Contending Anglican
LAMBETH 1998: Diary from the Last True Lambeth Conference
Lambeth 1998 was last Conference to attempt to resolve anything of substance as a council of bishops.
LAMBETH HYPOCRISY: Disinviting the Spouses (Updated)
As I see it, this latest move is hypocrisy squared: shameful and shameless.
THIS JUST IN: Jesus Christ Replies to Synod Question About Bishop Bill Love
General Synod Questions November 2020 (HT: Anglican Mainstream) A Question about Bishop Bill Love Mrs Sarah Finch (London) to ask the Chair of the House of Bishops: Q45 Has the House of…
NO COMPROMISE ON ESSENTIALS: Why Dialogue Cannot Resolve the Sexuality Issue in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion
NOTE: I wrote this essay in 1998 just prior to the Lambeth Conference and it was published in a booklet titled The Handwriting on the Wall: A Plea to the Anglican Communion (Latimer Press).…
AN ANGLICAN COMMONWEALTH OF CHURCHES? Weak Tea
Any “Commonwealth” model will be weak tea and not worthy of the name “Communion,” because ultimately fellowship in Christ must be based on the mighty Truth of the Gospel (Galatians 2:5).
TWO SEXES, ONE FLESH: A Commonsense Prophecy Awaiting Fulfillment
I’ll utter another prophecy: the time will come when the 1986 definition will be restored and the transformed definition will be as ludicrous as the Emperor’s New Clothes. How many people in…
ARCHBISHOPS TO THE CHURCH AND THE COMMUNION: “You May Now Take Down Your Hand!”
The Archbishops’ apology presages a future time when bubbly babble about inclusivity and diversity will not suffice and will be replaced by the grim gruel of political correctness.
ST. PAUL TO THE ENGLISH BISHOPS: “Shun Worldly Babble”
In the previous post, I described the recent Pastoral Statement on Marriage of the Church of England House of Bishops of the Church of England as the sound of one hand clapping. What then, I…
THE ENGLISH BISHOPS ON MARRIAGE: The Sound of One Hand Clapping
In December 2019, the House of Bishops of the Church of England published a “Pastoral Statement” regarding same-sex and opposite-sex civil partnerships. Many conservatives rejoiced, and many…
IS GAFCON A CHURCH? with a Reply to Global South Anglicans
Preface: A Reply to the Global South Anglicans In a recent “Anglican Perspectives” video, Canon Phil Ashey of the American Anglican Council announces an “historic”…
DIVORCE IN THE ANGLICAN FAMILY: A Look Back at the Break-Up
In September 2019, Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, shared some reflections with clergy and laity in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on the state of the Anglican…