COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD | www.virtueonline.org | May 29, 2026 Most pastors and priests are cowards. They will speak of sin in the abstract, in safe generalities, but never name it. When did you last hear a priest rail against materialism? You won't — because his biggest financial supporters are wealthy parishioners whose money keeps the lights on. Rail against pride? Never — not when personal success is the American sacrament. Mention homosexuality? Expect to be den

By Bryan Hollon May 28, 2026 For sixteen years, I taught theology at a university in Ohio and was privileged to work with many sharp, disciplined, and ambitious students. Occasionally, I’d recognize someone with a genuine instinct for theology: a student who already knew Scripture well, could trace an argument, and understood why theological error is harmful. When that happened, I’d try to move the conversation beyond grades and careers and towards vocation. I once asked

David W. Virtue, DD | www.virtueOnline | May 23, 2026 Those of us who have watched the Episcopal Church’s long, self-inflicted decline have seen this film before. We know how it ends. And now, with Professor Helen King’s Private Members’ Motion heading to the Church of England’s General Synod in July, we are watching the Church of England queue up to buy a ticket to the same screening. The parallels are not incidental. They are structural. The Episcopal Church did n

By John G. Stackhouse Jr. | ThinkBetter Media | $9.99 | 191 pages Reviewed by David W. Virtue, DD | www.virtueonline.org | May 18, 2026 The core question evangelical scholar John Stackhouse addresses is whether love of country is a virtue or a danger. He offers a clear, balanced guide to what Christian nationalism is, what it isn't, and how Christians can faithfully love both God and nation without confusing the two. Stackhouse steers between two extremes: those who insis

COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD I www.virtueonline.org I May 20, 2026 It is an old axiom. Pride goeth before a fall. The real sin of ACNA is pride, not just its collective sins. Proud that we are not like TEC. Proud that we have not embraced pansexuality. Proud that ACNA is growing and TEC is not. Proud that we are orthodox and TEC is heterodox. In a nutshell, proud that we are not like them. Of course, ACNA is trying desperately hard not to break up over women’s or

Special to Virtueonline By David Straw I www.virtueonline.org I May 18, 2026 Listen long enough in Anglican circles and you start hearing the same story. Conservatism means resistance. Tradition means injustice. The quiet suggestion is usually left hanging there. If you care about historic theology and biblical authority, you are probably on the wrong side of history. Real history is messier than that. And much more interesting. Some of the earliest and strongest opponents of

COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD I www.virtueonline.org I May 18, 2026 A Wisconsin priest has surveyed thousands of Episcopal churches in an effort to pinpoint what fuels growth. The Episcopal News Service, the official publication of The Episcopal Church documents the launching of the Rev. Chris Corbin’s project with backing from Forward Movement called the Growing Episcopal Churches Study. In it, he already has obtained survey responses from hundreds of Episcopal churches,

The Ascension means Caesar is not lord. The state is not lord. The market is not lord. Ideology is not lord. Technology is not lord. Nations rise and fall, rulers come and go, civilizations flourish and decay, yet above them all reigns the ascended Christ. — Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion. The concept of resurrection lies at its heart. If you remove it, Christianity is destroyed. — John Stott The mainline churches became too

A Concerned Anglican I www.virtueonline.org I May 14, 2026 A Virtueonline Exclusive George Conger’s response to Jay Thomas in Anglican Ink is being presented as theological analysis. https://anglican.ink/2026/05/12/analysis-the-abuja-contradiction-that-isnt/ It is not. It is institutional apologetics, a defense of GAFCON and the Anglican Church in North America dressed in the vocabulary of Anglican ecclesiology. Before engaging the argument on its merits, it is worth pausin

ACNA has mule churches. We need rabbit churches COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD I www.virtueonline.org I May 13, 2026 The Anglican Church in North America entered history at a genuinely pregnant moment. The Episcopal Church had lost its way. After years of conflict, lost buildings, broken relationships, orthodox Episcopalians needed something safe. Stable. A place to land. It didn’t happen. We left the house on fire. And then we built the same thing next door. We replicated

Two voices, two visions vie for the Anglican Church in North America: Will it be Bishop Phil Ashey's Conciliarism or Canon Chuck Collins' Reformation Anglicanism? COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue I www.virtueonline.org I May 12, 2026 The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is a province under deepening pressure. Archbishop Steve Wood, elected in June 2024, became the first archbishop in the denomination's history to face an ecclesiastical presentment, in October 2025,

On Bishop Phil Ashey’s May 4 Video Concerning Archbishop Stephen Wood’s Trial By A Concerned Anglican www.virtueonline.org May 9, 2026 On the eve of Archbishop Stephen Wood’s ecclesiastical trial, the Right Reverend Phil Ashey, styled by The Living Church as one of the original architects of the Anglican Church in North America’s canons, has released a v

By James Parker www.virtueonline.org May 8, 2026 NEWS: In light of recent revelations regarding Sam Allberry. British-born pastor, author and apologist, who was “disqualified from gospel ministry" following information about a past relationship with another man, VOL believes that stories of healed homosexuals need to be told. These are men and women who have renounced their past homosexual lives, and now believe that God has restored them to full heterosexuality. Their storie

"Our claim is that God has revealed Himself by speaking; that this divine speech has been written down and preserved in Scripture; and that Scripture is, in fact, God's Word written — which therefore is true, reliable, and authoritative over men." — John Stott "The Bible has not been removed from our hands. It has been removed from our habits." — Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore "There is a peculiar illusion in the modern Church: that because Bibles are plentiful, Scripture is known. Ne

Petition is published by Watch before appointment of next bishop of London by Madeleine Davies CHURCH TIMES 29 April 2026 The Archbishop of Canterbury (centre), then Bishop of London, cuts a cake at an event in January 2024 to celebrate 30 years of women priests A PETITION calling for a bar on the appointment of diocesan bishops who do not accept the ordination of women has been launched by Women and the Church (WATCH). It was published on the website change.org on 24 April

OPINION By Rev Dr Ian Paul PREMIER CHRISTIANITY 27 April 2026 The former Archbishop of Canterbury is no fan of managerialism, but it can be necessary and effective to help church leaders focus on evangelism and growth, says Rev Dr Ian Paul. When it doesn’t, it must be ruthlessly cut out - starting right at the top In a recent interview, Lord Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, made a rather startling remark about Church bureaucracy. He was in a conversation

COMMENTARY By Crier in the Wilderness www.virtueonline.org April 28, 2026 If you’re a Baby Boomer and a socially-conservative Christian, and you don’t understand young men nowadays, I’m writing for you. I also have something to ask of you at the end of this essay. It recently came to my attention that some of you don’t understand why a large number of young men have become shut-ins, often addicts, without career or romantic prospects. The term used for this now is “NEET

By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org April 28, 2026 Six Anglican theologians convened at the Reformed Episcopal Seminary in Oreland, PA to assess a Communion in deep crisis. The appointment of a woman Archbishop of Canterbury, the blessing of same-sex couples by the Church of England, ongoing GAFCON and Global South realignments, and the fracturing of traditional structures have brought Anglicanism to the edge of permanent schism. The symposium's central question: Can

COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org April 28, 2026 NEWS ITEM: The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has launched a company, JPW Mediation, to facilitate mediation and global reconciliation. On his Linked In page, he explains that the archbishop “plays a pivotal role in fostering unity and addressing key issues within the church and society.” Justin Welby's twelve years as Archbishop of Canterbury (2013–2024) were, by almost any measure, deeply

Concluding presentation at Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) summit April 14 2026 From Anglican Mainstream April 28, 2026 Scripture makes it clear that there are grounds for distancing ourselves from those in error in the church: Romans 16.17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 1 Corinthians 5 9-11 I wrote to you in m