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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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Book Review: We Believe: An Exposition of the Church of God Declaration of Faith

Thanks to recent events, the whole business of the Church of God Declaration of Faith has become more important. Those of us who teach at Church of God institutions such as Lee University—even when that teaching isn’t theological in nature—are required to avoid teaching that which is contrary to the Declaration of Faith. Our ministers …

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Ministerial Character, Intention, and the Sacraments–North American Anglican

https://northamanglican.com/ministerial-character-intention-and-the-sacraments-commentary-on-browne-article-xxvi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ministerial-character-intention-and-the-sacraments-commentary-on-browne-article-xxvi This has been a lot hotter issue in the past than it is now, but it's an important one. Bossuet discussed it in his History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches; my comment on the subject is as follows: Especially interesting are the Vaudois, who were in reality an unauthorised, non-celibate religious community …

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Justin Welby Throws the Towel In

You can read his resignation letter above. In my own church we have a successful minister who, at a previous church to the one he's in now, had a campaign for his church entitled "Trading Your Title for a Towel." When he resigned his church for another appointment, I noted that the only thing he …

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A Reminder of What Happens “When Church Becomes Pointless”

One of the oldest posts on this blog--one that has survived platform changes over the years--is When Church Becomes Pointless.  Written in 1997, it was primarily directed at the Episcopal Church, where I was raised, but as evident then and now it can happen to any church. That time was an interesting one in Episcopal …

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The Appeal to Heaven is All We Have Left

It's the time of the year when the United States celebrates its independence from the United Kingdom. These days there is always something "up in the air." One of those things is the fact that the "Appeal to Heaven" flag was found flying over the vacation home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. (My family …

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Textual Variants and Isopsephy in the New Testament :: By Randy Nettles #ourCOG

https://ourcog.wordpress.com/2024/04/16/textual-variants-and-isopsephy-in-the-new-testament-by-randy-nettles-ourcog After my post yesterday Why I’m Not Sold on Modern Biblical Scholarship/Criticism ourCOG posted this interesting treatment on the New Testament manuscripts, their variants and the significance (or lack thereof) of those variants. There's no question that the Bible--Old and New Testaments--is the best attested book to come out of classical antiquity, a point …

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Why I’m Not Sold on Modern Biblical Scholarship/Criticism

In a post on another one of my sites I announce a transition: this fall, Lord willing, I will begin teaching engineering at Lee University, which is my church's undergraduate institution. It is the first time since haunted the halls of the St. Andrew's School in Boca Raton, FL, that I have been either a …

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The “Leaky” Church of God Marches On

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 …

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Promoting People Too Quickly is Never a Good Idea

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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