Al Stewart, the bishop of Wollongong in Australia, preached at St. Helen’s tonight. It was great to hear a third Al Stewart talk in two days after listening to his excellent pair of talks on hell and heaven at the London Men’s Convention yesterday.
In the interview before Al spoke, he was asked if he could explain why he and the other Sydney bishops won’t be going to the Lambeth conference later this year.
He explained that the conference was essentially a time of fellowship for bishops from across the Anglican communion, and that the Sydney bishops didn’t feel they could have fellowship with people in North America who have been persecuting Christians who are taking a stand against ordination of active homosexuals. He said that he was ‘new boy’ (approaching 50, he has been a bishop for just over a year), but was 100% behind Archbishop Peter Jensen and the other bishops’ line (statement here).
Afterwards, Stewart preached on Luke 9:51-62 (ESV):
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