman of the Gafcon Primates Council, shares his heart for Gafcon and the Jerusalem Declaration. Listen to how this statement continues to rally the worldwide church towards unity in biblically orthodox mission.
2024-03-0120 min
Premier Christian NewscastGafcon in Kigali: A struggle for the future of AnglicanismLast month, the Rwandan capital of Kigali was the unlikely host of a gathering which will shape the future of the world’s third-largest Christian denomination – the Anglican Communion. Hundreds of conservative and evangelical delegates from across the world met in Kigali under the banner of Gafcon – the Global Anglican Future Conference. And there, they put a bomb under longstanding Anglican structures by declaring they would not accept Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the closest thing Anglicanism has to a pope, as their leader. Fired up by fury at how the mother church of Anglicanism – the Church of Engla...2023-05-2934 min
Anglican PerspectiveGafcon Kigali: God at Work in UgandaCanon Phil interviews the Rev. Cn. Dr. Alison Barfoot, the Archbishop of Uganda’s Assistant for International Relations and Director of Communications. They discuss the work of God in Uganda through partnership with both Gafcon and the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches, as well as her thoughts on Gafcon Kigali and the ministry happening here today.2023-04-2025 minAnglican PerspectiveSpecial Edition: Gafcon Kigali 2023Canon Mark speaks with the Very Rev. Andrew Rowell, Trustee of the American Anglican Council, from Gafcon Kigali in Rwanda. They talk about what they've been seeing on the ground, the first couple days of the conference, and their hope for the future of Gafcon and the Global Anglican Communion.2023-04-1919 min
Living Through the Word042: Bishop Bill Love (courtesy of GAFCON and Everyday Global Anglicans)Bishop Dobbs sat down and interviewed Bishop Love at the Billy Graham Retreat Center during the 2021 ACNA Provincial Assembly.
To see a full video of the interview please visit: https://www.gafcon.org/news/bishop-julian-dobbs-interviews-bishop-william-love
This audio was also run on the GAFCON podcast Everyday Global Anglicans. Search for this podcast on your player of choice and make sure you subscribe to it!
A special thanks goes out to Mr. Ernie Didot and the spectacular GAFCON communications team for recording and producing this interview.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gafcons-everyday-global-anglicans/id15435081652021-07-2719 min
Gafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJune 1 - 1. OUR SPIRITUAL POSSESSIONS IN CHRIST - EPH 1:4-14Minister: Rev. Evans Omollo - Assistant Provost at All Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi
It is our great pleasure at All Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi team to be part of those sharing reflections this month in the run up to the celebration of Gafcon Sunday on 27th June 2021. In our series this week, I intend to take us through a journey of the book of Ephesians with a view of helping us discover three things; namely, our rich possessions in Jesus Christ, our unique positioning as believers in Jesus Christ and our divine spiritual responsibilities as God's ambassadors. We state...2021-06-0105 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 28: All Heaven Is of God.What makes heaven, heaven? What makes the new creation really new? Is it that there is no pain? Or that it is a place where we will be reunited with those we love who have died in the faith, such that all will be well in ‘the sweet by and by’? Whilst not denying any of those things, surely what makes heaven, heaven, and the new creation new, is that God is there and we have unlimited access to him. At the present time we walk by faith, loving Jesus whom we can’t see (1 Peter 1:8-9), but there we shal...2021-04-2805 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 27: Peace at lastIf asked to describe their idea of heaven, the word many people would use would be, ‘boring’. George Bernard Shaw, in his typically pugnacious way, captured what most people think when he said: ‘Heaven as conventionally conceived as a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable that nobody would venture to describe a whole day in heaven, though plenty of people have described a day at the seaside.’ Sadly Christians can all too easily feel brow beaten by such taunts. The Book of Revelation, however, would have us think of heaven and the new world differently.2021-04-2704 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 26: Eden surpassed‘Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his...2021-04-2605 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 23: The New Creation is Trinity Shaped‘Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.’ (21:1-2)
In the final book of his classic, ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ entitled, The Last Battle, C.S. Lewis has the Pevensie children, together with their cousin Eustice, trying to take in the new creation. As they do so they find themselves discussing how much it is like and...2021-04-2305 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 21: The Spirit Brings God to us‘And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.’ (Revelation 5:6)
We have already drawn attention to the meaning of the horns symbolising strength and power, in this case seven horns signifying perfect power. The eyes denote Jesus’ all seeing capacity; note again the number seven, his knowledge is perfect and complete. The question then arises: How is this perfect power and knowledge of Jes...2021-04-2105 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 20: The Spirit brings us to Jesus‘He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.’ (Jn. 16:14).
The main focus throughout the Book of Revelation inspired by the sevenfold Spirit is on the Lord Jesus himself. The Spirit’s primary work is to get God’s people to fix their hearts and minds upon Christ. Hence, we have these magnificent, awe-inspiring introductions to the churches, ‘These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands’; ‘These are the words of him who is the fir...2021-04-2004 min
Gafcon's Everyday Global Anglicans#10 - Archbishop Miguel Uchoa: The Surfing ArchbishopIn this interview, ++Miguel Uchoa, the Gafcon Primate from Recife, Brazil, talks about his testimony, how God is at work in his province, the challenges his Province is facing, and how we can be praying for him. As a Primate, he has a relational focus on people in sharing the word and building up his leaders in Christ. We learn, that as a wise Archbishop, he is careful NOT to go surfing on the beaches in his hometown of Recife due to shark attacks, but that as a lifelong surfer, he finds other beaches nearby to pursue his pastime.2021-04-1920 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 19: Listen to what the Spirit is sayingThe late British Anglican theologian John Webster once wrote: ‘The gospel’s God is eloquent: He does not remain locked in silence, but speaks.’ This is one of the primary roles of the sevenfold Spirit-to speak eloquently to his world.
The apostle John is in exile on the isle of Patmos far removed from the presence of the ascended Christ who is bodily in heaven. However, he is somehow caught up to heaven by the Holy Spirit. Four times John says he was carried away ‘in the Spirit’. To speak of being ‘in the Spirit’ is a way of saying...2021-04-1905 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 16: The Go-Between GodFrom what we have had the privilege of seeing so far with John as we have glimpsed the throne room which lies at the heart of the universe, we might be excused for thinking that God is rather distant and remote. After all, God is presented as the One who occupies the throne and so making his dwelling place in heaven, not on earth (chapter 4). Jesus the Lamb is certainly victorious through his death on the cross, but he too now shares his Father’s throne in glory (chapter 5). Therefore, if God is in heaven and we are on ea...2021-04-1605 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 15: Behold the Lamb who takes away the sin of the worldThe moment the Lamb takes the scroll to enact God’s will there is spontaneous and unsolicited worship, 5:8ff: ‘…the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our G...2021-04-1505 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 14: The Lion who is the LambThe Lion who is the Lamb
God has to deal with the fundamental cause of the rot in his world, which is sin. As the Puritan, Richard Sibbes wrote, ‘Sin defiles our souls and takes away the sweet communion with God. It puts a sting in all our troubles, grieves the Spirit of God and does more harm that everything else in the world – nothing hurts us but sin, because nothing but sin separates us from God.’ This vision, and especially that of the ‘bloodied Lamb’, should bring home to us the seriousness of sin in the light of t...2021-04-1405 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 13: The Victorious LambRevelation 5
‘Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the centre of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[a] of God sent out into all the earth.’ (5:6)
There are two things to note in particular with regards the Lamb.
First, it is a sacrificial lamb (‘looking as if it had been slain’), like the ones used during the Exodus to ensure that the Angel of Death passed over God’s people...2021-04-1305 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 12: The Divine ProvisionRevelation 5
It is the voice of one of the elders (the higher order of angels) which provides the reassuring answer to the angelic cry for one to put into effect the will of God, ‘And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”’ (5:5).
John being familiar with his Old Testament would have immediately known who the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, was. Genesis 49:9 speaks o...2021-04-1204 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 9: The Drama of DespairBishop Festo Kivengere of Uganda was known as the ‘Billy Graham of Africa’. He once said: ‘Please don’t be shocked if you hear that there is a revolution in Burundi, Uganda or Zaire. This is Africa! It’s nothing when young countries get revolution. They are going to get some more. But that doesn’t mean that the Man of Galilee has vacated the throne! Christianity has never been scared of a revolution. Satan can roar like a lion, but he has no authority to shake the throne on which Jesus is sitting.’ The apostle John would have agreed wholehe...2021-04-0905 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 8: The Worship of God‘And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.’ (4:6b-7)
Often ancient thrones were constructed so they looked as if they rested on creatures. For example, King Solomon had lions’ heads protruding from his throne (1 Kings 10:20), and we see something like that here. These creatures, however, have characteristics of the highest order o...2021-04-0805 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 7: The Transcendence of GodThe awe-inspiring transcendence of God is depicted by the following images, ‘From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.’ (4:5-6)
First, there is the lightning and the thunder. In the days before the nuclear bomb what would have been the most powerful, destructive force the ancients could have referred to? The answer: a thunderstorm, the dark, wild, booming electrical storms whic...2021-04-0705 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 6: The Holiness of GodThe Bible never defines holiness as such, especially when applied to God; rather, it is a term which in many respects signifies the otherness of God, the Godness of God if you will - how he is so utterly and wholly unlike us in his divine attributes. It speaks of the uniqueness of his being. It is a term often associated with the radiance of God (Shekinah) which far outshines anything we could imagine. It is sometimes linked to ‘glory’, the weight of God (kabod), which outweighs the entire cosmos. The absolute, transcendent, otherness of God - his holiness - is...2021-04-0604 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 5: The Supremacy of God‘After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.’ (4:1-3)
God is never described as such, because, apart from the fact...2021-04-0505 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 2: There is a ThroneAfter the unimaginable slaughter of the First World War, W. B. Yeats wrote a poem entitled, ‘The Second Coming’ which began: ‘Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.’
That appears to be an accurate description of our world. When there is no centre to hold things together, things simply fall apart. They fall apart in a country if there is no effective government. They fall apart in a family if there are no parents. They fall apart in an individual if there is no centre o...2021-04-0205 min
Gafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalApril 1: A Heavenly Encounter of the Divine KindThe Book of Revelation is one of the most richly pastorally orientated books in the Bible. Rather than a letter to confound Christians, it is a prophecy designed to comfort them.
Immediately at the outset we encounter the one true God who exists within his own being in the eternally free, joyful fellowship of love between Father, Son and Holy Spirit.2021-04-0104 minGafcon's Everyday Global Anglicans#9 Melvin Tinker Interview: Delighting in the Triune God found RevelationsThe book of Revelation can sometimes seem vague and mysterious: what does the symbolism mean; what does the reference to certain numbers of things mean; and how does this speak to the end times?
During the month of April 2021, author and retired vicar, Melvin Tinker, dives into Revelations speaking most directly to how the book demonstrates a vision of the triune glory of God. In times of fear, doubt, and turbulence, a fresh understanding of who God is and who is truly in control can be incredibly heartening and comforting.
2021-03-3034 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 31 - Psalm 8 – Is this where it ends?We have spent this month reflecting on the importance Scripture places on investing in the next generation, on discipling our children and youth. We have followed salvation history from Genesis 1 through the Old Testament, the gospels and the rest of the New Testament. And we conclude our reflective journey today in Psalm 8. Psalm 8? Is this where it ends? Surely, we should conclude in John’s Revelation of the new heavens and the new earth! Come with me to Psalm 8, a psalm of lofty praise amid dark valleys of lament and pain to see why our journey ends here.
The L...2021-03-3005 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 30 - Titus 2: Teach, Urge, and EncourageIt might seem like an unlikely contestant in the fight for favourite Bible passages, but Titus 2 is one of my favourite chapters in the Bible. There are two things I love about it: the image of intergenerational discipleship and the challenge of ‘Who am I?’.
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon Craig Roberts, CEO, and his colleagues from Anglican Youthworks in Australia. Today’s devotion was written by Kate Haggar. You can find more of Youthworks excellent resources here.2021-03-2904 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 29 - 1 Timothy and Titus 2: Gathering Across GenerationsWhile welcoming a new family into our church, the conversation turned to why they were seeking a move from their previous congregation. I knew this other church to be led by a great team who were faithful in their preaching and strove towards developing a Christ-centred culture in their community. Why would this family want to leave?
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon Craig Roberts, CEO, and his colleagues from Anglican Youthworks in Australia. Today’s devotion was written by Tim Beilharz. You can find more of Yo...2021-03-2804 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 26 - Ephesians 6: The Young are the Church NowIn this passage we see Paul address the responsibilities, in the light of the gospel, of children and fathers. He has previously urged the Ephesian readers to “live as children of light” (5:8) and “be filled with the Spirit” (5:18). The implications of these exhortations are explored in relational terms as Paul teaches wives and husbands, children and fathers, slaves and masters. While not a comprehensive picture, the overall impression is given that there is no relationship that we are involved in that the gospel does not touch.
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 20...2021-03-2504 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 25 - 1 Corinthians 13: From Immaturity, Growing In loveMy youngest son often declares that he loves me much more than I love him. Sometimes we joke about it, comparing the extravagant extent of our love. Other times I let it go with a smile at his immature grasp of how great a parent’s love for their child is.
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon Craig Roberts, CEO, and his colleagues from Anglican Youthworks in Australia. Today’s devotion was written by Annemarie Rivers. You can find more of Youthworks excellent resources here.2021-03-2404 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 24 - Acts 2: My Spirit On All PeopleIt is startling when something you expect to be restricted to an exclusive few, is made available to the many. Imagine a celebrity wedding banquet where children are suddenly invited, or an expensive concert that becomes free for everyone. The shock can be overwhelming. “Can I really go? Is this really for me?”. This was the reaction many people had when meeting Jesus.
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon Craig Roberts, CEO, and his colleagues from Anglican Youthworks in Australia. Today’s devotion was written by Ed Spring...2021-03-2305 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 23 - Matthew 18: Learning From ChildrenFrom the moment of birth, we are on a journey towards independence and self-reliance. We celebrate milestones of independence like learning to walk, learning to talk, and learning to drive. Now we can move ourselves, communicate by ourselves, travel by ourselves. We measure our worth—our greatness—by our capacity to do things without help, whether solving a problem, earning a living, or moving something heavy.
And while the journey towards independence and self-reliance is an important part of adult maturity, is it a helpful model for spiritual maturity?
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional seri...2021-03-2204 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 22 - Mark 10: Receive the Kingdom of God Like a ChildAt this point in Mark, the central turning point has already been reached when Jesus announced his forthcoming death and the way of discipleship (Mark 8:31-38). The way of Christian discipleship is the way of the cross:
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.” – Mark 8:34-35
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon C...2021-03-2104 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 19 - Luke 15: Devotion to the Father’s BusinessThis is a special passage because we know so little about Jesus’ life before the age of 30. It reminds us of the miracle of the incarnation, that he was truly a human being as well as truly God.
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon Craig Roberts, CEO, and his colleagues from Anglican Youthworks in Australia. Today’s devotion was written by Ruth Lukabyo. You can find more of Youthworks excellent resources here.2021-03-1804 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 18 - Psalm 139: Delight In Being KnownMost children I know love the game of hide-and-eek. My own children love finding places to hide in our apartment, or love returning to spots that they have worked out to stump each other. The joy in the game is not just the hiding, nor the seeking, but in the anticipation of being found. Children want to play the game because they want to be discovered. They delight in finding a good spot to sit and wait, but they delight even more in being sought after by whichever sibling, parent, or friend they have pulled into their game.
2021-03-1705 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 17 - Psalm 127: A Legacy Worth LeavingHave you ever pondered what legacy you might leave behind you?
Most of us are likely too rushed to indulge such grandiose questions. However, in Psalm 127 it is a question that Solomon, son of King David, was pondering.
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon Craig Roberts, CEO, and his colleagues from Anglican Youthworks in Australia. Today’s devotion was written by Janet Simpson. You can find more of Youthworks excellent resources here.2021-03-1604 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 16 - Psalm 78: Passing On the Story of God for the Next GenerationPsalm 78 is the second longest Psalm in the Psalter and opens with a prophetic call to listen as the speaker opens their mouth in a parable. The word translated parable here has the sense of a hidden truth; something that might not be immediately obvious and which will require thought and concentration. We are being encouraged to pay attention!
The parable is the story of God’s dealings with his people and starts in verse 9. But before that, the writer tells us why we should listen and why they are recounting this long story.
The Li...2021-03-1504 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 15 - Isaiah 43: Spiritual Parents for the YoungWhen faced with turbulent times and struggles in life, most of us, in our heart of hearts, yearn for a father to set things right for us. One who will comfort, guide, protect, and teach us, who will never abandon us and never cease to pursue relationship with his children. A father who will go to any length and pay any price to ensure that we are safe from harm.
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon Craig Roberts, CEO, and his colleagues from Anglican Youthworks in Australia...2021-03-1404 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 12 - Hosea 11: The Persistence of HoseaThe book of Hosea is known for its confronting portrayal of Israel’s idolatry as spiritual adultery. The prophet Hosea’s words—and his own marriage—show that the relationship of God and Israel was in dire straits. The people of God had become ‘worldly’ as they conformed to the nations around them. They sought success and prosperity through the idolatrous worship of their neighbours’ gods. The prophet Hosea declared that such conduct was no trivial matter and was grounds for “divorce” (or exile).
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon...2021-03-1104 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 10 - 1 Samuel 17: A Boy Wins A Great VictoryThe story of David and Goliath is a Sunday School favourite. There is a problem (verse 1), a villain (verse 4) and an unlikely hero (verse 32) who wins the day (verse 50). We know the story of God’s people being under attack from the Philistines; taunted by a giant champion in Goliath; the boy, David, shrugging off King Saul’s armour because it was too big and heavy for him; David selecting five smooth stones from a stream and successfully confronting Goliath with nothing more than an unswerving confidence in the name of the Lord Almighty.
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for...2021-03-0904 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 9 - Deuteronomy 5: Honoring Parents, Honoring GodAccording to God’s law, children’s relationship with their parents was inextricably linked to God’s kingdom promises, and even to their own personal welfare. Honouring one’s parents was meant to be a way to sustain the good life of God’s people in God’s place under God’s rule. Disobedience and dishonour was an evil that would lead to the fall of the nation (Deuteronomy 28:15ff).
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon Craig Roberts, CEO, and his colleagues from Anglican Youthworks in Australia. Today’s devoti...2021-03-0805 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 8 - Joshua 4: Stones For RememberingWhen was the last time you forgot something? It might have been yesterday; it might have been five minutes ago. For most people, it will be recently! We have alarms, calendars, and diaries because we forget little things daily.
Sadly, we tend to forget big and significant things as well. This is why we have monuments to commemorate times of tragedy and war, national days of remembrance, and songs and poems which lead us to reflect on momentous events that impacted generations before us. In Australia, a phrase featured on many of our war memorials captures why...2021-03-0704 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 4 - Genesis 25-26: A Promise of BlessingThe story of Jacob and Esau is really the story of God’s prerogative to bless those whom he chooses to bless. Right from the very beginning of Genesis we hear the words of blessing from God to his creatures, first the airborne and sea creatures (Genesis 1:22), and then to his privileged image-bearers (Genesis 1:28). And God continues to bless humankind even after the Fall, after the Flood, and notably, after Babel, God makes a very particular and astounding blessing to Abram (Genesis 12:1-3). It is a blessing by God’s choice, on God’s terms, and guaranteed through God’s power...2021-03-0304 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 11 - 2 Chronicles 34: God Entrusted an Eight Year OldWhen I was eight years old, I felt very special. My grandfather entrusted his utility (name of a pickup truck in Australia) to me when he taught me how to drive it on his farm. I thought it was fantastic. My friends were so jealous.
When Josiah was eight years old, he would have felt very special, because God entrusted him with his whole plan to save the world when he made him King of Judah (2 Chronicles 34:1).
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon Craig Roberts, C...2021-03-0304 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 3 - Genesis 21: A Promise-Making, Promise-Keeping GodWhen the curtain goes up at the start of a play or musical, the audience sees a background which immediately gives context for the action that is about to unfold. Most often, there is a problem that needs solving and so we are looking for a hero.
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Rev Craig Roberts, CEO of Anglican Youthworks in Australia and his colleagues. Today’s devotion was written by Craig who is also the leader of Gafcon's Youth and Children Network.2021-03-0204 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 2 - Genesis 3: Where Do We Find Our Identity?The question of personal identity is one of the most significant questions of our time. Young people are surrounded by messages telling them that being authentic to their identity—who they are and what they desire—is the only way to live a fulfilling and satisfying life.
The Lift Up Your Hearts devotional series for the month of March 2021 are provided by Canon Craig Roberts, CEO, and his colleagues from Anglican Youthworks in Australia. Today’s devotion was written by Kate Haggar.2021-03-0103 minGafcon's Everyday Global Anglicans#8 Canon Craig Roberts on Intergenerational DiscipleshipCanon Craig Roberts is the Network Leader for the Youth and Children Ministry at Gafcon. He is also the CEO of Anglican Youthworks which has a vision, “To see an effective youth and children's ministry in every church”. Its mission is “to support the work of the gospel in churches and schools to present children, youth and families mature in Christ.” Craig has contributed and helped curate devotional content from his colleagues at Anglican Youthworks for the Lift Up Your Hearts Devotionals in the month of March.
In this podcast we talk with Craig about:
The Lift...2021-03-0132 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalMarch 1 - Genesis 1: Intergenerational DiscipleshipIt's right there, in the beginning, implicit in God’s second Day Six creative speech. Intergenerational discipleship. Each generation passing on to the next the imperative to produce men and women who might grow into a relationship with God. That theme will be our guide through the Scriptures this month, starting here on the first page of the Bible we will follow some key contours of salvation history to see how we are called to intentionally invest not just in our own relationship with God, but to nurture a saving relationship in him in the generations that come after us...2021-02-2804 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 26 - We Can Observe Lent Because We Can Celebrate EasterWhile for many this season is marked by near worldwide political upheaval, a still stifling pandemic, and untold economic stress, for Christians it’s still the season of Lent; a time in which we remember the suffering of Jesus. As my Bishop Philip Jones says, “the church doesn’t go through time, time goes through the church.” There’s never been a moment in which the relevance of Lent has been more obvious.
As Jesus suffered—in the garden, on the cross, in the grave—He confronted that fear behind all others, death. We see in His passion more t...2021-02-2503 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 25 - Evangelism is for New Christians, Too!How long after becoming a Christian should one wait before sharing their faith? Three years? Four? The disciple Philip waited only two verses! In John 1:43 Philip becomes a follower of Christ. In verse 45, he’s found sharing the gospel with Nathanael!
Then as now, sharing the gospel was met with skepticism. Nathanael’s doubt revolved around Jesus’ hometown, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” While Nathanael’s question may seem straightforward, it’s more complex than it first appears. This is typically the case in evangelistic encounters.2021-02-2405 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 24 - Living with Unity and DiscernmentIn 1 Chron. 10: 13-14, we see that David is the rightful ruler of God’s people, but his reign isn’t yet recognized by everyone. We noted in yesterday’s devotional that this is the already/not yet position believers find themselves in today—Christ’s kingdom is here, but still coming. It behooves us, then, to observe of how the Israelites handled their “in-between” time. Today, we’ll take note of the fact that the people live unworried and with understanding.2021-02-2304 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 23 - A Spirit of UnityYesterday, we took note of the fact that believers live in the already/not yet of Christ’s Kingdom. His reign has been inaugurated, but not consummated. This is the position God’s people found themselves in when David is anointed King, but Saul’s reign is still in effect. By seeing how they lived in today and tomorrow’s devotionals, we’ll see how we ought to live. Today, we’ll look at 1 Chron. 10: 13-14 and take note of the fact that the people live with unction and with unity.2021-02-2204 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 22 - The Already/Not Yet of the KingdomHow should citizens of a heavenly kingdom live while on Earth? In his seminal book Paul and the Faithfulness of God, N.T. Wright gestures towards that very question:
“The new creation—both the new creation and the new creation—has already been launched, and Messiah-people must learn how to live within that new world. They are ‘already in the new age.’ Equally, the final new creation is yet to come, and their behavior must look ahead to, and live in accordance with, something which is ‘not yet’ a present reality.”2021-02-2204 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 19 - God Rules Through UsIn yesterday’s devotional, we noted that God rules over all of creation, not just the “religious” parts. Today, we’re going to consider how God rules—through us.2021-02-1805 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 18 - God Rules Over Everything!Where does God rule? In asking that question, it’s easy to answer, “the church,” or “places of religious work.” But the message of Scripture says something very different. God’s rule is final, and all-encompassing. We see this from the very first pages of the Bible.2021-02-1704 minGafcon's Everyday Global Anglicans#7 Abp Foley Beach & Singer/Songrwiter Keith Getty talk about the Lenten JourneyAt the time of this recording, we were a little over a week away from the beginning of the season of Lent on Wednesday, known as Ash Wednesday, and continuing until Easter. Many Christians from around the world will be committing to the ancient practice of Lent. For that reason, we talk to Archbishop Foley and the Gettys about why it is good, as a church and Christian community to move into Lent together and what importance they have seen in following Lenten practices over the years.
During the interview, Keith refers to one of their songs, “My...2021-02-1717 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 17 - Rejoicing in God’s WordYesterday, we saw that the prophet Jeremiah ate God’s word—he consumed it. Today, we’re going to take note of the fact that, for Jerimiah, the word of God wasn’t bland. It wasn’t something to eat only for the nutritional value. It was broccoli. No, God’s word was something he savored, something in which he took delight! He tells us so in Jeremiah 16:16,
“Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of2021-02-1604 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 16 - Eating God’s WordHave you eaten God’s word, or just tasted it? The Prophet Jerimiah is one who ate God’s word, as we see in Jerimiah 15: 16,
“Your words were found, and I ate them.”
This harkens back to his finding God’s word. Jer 1:9, “Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.”2021-02-1504 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 15 - Found By GodWhen you feel lost, remember the time in which you were first found by God.
Today, many Christians feel lost. The world feels new and scary. This feeling of disorientation—personal, cultural—is nothing new for God’s people. The Prophet Jerimiah knew this feeling well. He was living in a time of cultural upheaval and societal injustice. Personally, he felt betrayed and isolated—he never married because God told him not to. Life didn’t seem fair, and he felt lost.2021-02-1404 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 12 - Is Kindness Intelligible Apart from the Gospel?Is kindness intelligible apart from the gospel?
For Fredrick Nietzsche, virtues like grace, mercy, and kindness are “merely an honorable form of stupidity.” Those who practice them simply “project their own honorable stupidity and goodness into the heart of things.” The “things” to which Nietzsche refers is the mystery of the universe - God, namely. A loving God is the work of fiction produced by the sentimental pining of a kind person. Our internal kindness simply gets reflected back onto the external world - next thing you know, there is a God willing to forgive sins.2021-02-1104 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 11 - How Should Christians Relate to Civil Authority?How should Christians relate to civil authority? We should submit to it and we should subvert it. That’s the point of Matt 22: 19-212021-02-1003 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 10 - Jesus Won’t be TrappedAll through the New Testament, people try to trap Jesus. They want to trap him because they want to control him—they want to make him safe, tame, and usable.2021-02-1004 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 9 - Trust Produces HopeHow do we respond when you get the dreaded call? Perhaps the call comes from your boss in the middle of the morning—the job we’ve relied upon for years is being taken away. Perhaps the call comes in the middle of the afternoon from our doctor—the health we’ve taken for granted for years is in jeopardy. Perhaps the call comes from our dad in the middle of the night—the sibling we’ve known and loved our whole life is fighting for their life after a car accident.
In those moments, how do we respond?2021-02-0804 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 8 - Humility Produces TrustHow do we grow in our trust of God’s plan for our lives? More to it, how do we grow in our trust of God? While we may say with our lips that we believe God is working out all things for our good, often our hearts believe something very different.2021-02-0703 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 5 - His Peoples: The Beauty and Diversity of the ChurchIn the same pews, at the church at which I’m privileged to minister, sit people of different races, ages, and political parties—all confessing their sins, singing of God's grace, and taking the Lord's Supper together. In a culture too often broken up into rival factions, what could explain such a diverse, loving community? The short answer is Jesus is King.2021-02-0503 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 4 - Family TraitsWe can spot family members because they share common characteristics. In chapter one of 1 John, the apostle identifies three traits shared by those in God’s family. John says they listen, walk, and confess.2021-02-0304 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 3 - Is Life a Gift or a Puzzle?Is life a gift to be received or a puzzle to be solved? Paul answers this question in Colossians chapter 2. What does it look like to view life as a gift?2021-02-0203 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 2 - How Can We Know the Father?How can one know God the Father? That’s the question John answers in 1 John 1:1-2.2021-02-0103 minGafcon's Everyday Global Anglicans#6 Interview with Dustin Messer - Lift Up Your Hearts Contributor for FebruaryDustin is Pastor for Faith Formation at All Saints Dallas.
He contributes in the month of February to the Gafcon, Lift Up Your Heart Devotional series. Lift Up Your Hearts Devotionals is provided by Gafcon every weekday in English, Portuguese and Spanish, along with audio recordings. You can subscribe to the devotions for free and receive them every weekday in your email. Also, you can now subscribe to the Lift Up Your Heart Devotion podcast which is the reading of the devotionals.
In the podcast, there was made reference to these articles written by...2021-02-0125 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalFebruary 1 - When to Look Inward, When to Look UpwardSin comes from our hearts and leads to ruin, while righteousness comes from God and leads to restoration. This is the message of Scripture, clearly taught in the first chapter of James. In James 1:13-14, we see the source and result of sin.
Dustin Messer is Pastor for Faith Formation at All Saints Anglican Church in Downtown Dallas, TX.2021-01-3104 minGafcon's Everyday Global Anglicans#5 Anglican work in Portuguese & Spanish? An interview with our translatorsDid you know that the Anglican church is growing in Latin American countries like Brazil and Chile?
In this interview, we are joined by Bishop Samy Morrison of the Diocese of Valparaiso, Chile, France Wood, SAM Missionary in Chile, and Juliane Uchoa, Gafcon Communications Assistant, where we learn about the considerable work of Gafcon translation into Portuguese and Spanish. We also hear about how God is at work, particularly in the countries of Chile and Brazil. 2021-01-2826 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 29 - Prayer is the Light of the SoulThe author of this homily from the fourth century is unknown, but this gem of spiritual exhortation has survived despite all odds and continues to encourage, edify and strengthen the Christian's life of prayer and our calling to live in the light of Christ and in loving union with God.2021-01-2803 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 28 - We Must Take Every Opportunity Of Repentance For Our SinsThis anonymous second-century homily is among a handful of Christian sermons that have been preserved from the very earliest days of the Christian church. It is bold in its proclamation of salvation through the passion and death of Jesus Christ, and its strong encouragement for Christians to stand firm in the faith and to live holy lives as a testimony to the power of God's saving grace and eternal forgiveness.2021-01-2703 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 27 - Let Us Acknowledge God Not Only In Words, But Also In Our LivesThis anonymous second-century homily is among a handful of Christian sermons that have been preserved from the very earliest days of the Christian church. It is bold in its proclamation of salvation through the passion and death of Jesus Christ, and its strong encouragement for Christians to stand firm in the faith and to live holy lives as a testimony to the power of God's saving grace and eternal forgiveness.2021-01-2603 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 26 - Christ the Good ShepherdI am the Good Shepherd; and I know my sheep (that is, I love them) and my sheep know me. It is as if he said plainly: "Those who love me obey me." For those who do not love the truth do not yet know it.
Gregory the Great was born around 540 to a noble Christian family in Rome. He used his skills as a talented administrator within church for the welfare of the Roman people, providing charitable relief for the poor and for refugees fleeing the barbarian incursions in Lombardy. As bishop of Rome, Gregory re-energized the...2021-01-2604 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 25 - Whoever Loves Me Will Keep My CommandmentsCharity is a right attitude of mind which prefers nothing to the knowledge of God. If a man possesses any strong attachment to the things of this earth, he cannot possess true charity. For anyone who really loves God prefers to know and experience God rather than his creatures. The whole set and longing of his mind is ever directed towards him.
Maximus the Confessor was born in Constantinople and at the age of 30, received an influential court position under emperor Heraclitus. A few years later he left civil life to become a lay monk and study t...2021-01-2503 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 22 - Love God With All Your Heart, Love Your Neighbor As YourselfThe Lord himself comes, the Teacher of love, full of love, shortening the word upon the earth, as was foretold of him. He shows that the Law and the Prophets depend on the two precepts of love.
Augustine was born in north Africa to a pagan Roman father and a Christian Berber mother. He spent his youth as a true pagan and in his Confessions, describes his time in a heretical sect in Rome and how he came to Christ by the grace of God and the preaching of Bishop Ambrose of Milan, who baptized him in 386. Hav...2021-01-2503 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 21 - A New Commandment I Give YouThe Lord Jesus declared that he was giving his disciples a new commandment, that they should love one another. A new commandment, he said, I give you, that you love one another.
Augustine was born in north Africa to a pagan Roman father and a Christian Berber mother. He spent his youth as a true pagan and in his Confessions, describes his time in a heretical sect in Rome and how he came to Christ by the grace of God and the preaching of Bishop Ambrose of Milan, who baptized him in 386. Having entered fully into the way...2021-01-2003 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 20 - Come to the Fountain of Living WaterColumbanus was an Irish missionary, who with twelve others sailed first to Scotland and then crossed over to France in 585 to begin their apostolic mission to the Franks and later to the Lombards. Wherever they went, the people were struck by their modesty, patience, and humility. Despite opposition from local authorities, Columbanus and his followers established monasteries along the way to continue their work. True to his Celtic background, Columbanus had a great love for God's creatures and was also a poet, writer and scholar.2021-01-1903 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 19, 2021 - The Living Water of the Holy SpiritCyril became Bishop of Jerusalem in 350 and is known for his systematic catchesis which he used to instruct new converts to Christianity in the essentials of the faith as part of their preparation for baptism at Easter and for further instruction on spiritual formation in the week following. Cyril's writings are filled with the loving and forgiving nature of God, the healing power of forgiveness and the companionship of the Holy Spirit.2021-01-1903 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 18, 2021- The Church in its Unity Speaks the Language of Every NationFrom a sermon by a sixth century African author.2021-01-1803 minGafcon's Lift Up Your Hearts DevotionalJanuary 15, 2021 - That You May Be Filled With All the Fullness of ChristAn anonymous fourth century homily.2021-01-1503 min
Pod Bless Us with Bishop Jack Lumanog15 - Anglican Church of Kenya's new bishop and GAFCONEpisode 14 (recorded 13 January 2021). Bishop Jack Lumanog discusses the announcement from the Anglican Church of Kenya on 12 January 2021 that they will be going to be the second Gafcon (Global Anglican Future Conference) province to consecrate a woman as a bishop. The Rev. Dr. Emily Onyango has been appointed Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Bondo in the Anglican Church of Kenya and affirmed by the Kenyan House of Bishops. What are the implications for Gafcon and member provinces with this announcement from the Anglican Church of Kenya?
It seems to me that Gafcon mostly...2021-01-1348 minGafcon's Everyday Global Anglicans#4 ANiE - A New Anglican JurisdictionBishop Andy Lines (ANiE), Senior Minister Lee McNunn (Trinity Church Scarborough, UK), and Rev Rev Philip de Grey-Warter (Fowey Anglican Church, Fowey, Cornwall, UK), discuss the newly formed jurisdiction, The Anglican Network in Europe (ANiE).2021-01-0721 minGafcon's Everyday Global Anglicans#3 Advent with John Gray, Senior Pastor of St. Paul’s Castle Hill in Sydney, AustraliaSt. Paul’s is the home of the music ministry of City Alight. City Alight is a music ministry in the church with the vision to write songs with biblically rich lyrics and simple melodies for the Christian church to sing. They write music so that average churches can play.
As Gafcon is focusing on the themes of Advent and Suffering Church at the time of this recording, we found that City Alight addressed Advent themes in their lyrics which would be heartening for the faithful around the world who might be experiencing times of despair during th...2020-12-1736 min
AnglicanTVAnglicanTV Interviews 001 - GAFCON Primates help EuropeKevin Kallsen, Rev. Rev Philip de Grey-Water, and the Rev Lee McMunn talk about new structures the GAFCON Primates have put into place to restart Anglicanism in Europe.
2020-12-1518 minGafcon's Everyday Global Anglicans#1 Advent with Author Ashley Wallace and Singer/Songwriter Wendell KimbroughWe are focusing on Advent where we learn from author, Ashley Wallace about some of the whys and whats of Advent along with some ideas for your congregation and family during this season. We also talk with singer/songwriter Wendell Kimbrough who happens to have written many songs that lend well to Advent themes.
Ashley Wallace is the author of the book, A Thrill of Hope: Celebrating Advent at Home. She is a homeschooling mom of four and the wife of Anglican priest, John Wallace. She and her family live in the panhandle of Florida, where they...2020-12-1037 min
The Construction Influencer with Nicole MillerWhat Makes A Great Leader & A Bad Leader With Gafcon's "Gaf"When there is great leadership at the helm, employees tend to be happier, more engaged with their peers and the clients, and the "P" word....more Productive. In this new episode, the CEO and Founder of Gafcon Yehudi "Gaf" Gaffen, talks about that in order to accomplish something great, you have to be able to face your fears and just do it. That's exactly what he did. Under his leadership as CEO, Gafcon has grown into a globally respected program and construction management consulting firm. Gafcon has been responsible for the success of hu...2020-12-0917 min