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Welcome to my final day of live-tweeting from #gafcon23 at Kigali Convention Centre. The land of a thousand hills is also a land of morning mists (& maybe a little wood burning smog?) and this week, morning rains. But here’s today’s dawn from out 11th floor hotel room. 
On 3 of my 5 mornings here, I’ve run a 5km circuit of the centre. Seen institute of forensics and statistics, bank head offices, also small traders, coffin shops, many small pharmacies (which will please mum & dad), endless motos, and many large bags of bananas on people’s heads!
It’s pretty much all up hill & down hill, with not much flat, & all at altitude of ~1500m. For comparison the highest point of the Blue Mountains is 1100m. So I was puffing but on the day I was on my own I was able to go at 4:49/km pace! Thanks for indulging a personal interest!
Welcome to Day 4, #Gafcon23. Each day the Bible reading has been delivered by memory by an American cathedral Dean! (Couldn’t quite get all of Colossians 3:1-17!)
Archbishop @KanishkaRaffel addresses ‘identity’ in a world where
* identity has been used to divide from the land of his heritage - 🇱🇰- through to the nation that hosts us here - 🇷🇼;
* sexuality & identity have often merged as one, and ‘male & female’ are oppressive to some.
* identity has been used to divide from the land of his heritage - 🇱🇰- through to the nation that hosts us here - 🇷🇼;
* sexuality & identity have often merged as one, and ‘male & female’ are oppressive to some.
And he asks us: we are many cultures, backgrounds, languages, style or emphasis … how can we be one?
His key verse is Colossians 3:11 - “Christ is all” - and he puts everything else into second place.
His key verse is Colossians 3:11 - “Christ is all” - and he puts everything else into second place.
#gafcon23 Day 3 started with one of the great hymns, and here’s a sample… I reckon we sung the chorus another dozen times too. How Great Thou Art, God, How Great Thou Art!
Today’s keynote sermon - Colossians 1:28-2:23 - is delivered by James Wong, Archbishop of the Indian Ocean, on the 40th anniversary - to the day - of his ordination.
Archbishop Wong notes that the Colossians church was struggling with some kind of gnostic thinking - asserting possession of secret knowledge hidden from ordinary Christians and question deity of Christ. He sees parallels in those who question whether the Bible is fully divine.
Bishop Jay Behan from New Zealand opens up Colossians 1:15-23 for us in the first morning session of #Gafcon23
We always want more, better, newer… So too in Colossae… maybe Jesus is a good start, but is there more?
No, our theme is “go to Christ” and you cannot get a more exalted picture than that given in Colossians 1:15-23.
We must be breathless at the dignity & glory of Jesus!
No, our theme is “go to Christ” and you cannot get a more exalted picture than that given in Colossians 1:15-23.
We must be breathless at the dignity & glory of Jesus!
“The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him...
#gafcon23 begins in Kigali, Rwanda. This is our theme this week.
The chairman of the GAFCON primates conference. @FoleyBeach calls us to be
1. A repenting church (Mark 1:15, Acts 2:38)
2. A reconciling church (2 Cor5:18-20)
3. A reproducing church (Acts 28:19)
4. A relentlessly compassionate church (1 Tim 1:5)
1. A repenting church (Mark 1:15, Acts 2:38)
2. A reconciling church (2 Cor5:18-20)
3. A reproducing church (Acts 28:19)
4. A relentlessly compassionate church (1 Tim 1:5)
This included the serious and sad point…
Day 4 #gafaus22 began for me at the Chins with 1 Chronicles 18 and prayers from the prayer diaries of @AnglicanAidSyd for India, @CMSAustralia in UAE, @MooreCollege study week and @AFES work in Albury-Wodonga and Armidale.
1 Chronicles 18:13-14 possible contains the pinnacle of OT existence, “...And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went. So David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and equity to all his people.”
And a brief pinnacle it was… but such a great pointer to David’s Greater Son and his victory inaugurated in his death and resurrection, and the justice and equity of his coming future reign in the new creation. Maranatha.
Day 3 of #gafaus22 Conference began with a chilly run in foggy Canberra with @rscchin, @beachsidepastor and @MStead11 - @SydAnglicans and @AFES in happy gospel friendship!
And yes, that was frost settling on my arms as we ran!
This morning @KanishkaRaffel is opening up Philippians 3. This section through to the “rejoice in the Lord” refrain again in 4:4 is about safeguarding their joy in the Lord!
#gafcon #gafaus22 Conference Day 2 Live Tweet Thread. A privilege to start with my friends and hosts in Canberra and start the day with a run with @rscchin, then reading 1 Chronicles 16 and also praying the daily entry in @AnglicanAidSyd prayer diary. This verse struck me…
Now to Philippians 2 with Bp Jay Behan of the church of Confessing Anglicans in New Zealand. Notes the deep desires of people to “walk together”, including the desire of those seeking to revise doctrine. Jay agrees: unity is deeply and rightly prized in Philippians 2; John 17.
Do we have the one *mind* of Christ? “… stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel”; “…make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.” - Phil 1:27, 2:2!
Peter Adam asks: “What verses will you memorise from Philippians for #gafaus22 this week?” (He didn’t actually use the hashtag!) #Gafcon #CommendingMemoryVerses
Paul prays and loves…
- Prays with thanks (for gospel partnership) and confidence (in God’s finishing power)…
- Loves with the affection, indeed the live of Christ himself…
- Prays again that love will abound - “You can’t love God or love people too much” - in knowledge…
- Prays with thanks (for gospel partnership) and confidence (in God’s finishing power)…
- Loves with the affection, indeed the live of Christ himself…
- Prays again that love will abound - “You can’t love God or love people too much” - in knowledge…
Not coasting, but growing towards the final goal of the glory of God!
