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March 12 2021 By dvirtue THE PEDIGREE OF REFORMATIONAL ANGLICANISM

The Ecclesia Anglicana and its offspring in various provinces throughout the world are the recipients and custodians of a priceless heritage emerging from the findings of pious and scholarly minds attuned to the teachings of Scripture in both Britain, and on the Continent, in the Reformation era. These holy servants of the Lord were also conservators of all that was good, right, and true as maintained and upheld within the Church of prior centuries.

March 09 2021 By dvirtue FEAR ITSELF: Satan's Most Powerful Weapon Against Christians

But the Old Covenant Law (with its promised punishments) was intended to be only a temporary expedient until the time was right for the Messiah's advent in the Incarnation of Christ. Once the Kingdom of God and repentance was preached by both John the Baptist and Jesus, the gospel message became the Answer... and faith in Jesus Christ was endued with great power as God started spreading His Holy Spirit to the disciples of Jesus.

February 19 2021 By dvirtue Thoughts on The Problem of Evil and Suffering (Part 2)

Ethical Dualism. Next, we shall briefly mention dualistic metaphysical theodicy. Several ancient religions, most notably Zoroastrianism and Taoism, posit that good cannot logically exist without counterbalancing evil. A prominent 17th century advocate of such ethical dualism was German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who was parodied in Voltaire's Candide. Amy K. Hall notes that "Under this premise there cannot be good without evil . . .

February 14 2021 By dvirtue Thoughts on The Problem of Evil and Suffering (Part 1)

Even the most hardened cynic cannot help but feel a mixture of indignation and rage upon reading such an account, even though it is from a work from fiction. In the novel, Ivan is the hardened cynic and Alyosha is the man of faith; the context of the book shows that both were raised with, and quite knowledgeable of, the Christian worldview.

January 13 2021 By dvirtue DISTINCTLY ANGLICAN: AN APPEAL FOR AUTHENTIC ANGLICANISM

On its own, without labored elaboration, the professed description "Anglican" describes nothing in useful detail. The broad use of the term can encompass Anglo-Catholicism, Liberalism, veiled Atheism or Evangelicalism: High Church, Broad Church, or Low Church, and each of these categories is striped with its own accentuated emphases that germinate even distinguishing traits within its own genus.

December 31 2020 By dvirtue POPE WON'T LIFT LUTHER'S EXCOMMUNICATION

"There will be a special press release on Jan. 4 from both the Lutheran World Federation and the Vatican on the steps being taken that lead us further on the path from conflict to communion," LWF Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations Professor Dr. Dirk G. Lange told Church Militant Wednesday.

December 17 2020 By dvirtue 90% OF PASTORS LACK PROPER THEOLOGICAL TRAINING, MAJOR CONFERENCE IS TOLD

Chris Sugden writes: This situation prompts evaluation of how effective theological education is. In Africa Christians form a sizeable community, if not the majority in some countries. Yet Africa remains the poorest continent. How might theological training enable people to lead Christian communities to engage with their neighbourhoods so that they can transform them spiritually, socially, and economically?

December 07 2020 By dvirtue Brazilian Anglicanism, the result of missionary or British (19th century) and American (20th century) colonial expansionism?

In fact, these first 80 years of the Anglican presence took place in two movements. The first freely as the British settled in the Brazilian province with commercial interests in favor of the British crown, and secondly with the sending of the Church of England and its mission agencies SAMS, Society for the Evangelization of South America and SPCK, Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, evangelical and Anglo-Catholic orientation respectively.

November 25 2020 By dvirtue J. I. Packer on Revaluing the Book of Common Prayer

It references the Canadian BCP of 1962 as well as the Book of Alternative Services or BAS, of which it offers an illuminating critique)

By The Revd. Professor J.I. Packer

November 07 2020 By dvirtue Damaris and the Day of Judgment

Let me put out a series of diagnostic questions that will help. Is it fair of God to do this? Is this awful disease provoked by what he sees? Does he care about our lives enough to intervene? And importantly, is there hope for us if we respond rightly?

I will float these in three scenarios: the election this week, Damaris and Athena, and Jesus as our judge.

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