Setting up a personal website is a troubling business. I am not speaking about the trouble of rummaging through thirty years of hard and soft files of miscellanea, much of it occasional in purpose and often only half-finished. No, the trouble is deeper: what is a Christian minister, make that a Christian of any stripe, doing exalting himself on the worldwide web? Well, here are my excuses.
Author: Stephen Noll
++YORK ON INTERPRETING THE BIBLE: Moral Equivalence and Moral Equivocation
The paradigm of disagreement, as he poses it, is a matter of moral equivalence. “Some say this, some say that.” “Some say God made sex for marriage, some say love conquers all.” “Who am I to judge?”
CALLED TO UGANDA: Twenty Years On
On the last Sunday in June 1999, I preached a sermon at the chapel of Uganda Christian University. My wife Peggy and I were on an exploratory trip, our first ever to Africa, to look at theological colleges in Uganda …
ENCOUNTERING FALSE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: Bishop Michael Fape
N.B. In light of some current discussion of the Church of Nigeria and the “prosperity gospel, I am posting a relevant presentation from GAFCON 2013 by Bishop Michael Fape, who is author of Powers in Encounter with Power: Spiritual Warfare …
IMAGE-BEARERS FOR GOD: Does Biblical Language for Man Matter?
My goal in this essay is to make a case from Scripture for traditional language for man and for understanding how men and women, each in a particular way, are “image-bearers” of God.
GOD THE FATHER’S DAY: A Patriarchal Convergence
In recognition of the “solar eclipse” of Father’s Day (USA and UK) and Trinity Sunday, I am re-posting something I wrote last year, noting that in the absence of a feast in the church year for God the Father, Trinity …
“UNASHAMED OF BEING A GLOBAL ANGLICAN”: A Contention for Martyrs’ Day
This past week I received an email and video from Archbishops Ben Kwashi and Foley Beach, commending the observance of “Gafcon Sunday” on 30 June. I hope many bishops and parish leaders will act on this request. I want to …
GAFCON AND ACC-17: A Response to Andrew Atherstone
At the end of April (2019) two church bodies met, the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC-17) in Hong Kong and the Gafcon Primates in Sydney. The Gafcon Primates published a Communiqué of their meeting. The ACC does not normally produce a …
EASTER OCTAVE, DAY EIGHT: The Half-Empty Tomb
I preached this sermon on Easter Wednesday 1990 at Trinity School for Ministry. I wonder how many of you have read Anne Tyler’s book, or seen the movie, titled The Accidental Tourist. The eccentric hero of the book, Macon Leary, …
EASTER OCTAVE, DAY SEVEN: The Prodigal Terrorist Enters Paradise
I preached this sermon on Good Friday 2017 at my home parish in Pennsylvania. Since it speaks of an event subsequent to Jesus’ death, it seems appropriate to consider it for Holy Saturday. In Holy Week we are invited to …
EASTER OCTAVE, DAY SIX (Good Friday): “Was Ever Grief Like Mine?”
Today’s meditation for Good Friday comes from three poems by the Anglican poet George Herbert (1593-1633): “The Agony,” “The Sacrifice,” and “Love.” These three themes sum up the words and work of our Lord on the Cross that first Good …