“And a man came up to Jesus, and said: “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain Immortal life?” “Why ask me about goodness?” answered Jesus. “There is but One who is good. If you want to enter the Life, keep the commandments.” “What commandments?” asked the man. “These,” answered Jesus:--“‘Thou shalt not kill. …
The Book of Mormon Does Not Teach Mormonism
As Election 2008 continues unabated, the issue of Mitt Romney's religion continues to surface, both on the right (where Evangelicals don't like the idea of a Mormon President) and the left (who don't like the idea of religious people period.) We expect to see considerable discussion about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day …
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Anglican Evangelicalism: The Limitations of Augustinian Theology
In a previous post, we discussed the problems of Anglo-Catholics in their walk to Rome. We've spent a fair amount of time on that; now let's look at the weakness of the other branch of orthodox Anglicanism, the evangelical wing. Our contention is that Evangelical Anglicans need to take a hard look at their adherence …
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Eternity is Still What Matters
In our posting on the "contract on the Episcopalians," we referenced a comment by the new Presiding Bishop about her disparagement of the importance of eternal life. It's probably worthwhile to reproduce that particular dialogue (ADG is the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; KJS is of course Katherine Jefferts-Schori): ADG: That reminds me of something else you said. …
The Christmas Story, from the Positive Infinity New Testament
About that time an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole Empire. (This was the first census taken while Quirinius was Governor of Syria). And every one went to his own town to be registered. Among others Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in …
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An Advent Reflection
Although the Thanksgiving holiday is past, we as Christians should not make it an end of being thankful. Being thankful to God for all of the blessings that He has given us—especially the gift of redemption by His Son Jesus Christ—must be a part of our daily living. The same psalm that says “Let us …
Women in Ministry: They Have Always Stood for Inspection
As sort of a follow up to our earlier posting on this subject, we relate the story of a military chaplain who has served with distinction in Afghanistan and Iraq. His wife felt the call to the chaplaincy, so she, with four children, enrolled in seminary and began preparations to be the first husband and …
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Women in Ministry: A Popular Feature
In the course of developing materials and articles for this website, one that we added some time ago that has become a favourite of many of you has been our "Women in Ministry" article which we feature on our Island Chronicles page. There are actually two of them there: one more in favour, from the …
The Real Defence of Marriage
One of the more interesting outcomes of the 2006 election was the approval in all states but one of amendments defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. It was interesting because it ostensibly bucked the leftward lurch of the rest of the election. (It also didn't do much to prevent that …
The End of Employment at Will for Ministers
We were rather displeased to stumble on a decision by the UK's Employment Appeal Tribunal that basically allows ministers to fight dismissal because they are employees of the church. This decision is especially disconcerting when it takes place in one's own church. Putting ministers into this category--especially in Europe--will insure that it is impossible to …
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