Contending Anglican
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…
“FROM THE BEGINNING”: GOD’S DESIGN FOR HUMAN NATURE
AN APPEAL TO THE BISHOPS OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA More than a hundred days have passed since the fateful Bostock v. Clayton County decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. I was…
“SYSTEMIC RACISM”: Matters of Definition
I would wish to have a crisper definition of systemic racism. It seems to me that systemic implies an established system of laws and institutions. Apartheid in South Africa was that, in…
“Contending Anglican”: 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…
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…
QUESTIONS FOR THE GAFCON AND GLOBAL SOUTH ANGLICAN LEADERSHIP: And an Appeal
I would plead with you, especially those who are leaders in both entities: sit down patiently to explain yourselves to each other and to the rest of us during this time of crisis in the Communion.
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”…