CLAUSE 13 IMPLICATIONS: Reply to a Clergyman in the Church of England
I received the following comment on my Contending Anglican blog from a clergyman in the Church of England with regard to my post on Jerusalem Declaration clause 13. I am…
Category: Global Anglican
WALKING TOGETHER … TO THE CITY OF DESTRUCTION: A Word from the Bishop Smooth-It-Away’s of the Anglican Church of Canada
“Walking together” as proposed by the Bishop Smooth-it-away's of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Anglican Communion is a deadly ruse. Disciples of Jesus will stick to the hard…
++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…
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…
“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…
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…
STORMING LAMBETH: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed
As I see it, the question “Was 2008 the last Lambeth Conference?” misses the target. The last authoritative council of Anglican bishops worldwide occurred in 1998. That was not so…
“MEXIT”: Methodists, Anglicans and the Limits of Disagreement (UPDATED)
BREAKING NEWS (26 February 2019). The United Methodist General Conference voted by a 55% to 45% margin to maintain its stance that “the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.”…
“SIX RESOLUTIONS FOR LAMBETH”: A Quick Response to Ephraim Radner
On 12 February, Dr. Ephraim Radner sought to “clean up the playing field” with “Six Resolutions” for Lambeth” in 2020. As one who has written extensively on the state of…
WHEN IS “GOOD DISAGREEMENT” NOT GOOD? When It Contradicts God’s Word
So let’s remember that the Lambeth Conference was not conceived as a garden party or a photo op but rather as a solemn assembly of bishops who have vowed to…