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November 28 2009
"Handmaidens of Arbitrary Lawlessness":A Critique and a Plea for Restraint
While it is true that the court's opinion analyzed the evolution of title to the parish property from the Colonial period forward and reached the conclusion that title was now held by the congregation's corporate entity, these three legal issues do not depend on the Colonial history.
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November 19 2009
ROME: Archbishop Williams address at a Willebrands Symposium in Rome
Let me give an outline of what I want to say in the half an hour or so available. The strong convergence in these agreements about what the Church of God really is, is very striking. The various agreed statements of the churches stress that the Church is a community, in which human beings are made sons and daughters of God, and reconciled both with God and one another.
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November 18 2009
Muslim academics and students are turning against Darwin's theory
Dr Guessoum, who is a Sunni Muslim, said that in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia, only 15 per cent of those surveyed believed Darwin's theory to be "true" or "probably true". This stand was equally prevalent among students and teachers, from high school to university. Most alarmingly, he claimed, science teachers were misrepresenting the facts and theories of evolution by mixing it with religious ideologies.
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November 16 2009
Joel Osteen and the Glory Story: A Case Study
Although explicit proponents of the so-called "prosperity gospel" may be fewer than their influence suggests, its big names and best-selling authors (T. D. Jakes, Benny Hinn, Joel Osteen, and Joyce Meyer) are purveyors of a pagan worldview with a peculiarly American flavor.
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November 13 2009
Charles Simeon: Evangelical Mentor and Model
As he read about propitiatory sacrifice in the Old Testament, he thought, "What, may I transfer all my guilt to another? Has God provided an offering for me, that I may lie my sins on his head?" He immediately laid his sins "upon the sacred head of Jesus."
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November 01 2009
A Documentary History of ECUSA's Constitution
Since the nature of ECUSA's polity is so much in dispute these days, I have decided that as a public service, I will publish in this post the earliest version of the Church's Constitution, as well as some further historical materials leading up to its formulation.
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November 01 2009
The Thirty-nine Articles and the Church
The nature of the Church But what is the Church? Article XIX tells us: THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. Notice first, the reference to the visible Church, as distinct from the invisible Church. The invisible Church is the company of faithful believers known only to Christ.
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October 31 2009
Catholics, Lutherans and Methodists Mark 10th Anniversary of Justification
Members of the World Methodist Council later adopted the document by unanimous vote as well, in 2006, and will be present for this weekend's commemorative events.
"For hundreds of years, the issue of justification by faith divided Catholics and Protestants," said Bishop Gregory Palmer, president of The United Methodist Church's Council of Bishops, in a released statement. "This agreement celebrates consensus on the basic truths of the doctrine of justification."
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October 29 2009
The Church of England Outside England
The first Church of England service on record in the country was conducted by a Naval Chaplain in 1749. After the British occupation of the Cape in 1806, congregations were formed and churches were built.
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October 27 2009
Diocese and Covenant: Reflections on Dallas, its History and Future
It was for the privilege of so organizing and of taking the key next step, that of a selection of Bishop, that the body was convened, he said.
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