Those sentiments have been building for years, and now a group of Anglican archbishops is attempting to plant the seeds for a new, conservative Anglicanism in North America that will either transform or replace the Episcopal Church.
Read moreRecognizing our vulnerability, not to terrorism, but to the deadly force of severe weather, I would like to ask the President how he plans to clearly demonstrate his calculation of our people's worth and his government's commitment to our safety? The question is one that Providence has put to this President, and it is one of those tests all human beings dread - the kind that determines who you really are.
We already know who faith-based America has proven to be.
Read moreArmed with Screwtapes excellent advice, Wormwood, it appears, has recently had remarkable success with The Episcopal Church. Adopted at General Convention and heralded in Katharine Jefferts Schori's inaugural sermon, TEC has officially taken as its credo 'Christianity AND the MDGs'. If you are not on the very cusp of modernity, you will need an explanation.
What are MDGs?
Read moreRobinson wants the public to believe that the case against homosexuality is "carefully crafted", meaning deliberately dishonest and without credibility. He wants us to believe that there is no reasonable distinction between homosexual orientation and homosexual behavior, that they are part of the same inherited identity.
1. "Who we are" vs. "What we do".
Read moreIn a sense this process of transformation which began in chapter one is not completed until chapter twenty-one where we find the second occasion when Jesus addressed him as Simon, Son of John-Jesus said, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"
Read moreAcademic standards at Wycliffe are not questioned. In any event, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. The Norrington Table places Wycliffe in first place among the PPHs for our academic results for 2007, perhaps a more objective measure of both standards and breadth.
Read moreTEC has resoundingly declared its intention to stay on its revisionist course, and damn the torpedoes. It has now officially given its approval and encouragement to men who have an irresistible urge to have sex with men, and women with women. It is only a very short step away from giving the same approval to men who want to have sex with boys, and women with girls. If man/man sex is good and to be encouraged, what's wrong with man/boy sex? Or man/child sex? Or man/beast sex?
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Read moreEveryone here will have their own memories. I remember meeting Princess Diana for the first time early in 1981 to discuss details of the wedding service in St. Paul's. Even Archbishop's Chaplains have their share of proper diffidence and I was nervous entering the presence. It must have been a bewildering time for the Princess as well but even then at the age of 20 her capacity for empathy and her very strong intuitive power ensured that any tension soon evaporated.
Read moreBefore he left on holiday, Williams had sent out an invitation to next year's Lambeth Conference, the decennial worldwide gathering of Anglican bishops. It's an important gathering for Anglicans, even crucial, since it's the only opportunity that Anglican bishops have to gather as a worldwide body and make decisions about their common life. Williams' problem is that hardly anybody has written back to tell him they're coming.
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