PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN CLAUSE (g): A North American Perspective
The Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll I have been reading postings from respected theologians in the Church of England arguing that the addition of “clause (g)” to the General Synod Resolution…
Sexuality
MARRIAGE AND THE THREE-WAY LIGHT BULB
I happen to like three-way light bulbs. They make it possible to have background light for casual conversations and bright light for reading at night. Unfortunately the bulbs and sockets…
“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.…
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…
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…
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 progressives snarled, at…
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…
“LIVING IN LOVE AND FAITH”: Tree or Billboard?
I doubt the final Living in Love and Faith Report will be lively, lovely, or faithful. I suspect it may function more like the billboard in Ogden Nash’s "Song of…
SECULARISM ON THE MARCH: THE ABOLITION OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
Note: I was invited to give the annual public lecture, sponsored by Uganda Christian University and its Africa Policy Centre, on the topic “Secularism on the March: The Abolition of…
THE OFFICIAL POSITION OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE: Recalling General Convention Resolution D039 (2000)
The Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll NOTE: I attended my second ever (and last ever) General Convention in Minneapolis and wrote this as a farewell reflection on leaving for Uganda in…
THE OFFICIAL POSITION OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE: With an Exposition of Resolution D039
Is it permissible in the will of God for two persons to enter into a sexual relationship outside the bond of Holy Matrimony? What is the official position (de jure)…
THE RAPE OF DINAH: Foolproof Composition or Imaginative Construal
THE NEED to interpret the Bible is axiomatic in the history of theology, for Christianity has always been, as one author puts it, a “hermeneutical religion.”(1) Only a super-Puritan would…