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TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION: Fourteen Theses for Global Anglicans
by the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! Jerusalem, built as a city that…
THE FAILURE OF COMMUNION GOVERNANCE AND THE CRISIS OF CONTEMPORARY ANGLICANISM: Thesis 3
The executive hierarchy rests ostensibly in the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), an assembly representing the various Anglican provinces but actually in the Anglican Communion Office (the…
AUTHORITY, AUTONOMY, AND THE CRISIS OF CONTEMPORARY ANGLICANISM: Thesis 2
The Church of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury have forfeited their authority to lead the Anglican Communion.
THIS PRESENT DARKNESS AND THE CRISIS OF CONTEMPORARY ANGLICANISM: Thesis 1
This is the first of FOURTEEN THESES TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, with Commentary. By the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll Thesis 1 The world of the 21st century is…
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Bishop John Rodgers Addresses the Global Anglican Future Conference 2008
By the Rt. Rev. John H. Rodgers, Jr. Note from the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll: On November 23, 2022, my colleague and dear friend John Rodgers died at age 92. John was a hero in the revival of…
REDISCOVERING THE TAPESTRY OF SCRIPTURE: Understanding Its Plain and Canonical Sense
Imagine yourself standing in front of one of those huge old tapestries that one sees hanging in a cathedral.[1] You immediately notice the intricate weaving into rich patterns of themes taken…
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AMY CONEY BARRETT: An Esther Come to the Kingdom? (with a Postscript from Dobbs)
Shakespeare’s heroine Portia, decked in judicial robes, is acclaimed "a Daniel come to judgment.” Will Amy Coney Barrett be an Esther come to judgment?
THE MOTHER OF ALL PROOF TEXTS: A Reflection on 2 Timothy 3:16
It may be fairly said that 2 Timothy 3:16 — “all Scripture is inspired by God” — is the mother of all proof-texts because it brings to legitimate birth the idea that Scripture is God’s very…