Stephen’s Witness
Website of the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll
PAINTING YOURSELF INTO THE GREAT COMMISSION: The Silver Edition
The Rev. Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Peggy Noll Note: Twenty-five years ago my wife Peggy and I sensed a call to serve in Uganda at Uganda Christian University. Prior to our departure, we addressed…
THE JERUSALEM DECLARATION ON SCRIPTURE: A Via Media for Orthodox Anglicans?
Note: The following article appeared in The Anglican Way 2.3 (2023), Used with permission. In a recent online article, three prominent North American Anglican theologians ask whether the…
INDIGENIZING GLOBAL ANGLICANISM: The Next Step in Resetting the Anglican Communion
I began this essay one day after the announcement of the “Kigali Commitment,” the communiqué of the fourth Global Anglican Future Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Many Anglicans are rejoicing in…
TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION: Fourteen Theses for Global Anglicans
by the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll For an onlne Commentary on the Fourteen Theses, see here. For a downloadable PDF, see here. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!”…
GOD THE FATHER’S DAY: A Patriarchal Convergence
In recognition of the “solar eclipse” of Father’s Day (USA and UK) and Trinity Sunday, I am re-posting something I wrote last year, noting that in the absence of a feast in…
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GOD THE FATHER: Three Biblical Reflections
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, recently issued a press report about how he experiences God as father: The Most Revd Justin Welby said that calling God “father” for him means that…
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…
CRITICAL LOVERS AND LOVING CRITICS: Why I Put Out the Flag on Independence Day
NOTE: I preached this meditation on Sunday, July 4, 2021 at my local church in Pittsburgh. It is now available in my recent book: Millennial People, Boomer Priest: My Year Eldering a Young…