It's official now. It has been my custom to reproduce sentiments of people who have died which I wrote while they're living, and I'll do the same for Pope Francis. First: I would quote from my 2019 piece Pope Francis to Bossuet: Hold My Beer, but it's the best summation of my attitude towards the …
“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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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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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 …
Lent 2024 Series: I Am The Bread of Life: What Is the Eucharist?
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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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 …
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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