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Hail the day that sees Him rise, Alleluia!
To His throne above the skies, Alleluia!
Christ, awhile to mortals given, Alleluia!
Reascends His native heaven, Alleluia!
There the glorious triumph waits, Alleluia!
Lift your heads, eternal gates, Alleluia!
Christ hath conquered death and sin, Alleluia!
Take the King of glory in, Alleluia!
Circled round with angel powers, Alleluia!
Their triumphant Lord, and ours, Alleluia!
Conqueror [...]
Team Pyro showing that the Bible is a coherent whole, especially when it comes to the atonement.
Sail carefully
In approaching the Old Testament believingly, two extremes must be avoided.
Off to the left looms the Scylla of atomization. Each part of the Bible is treated as a standalone, an historical artifact written virtually without reference to any [...]
Continue reading about Substitutionary Atonement and Proverbs
The new ESV study bible is being released this autumn, just at the point where my over a decade old NIV study bible is falling apart!!
Hurrah!!
The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way—to understand the timeless truth of God’s Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To [...]
It will probably prompt a flurry of claims about my misogyny, but I am delighted that the Welsh Synod failed to pass a vote on allowing Women Bishops. The vote in favour in the House of Clergy was only 58.7%, short of the two-thirds required for the motion to pass.
I am in agreement with Ft [...]
Andrew and Giles Goddard (no relation) have been engaged in a series of online discussions on homosexuality. The latest missive from Andrew to Giles is interesting because Andrew has deliberately upped the ante and challenged Giles to reply with a coherent, biblical pro-gay theology.
As you say, ‘we have to start engaging with the more crunchy [...]
Continue reading about A coherent, biblical, pro-gay theology of sex?
What happens when you put a massive electric charge through a dead body?
Of all the relics of Christ, the only one for which there is clear historical evidence is the Turin Shroud. It alone presents a number of historical and scientific clues that point to the possibility of it actually being the very piece of [...]
What was Jesus doing after he died?
It’s a question that I’ve been asked on a number of occasions. The creeds tell us that he descended to the dead, so I take that to mean that he was in the same place that all humans are after they die, in Hades, waiting for the resurrection. But [...]
A thing of beauty in one paragraph
Symbol is the means of participation in that reality. That is what symbolon is all about. Rites express the faith and mind of the Church regarding the saving effects of the sacraments. It is not magical powers as Mr. Johnson would so wrongly see it but liturgical actions and [...]
Continue reading about Jeffrey Steel on Sacraments and Symbols
Have a read of this article from the Belfast Telegraph (highlighted by Lisa on Anglican Mainstream) and then follow me further down the page for some provocative thoughts from yours truly.
It’s always mildly enjoyable watching the liberal left come face to face with the inherent contradictions in their dogmas - and then [...]
Some lovely thinking from Ft. John Behr
Taught by the Apostles - What is the truth about Jesus? Ask those who knew his earliest followers, said Irenaeus.
by Fr. John Behr
from Issue 96: The Gnostics Hunger for Secret Knowledge
"The Church," wrote Irenaeus, "having received this preaching and this faith, although scattered throughout the whole world, yet, as [...]
A wonderful video doing the rounds that demonstrates very clearly that the liberal "gospel" brings no comfort.
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From Anglican Mainstream
Orthodox Anglicans make a new contribution to the homosexuality debate within the Church of England, by launching a book containing testimonies of Christians who once believed they had a homosexual orientation, but now live happy and fulfilled lives in line with Biblical sexual ethics. These are complemented by essays in the fields of [...]