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Sanctified in Truth: The Unity Christ Prayed For. An Exegetical Reflection on John 17
SPECIAL TO VIRTUEONLINE By Rev. Dr. Ronald H. Moore www.virtueonline.org March 8 2026 Few passages of Scripture reveal the heart of Christ more fully than John 17. Spoken on the night before the Crucifixion, this prayer stands at the threshold of the Passion. It is not merely a moment of personal devotion; it is the prayer of the High Priest as He prepares to offer Himself. The ancient Church often called this chapter the High Priestly Prayer , and the title is fitting. In i
Grafted, Not Hyphenated: Why “Judeo-Christian Civilization” Obscures the Fulfillment of Israel
By Ronald Moore THEOPOLIS INSTITUTE February 17, 2026 When the Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans that Gentile believers were “grafted in” to the olive tree of Israel (Romans 11), he was not announcing the birth of a new religion but the restoration of God’s ancient purpose. The covenant was not discarded but fulfilled; the tree was not uprooted but renewed. In Christ, the promises to Abraham reach their intended harvest: the nations brought in, Israel restored, creation reco
GAFCON POTENTIALLY FATAL FLAWS
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD VirtueOnline.org March 7, 2026 G26 in Abuja: High Expectations, Muted Results A UK Anglican blog known for its orthodoxy observed that what emerged from GAFCON’s mini-conference (G26) in Abuja, Nigeria was a “terribly British” way of doing business. The Anglican Futures writer noted that many had expected a rival to the newly appointed Archbishop Sarah Mullally—a pro-pansexual, progressive woman bishop and former head nurse—to emerge, alo
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GAFCON POTENTIALLY FATAL FLAWS
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD VirtueOnline.org March 7, 2026 G26 in Abuja: High Expectations, Muted Results A UK Anglican blog known for its orthodoxy observed that what emerged from GAFCON’s mini-conference (G26) in Abuja, Nigeria was a “terribly British” way of doing business. The Anglican Futures writer noted that many had expected a rival to the newly appointed Archbishop Sarah Mullally—a pro-pansexual, progressive woman bishop and former head nurse—to emerge, alo
ABUJA: Tasmanian Bishop says Anti-Christ’s are among us
By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 6, 2026 ABUJA: The Rt. Rev. Richard Condie, Anglican Bishop of Tasmania told conferees gathered at GAFCON’s G26 mini-conference that the challenges facing the Church today should not come as a surprise. The Apostle John described false believers as a sign of “the last days,” referring to them as the spirit of antichrist, he said. “We are here because of the antichrists among us,” Condie said, emphasizing that false teacher
GAFCON Overhauls Leadership Structure, Stops Short of Formal Schism
Primates dissolve council, create broader governing body — but decline to name a rival archbishop COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD VirtueOnline.org March 5, 2026 ABUJA, Nigeria — Conservative Anglican primates meeting in Nigeria’s capital this week voted to dissolve the GAFCON Primates Council and replace it with a broader governing body, but stopped well short of the formal split that many in the movement had anticipated. The newly created Global Anglican Council will
News From Around the World
Communique: The Abuja Affirmation
Choose this day whom you will serve… As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD (Joshua 24:15) March 6, 2026 Greetings from Abuja, Nigeria where 347 Anglican bishops and 121 lay and clerical Anglican leaders from 27 provinces met from 3-6 March 2026, generously hosted by our brothers and sisters in the Church of Nigeria. The Chair of the Gafcon Primates’ Council, Archbishop Laurent Mbanda, announced the inauguration of the Global Anglican Communion in the October 2025 Mar
Serious doubt cast on Veracity of Accusations against Barnabas Aid Founders. Accusers now under investigation by the police
From David W. Virtue, DD February 24, 2026 When the duly mandated banker of a non-profit company in South Africa (an “NPC”) recently found that his access to the bank accounts of the NPC had been blocked after illegal termination of his banking mandate, it opened a Pandora’s box. The NPC, which is registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission of South Africa (CIPC) as St Barnabas Aid, was incorporated by the Barnabas founders in 2017 as a partner entity t
The collapse of Protestant churches can teach us something
OPINION by Carl R. Trueman THE CHRISTIAN POST February 5, 2026 Reports of the financial struggles and decline in membership among large American denominations have become so commonplace that they often elicit little more than a shrug. But every now and then, a report arises that warrants attention. A recent Religion News Service article gives helpful insight as to why “Protestant denominations are losing members, particularly the Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist and other h
Church of England
New Church of England Bishop of Ipswich welcomes LGBTQI+ couples
By Bishop Joanne Grenfell East Anglian Daily Times February 21, 2026 Church is for everyone: God has made us to live in communities, and their foundation must be love. I believe that gay people should have the same opportunities as straight people to have their faithful, loving, and stable relationships blessed in church, and to know that the Church wants to support and celebrate the God-given love that is contained within their relationship. I value the ministry of LGBTQI+ c
If the Church of England were serious about revival, this is what they would be doing
OPINION by Bijan Omrani THE TELEGRAPH February 19, 2026 As it is, the Church simply isn’t doing enough - James Manning/PA Wire This past year, there has been a lessening of the multi-generational gloom that has hung over British churches since the 1960s. The conviction that Christianity would soon be swept away by secular modernity has been recently overturned by the “Quiet Revival”: the idea that many, particularly the young, are beginning to find faith and even retu
The Gay Marriage Project Crashes at the C of E General Synod. The (formerly gay) Rev. Peter Ould, in Conversation.
By Gavin Ashenden From Substack Feb 16 It started in America. So much does. In the 1980’s TEC, the Episcopal Church led the way with the legitimisation of homosexual blessing and marriage. It split denominations, shrunk congregations, and changed the focus of Christian living from holiness to self-authentification. The strategy was always the same. You start with talking about the authenticity of ‘lived experience’ and then change Church rules. The same strategy and play book
Viewpoints by David Virtue
GAFCON Resets Communion // No Rival Leader to APB Mullally // Conciliar vs. Confessionalism // Canon Resigns over LLF Prayers // What is wrong with CofE? //
End Times Speculation Unleashes “Prophecy” Nutters //Gen Z least Religious in US History QUOTES OF THE DAY: "The early Church converted the Roman world without altar calls, stage lighting, or seeker-sensitive liturgies. She did it by forming disciples, baptizing converts, and worshiping God with seriousness and awe." — Rev. Dr. Donald H. Moore "The souls who don't know Christ need us to be clear in articulating the faith and faithful in presenting it with our words and our de
Educated Americans are Highest Church Attenders // Revival: Is it Really Happening? // 500 GAFCON Anglicans to Meet in Abuja // Canadian Primate Goes to Jerusalem
Cancellation of ACNA Conference on Women Causes Uproar // ACNA Bishop Julian Dobbs Sues JAFC Bishop Derek Jones for Defamation // Bishop FitzSimons Allison Turns 99 QUOTES THAT ENLIGHTEN "The Gospel should never become old to us. If the life, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ is true, it changes everything. It changes time. It changes history. It changes our eternity." — Tim Tebow Grok predicts that within the next ten years, Artificial Intelligence w
Can the Episcopal Church be saved? // Episcopal Bishop calls on Trump to resign // CofE Kills LLF Report on SS Blessings // ABC Mullally's Disastrous Maiden Speech //
Global South Challenges Canterbury's Headship QUOTES OF THE WEEK "For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God [Gen. 3:1-7], while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man [2 Cor. 5:21]. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be." — John Stott "I will write this until I'm blue in the face: education is positively related to
Culture Wars
The International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice Welcomes ‘Not Guilty’ Court decision in first criminal trial of so-called ‘Gay Conversion Practices’
Issued by the International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice (IFTCC) March 4, 2026 The International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice (IFTCC) welcomes the ‘Not Guilty’ decision of a Malta court in what is believed to be the first criminal trial of so-called ‘Gay Conversion Practices’ The case featured Matthew Grech, 36, a Maltese Christian, a co-worker in Core Issues Trust (of which the IFTCC is a project) and co-director of X-Out-Loud.
Surprising Revival: Gen Z Men & Highly Educated Lead Return to Religion
By Joel Kotkin & Bheki Mahlobo , RealClearInvestigationsFebruary 17, 2026 The decline of religion remains a fundamental reality in most Western countries, particularly in Europe, where over 50% of those under age 40 do not identify with any faith. Even in more religious America, some estimate that as many as 100,000 churches will close in the near future. Meanwhile, the ranks of “Nones,” those outside religious communities, have grown so large that their numbers rival th
Former homosexual: Same-sex ‘marriage’ has been a disaster for children. We must overturn it
Helpless children have been Obergefell’s silent victims for years. But now, conservatives are coming together with a new campaign to push the Supreme Court to reverse the decision. The United States Supreme Court in Washington D.C. By Doug Mainwaring LIFESITENEWS Jan 28, 2026 (LifeSiteNews) — On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court took a sledgehammer to the bedrock of Western civilization when it instituted homosexual “marriage” across the land. Through its Obergefe
As Eye See It
Reopening Our Eyes to Glory
(Image: The Sun's Rays Streaming Through Stained Glass Windows of a Cathedral) By The Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore The Southern ANGLICAN Mar 04, 2026 There has been a subtle but unmistakable shift in our culture. Once, our public spaces were warm — wood, color, texture, earth tones. Even secular architecture carried a sense of rootedness. Restaurants were vibrant. Homes were paneled in natural wood. Cars came in blues, greens, reds, and deep autumn shades. Christmas lights glowed in
ICE bars clergy from ministering to detainees. Holy Communion becomes court matter
By Mary Ann Mueller VOL Special Correspondent www.virtueonline.org February 26, 2026 It does not matter if a person is born in Washington State or Washington, DC or Washington, England; Christchurch, Virginia or Christchurch, New Zealand; Moscow, Russia or Moscow, Idaho; Johannesburg, South Africa or Johannesburg, California; Paris, Wisconsin or Paris, France; THE Bethlehem or Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Nogales, Arizona or Nogales, Mexico; Sault Ste. Marie, Canada or Sault St
A Christian Anthropologist Considers Gender in the Bible
Dr. Alice C. Linsley Biblical Anthropology blogspot February 17, 2026 As a Christian anthropologist, I read the Bible to understand how the biblical Hebrew reasoned. Their reasoning is not well represented by the term "complementarian" because that term suggests that there is no hierarchy in their reasoning. That is a false assumption. Orthodoxy requires binary reasoning. That is how the Bible presents the male-female relationship. To understand binary reasoning, we must cons
Devotionals
PARADISE LOST
by David G. Duggan © www.virtueonline.org December 28, 2025 In my 35 plus years of being a landlord I’ve never had to evict someone–until now. After more than a year of non-payment, and eight months of legal proceedings, the sheriff finally escorted this tenant, and her young child from the apartment they had shared for three years. Welcome to C[r]ook County, IL. Undeterred and defiant, this tenant somehow made her way back to the apartment, dismantling a lock and ripping off
Stand Fast in Freedom: Galatians 5:1 and the Modern Yokes of Bondage
By the Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore www.virtueonline.org August 20, 2025 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us...
Sola Gratia: The Unmerited Favor That Rescued the World
Grace is not a suggestion, a boost, or a cooperative handshake—it is the sovereign act of God upon undeserving sinners. The Rev. Dr....
Theology, History and Science
Sanctified in Truth: The Unity Christ Prayed For. An Exegetical Reflection on John 17
SPECIAL TO VIRTUEONLINE By Rev. Dr. Ronald H. Moore www.virtueonline.org March 8 2026 Few passages of Scripture reveal the heart of Christ more fully than John 17. Spoken on the night before the Crucifixion, this prayer stands at the threshold of the Passion. It is not merely a moment of personal devotion; it is the prayer of the High Priest as He prepares to offer Himself. The ancient Church often called this chapter the High Priestly Prayer , and the title is fitting. In i
Grafted, Not Hyphenated: Why “Judeo-Christian Civilization” Obscures the Fulfillment of Israel
By Ronald Moore THEOPOLIS INSTITUTE February 17, 2026 When the Apostle Paul wrote to the Romans that Gentile believers were “grafted in” to the olive tree of Israel (Romans 11), he was not announcing the birth of a new religion but the restoration of God’s ancient purpose. The covenant was not discarded but fulfilled; the tree was not uprooted but renewed. In Christ, the promises to Abraham reach their intended harvest: the nations brought in, Israel restored, creation reco
There is no “battle of Armageddon” in the book of Revelation, says theologian
By David MacInnes https://www.facebook.com/david.macinnes.92 March 5, 2026 Given the recent news about more than a hundred service members filing complaints that a commander told them that war with Iran is part of “God’s divine plan,” that a sitting president is “anointed by Jesus” to ignite Armageddon, it is important to make it clear how unbiblical this claim is. This claim has more to do with the fiction series of “Left Behind” and dispensational theology than it does the
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