Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
https://youtu.be/VorCZ8UXoTQ The previous video in this series (there are only two) is found at the link Lent 2024 Series: I Am The Bread of Life: What Is the Eucharist? In posting this originally I neglected to included the video; my apologies for any inconvenience. The second in two sessions on this topic. In this video we …
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https://youtu.be/Ne4CHt1ITTU?si=Nk6RThObu6p1rCD9 A series for Lent 2024 in two parts: What is the Eucharist? (this video) How Do We Celebrate the Eucharist? (next video) Eucharistic theology and practice have long been a favourite topic of mine, from posts like Bill Clinton's Eucharistic Theology: It Depends on What 'Is' Is to Don’t Tell People to “Come to the …
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Chris Findley goes at it again in his opposition to women in the "priesthood": There are few topics in the church today that are bound to stir up more impassioned arguments than that of women and the priesthood. Undoubtedly there are good people on both sides of this debate. Surely, there is a love for …
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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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https://northamanglican.com/the-place-of-scripture-in-the-acna/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-place-of-scripture-in-the-acna I found this piece intriguing, and have several observations. In my interaction with Anglicans and Episcopalians on social media, I find myself the "last man standing" in terms of having a living memory of how it was done in the Episcopal Church (let along having been baptised an Episcopalian) before the church's version of …
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 …
He's crossed the Rubicon with Fiducia Supplicans: True, today’s declaration from the Vatican does not change Church teaching. Fiducia Supplicans earnestly insists on a distinction between giving a blessing to a homosexual couple and blessing their relationship. Good luck conveying that distinction to the world. Anyone can ask a priest for a blessing; that has never been …
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From Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries: O God! unbelief reigns on the earth. We are no longer wicked out of weakness; it is by design; we are by principle, by our sayings. Send us some John the Baptist who confounds error, who shows that unbelievers are senseless. Bring them back to real prudence, these unbelievers …
I haven't engaged Bobby Grow in a long time (for good reason) but he, in his encapsulation of Karl Barth, Thomas Torrence, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham et.al., makes the following statement: At a purely superficial level, does the reader see how what Barth and Torrance are doing sound a lot like the characteristics present …
Yes, he does: Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died. He was 76. In the process of that famous song he showed a better grasp of responsibility than many …
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