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Reformed Methodist–The North American Anglican

https://northamanglican.com/reformed-methodist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reformed-methodist The "ties that bind" American Christianity are a complex web, and this is a good example of that. It's no secret that the Wesleyan tradition--like John and Charles Wesley themselves--came out of Anglicanism, and had things worked out a little differently the Episcopal Church itself could have stayed together with North American Wesleyanism. But …

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A Few Reminders on Fast and Abstinence During Lent

As Lent fast approaches, I've seen some pushback on X from Anglicans on "why do we do the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday as Anglicans?" It's a fair question, and the culprits in the Anglican-Episcopal world are the "more Catholic than the Pope" people, the Anglo-Catholics. In the middle of their preparation for the …

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“Old High Church” Planting–North American Anglican, with Some Comments

https://northamanglican.com/old-high-church-planting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-high-church-planting Ah, the Old High Church... The popularity of the Old High Church--both in the Colonial period and in the years immediately after World War II--is something that flies in the face of a lot of Evangelical church growth orthodoxy. How is it possible to grow a church with such as specific form of worship? …

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My Impressions of “Communion Chapel”

Most of you who have followed this blog know that I was able to do two series at my local church (the North Cleveland Church of God) on liturgical worship and the liturgical calendar. That’s not something that is typical in a Pentecostal church, but it isn’t unique either; I’ve been aware of things going …

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The Diocese of Washington Strikes Again, and About Those Security Clearances…

The successor of the likes of John Chane takes her opportunity: President Donald Trump blasted Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, after she directed politically charged remarks towards him during an interfaith service of prayer for the country at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, the day after Trump's inauguration. "Let me make …

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The Elephant in the Room on Baptismal Regeneration

https://northamanglican.com/the-meaning-of-regeneration-commentary-on-browne-article-xxvii-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-meaning-of-regeneration-commentary-on-browne-article-xxvii-1 I've been thinking about posting on this topic, but, in their inimitable way, North American Anglican has posted this. Like many things in Christianity (vernacular liturgy being an important example,) Anglicanism has wrestled with many things it inherited from Roman Catholicism long before the Catholics did, and this is one of them. The core …

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Frank Gough: Another Sad Story with Palm Beach Roots

The ACNA has yet another alleged sex abuser on their hands. as you can see above, His start in life is interesting, to say the least: Gough grew up in Palm Beach County. His mother died when he was young and his father worked 18-hour days. Gough, the grandson of wealthy Palm Beach socialites, began …

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Reformed vs. Re-formed: A Synopsis–North American Anglican

https://northamanglican.com/reformed-vs-re-formed-a-synopsis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reformed-vs-re-formed-a-synopsis I did my best to follow this back and forth, but it wasn't easy. For me, however, the key point finally came here: The crux of this dispute is the nature and substance of the English Reformation. The basic facts of what occurred during the English Reformation are generally agreed upon, but its larger …

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Book Review: Iain Murray’s Evangelicalism Divided: A Record of Crucial Change in the Years 1950-2000

It’s a new year, and for the Church of England it’s time to find a new Archbishop of Canterbury after the disastrous reign of Justin Welby. When Welby was enthroned, there was a great deal of enthusiasm about him. He’s an evangelical, they said; he can fix the problems of heterodoxy that plague the Church …

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Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending – Second Sunday in Advent — North American Anglican

https://northamanglican.com/lo-he-comes-with-clouds-descending-second-sunday-in-advent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lo-he-comes-with-clouds-descending-second-sunday-in-advent This was an old favourite of mine back at Bethesda, but was lost from my worship from "swimming the Tiber" onwards. The last loss was due to the perfidious influence of the Baptists, as I discuss (complete with YouTube video) in my post The Wesleyan Advent Hymn the Wesleyan Pentecostals Don't Sing. It's ironic that …

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