LETTER TO THE CHURCHES: THE TEXT WITH COMMENTARY by Stephen Noll is now available as a free download from Anglican House (GO HERE). “Once more the Anglican world is indebted to Dr Noll for his writings. This time he expounds …
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ALL THINGS VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE: A Sermon for St. Michael and All Angels
No, “invisible things” are real entities that can never be seen by our mere human senses. The first Soviet astronaut, Yuri Gagarin, followed shortly by the Anglican bishop John Robinson, thus made a major category mistake when he reported he …
Post-Gafcon Contention 1: REPLY TO FULCRUM ON GAFCON 2018
Following Gafcon 2018, Fulcrum – “Renewing the Evangelical Centre” – published a “Response to GAFCON 2018” to the Conference and its “Letter to the Churches.” In a spirit of theological engagement, I am posting this Reply (in red). Note: Although …
BULLYING THE PRIMATES ACROSS THE RUBICON
The Gafcon movement is standing firm on the Gospel side of the Rubicon and saying “No, we won’t go with you.” This obstinacy, especially in light of Gafcon 2018, is pushing the Communion Establishment one step further: to bully the …
THE BELLS OF CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN with a Postscript on South Carolina
This past Sunday afternoon I attended a marvelous concert by a youth bell choir titled the “Bells of Christ Church.” The “Christ Church” referred to in the program is Christ Church Anglican in Savannah, Georgia. The program went on to …
Contention 8: PREPARING FOR GAFCON IN SEVEN CONTENTIONS
I have been preparing for Gafcon for a long time – a quarter century at least, although I did not know it at the time. Last year I began to assemble and edit my writings in a book, The Global …
Contention 7: LAMBETH SPEAKS PLAINLY (That Was Then)
The year 1998 was the last time the Lambeth Conference spoke plainly. That it did so was something of a miracle. The Communion Establishment had carefully prepared an agenda whereby the innovations of homosexual ordinations and same-sex “blessings” in the …
Contention 6: TRINITY SUNDAY: GOD THE FATHER’S DAY
Have you ever thought about the fact that the Church observes several major feasts for God the Son (Christmas, Easter, Ascension) and one for God the Holy Spirit (Pentecost), but none for God the Father. I am not sure why …
Contention 5D: WHAT DOES JUSTIN WELBY THINK ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?
What does Justin Welby think about same-sex marriage? The answer seems to be, in the words of Herman Melville’s fictional character Bartleby the Scrivener: “I would prefer not to…”
Contention 5C: THUMBS SIDEWAYS: THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND RESPONDS TO TEC
The Episcopal Church USA (TEC) is hoping for a welcome response to its new doctrine and practice of same-sex marriage. The reply from England is, however, neither thumbs-up nor thumbs-down but rather thumbs-sideways.