Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
I recently replied to Chris Findley's article with the post The Inconvenient Truth About the Nature of the Priesthood. One of the respondents to this pointed out a statement from the ACNA bishops as follows: As a College of Bishops, we confess that our Province has failed to affirm adequately the ministry of all Christians as …
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The movie is out and with it the fearmongering: God & Country, a documentary released over the weekend, explores fears that the growing force of Christian nationalism could replace democracy with theocratic rule in the US. It features footage of religious leaders expressing negative views of DEI and immigration, alongside commentary from prominent anti-Trump Christians concerned about …
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With all the recent excitement over Calvin Robinson and WO, something has come to my attention: the existence of another Church of God related site that has been using my material. Back in the day (2000-2010) we could speak of an "Anglican Blogosphere" which was instrumental in forming the ACNA. The Church of God was …
He certainly doesn't like women's ordination (WO) and that's music to many ears in the Anglican world: By now I am sure that most people reading this are aware of the controversy surrounding Fr. Calvin Robinson’s dismissal from the Mere Anglicanism conference after criticizing women’s ordination in his talk. Of course, I agree entirely with what Fr. …
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Here in the Church of God we're in a explosive situation over one of our ministers criticising another minister/church institution employee over his receiving communion at his wife's Episcopal church. There are many issues surrounding this, but as someone who has been in both churches in my lifetime, there's one thing that I'd like to focus …
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Jake Meador points out that many of the leaders of the early years of the millennium are already beached: In a happier timeline, Driscoll, Patrick, and Chandler would still have another 15-20 years of effective ministry ahead of them as a team: Driscoll is still only 53, Patrick would be 53, and Chandler is 49. …
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It’s a New Year, and the beginning of another year when the “smart set” (to use an old expression) goes after Evangelical Christianity. They even have a movie waiting in the wings as we gear up for yet another grueling Presidential election year. The spectre of Evangelical Churches “taking America back for God” with all …
The third and final session of the Advent series at the North Cleveland Church of God, on 13 December 2023. https://youtu.be/dbzf8XG03Vo The slide presentation for this is here. This is a preview/overview of the rest of the liturgical year, including the Christmas and Epiphany seasons, the lead-up to Lent, Lent itself, Holy Week (where we …
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The second in a series of three sessions of an Advent series given at the North Cleveland Church of God on 6 December 2023. https://youtu.be/KYH4PHY1Jk0 The slide presentation is here. In this session some time will be devoted to the customs surrounding Advent, but much of this session will look at the Biblical events immediately …
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The first in a series of three sessions of an Advent series given at the North Cleveland Church of God on 29 November 2023. https://youtu.be/Fp1QNKA9FOU The slide presentation for this session is here. In this session the origins of Advent are discussed, not necessarily from a historical standpoint, but from a theological and Biblical standpoint, …
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