http://northernplainsanglican.com/2023/05/28/may-his-soul-be-bound-up/ This tragedy--a serviceman being killed right at the end of World War II trying to come home--is on par with my uncle, who was killed while training to go overseas in the Army Air Force.
Some Thoughts on the Deficit Crisis
I think it's fair to say that we've passed the "point of no return" on the straightforward repayment of our Federal debt. The point that happened is up for debate; I'm inclined to believe that it took place towards the end of the Obama administration, when the current Occupant was only Vice-Occupant (and occupying himself …
Tim Keller Goes to Meet God
It happened earlier today: Timothy J. Keller, who was the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, co-founder of Redeemer City to City, and the author of several books, died at the age of 72 on May 19, trusting in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection. He is survived by …
American Christianity’s Faustian Bargain Comes Back to Bite
And it's biting hard: A new survey reveals the stunning impact COVID-19 had on Americans' religious perspectives. The percentage of adults with a biblical worldview has plummeted to just 4%. Dr. George Barna, director of the Cultural Research Center, finds the results of the American Worldview Inventory report alarming. "It's ... much more extensive than we …
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We Are Already Defeated — Stand Firm
No more is it about your personal conscience. Are you not bound in obedience to your bishop? And if you are, how is he ok with you saying any of these things? 28 more words We Are Already Defeated — Stand Firm It's worth recalling that much of the rot in the Episcopal Church that finally …
Anglicans Shouldn’t Be Building New Colleges — The North American Anglican
“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Saying, This man began to build, and was… Anglicans …
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Traffic Report — Northern Plains Anglican
It is a procession that’s been on the road ever since Jesus’ resurrection. Traffic Report Tim Fountain is an old friend going back to the original Stand Firm in Faith days. He has a special needs child, which quite a few of my present church people deal with. We both come from places where things …
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Pulling the Plug on Bishop Rick Stika
Even the current Occupant in the Vatican has had enough: The embattled Bishop Rick Stika will be asked by Vatican officials to resign as Bishop of Knoxville, after more than two years of scandal over the bishop’s leadership of his eastern Tennessee diocese. According to sources close to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops, Pope Francis …
The presentism fallacy — The Logical Place
In recent times, there has been a trend in the popular media towards viewing past events and people through the prism of present-day attitudes. This trend is manifested in attempts to ‘cancel’ the past, including by silencing various discussions, banning books, tearing down statues and so on. In historical and literary analysis, presentism is a […] …
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Book Review: “Reformation Anglicanism: Essays on Edwardian Evangelicalism” — The North American Anglican
Reformation Anglicanism: Essays on Edwardian Evangelicalism. Edited by Mark Earngey and Stephen Tong. London, UK: The Latimer Trust, 2023. 260 pp. $11.50 (paper). In some ways, and for some people, the Edwardian period of the English Reformation is fertile ground for speculations about what could have been. 1,144 more words Book Review: “Reformation Anglicanism: Essays on …
Positive Infinity 