"It sounds to me like the House of Bishops was so anxious to Depose Bishops' Cox and Schofield, that they simply skipped reading the Canons, and decided to hang 'em anyway!" --- +Maurice M. Benitez Bishop of Texas, Retired
The four gospels. The gospels are not biography; they are testimony --- From 'The Upper Room Discourse', in "Christ the Liberator", by John Stott and others
Read moreThe biblical historians were not historians in the modern sense, writing with scientific detachment. They were theologians too, writing from a divine perspective. They were not morally and spiritually neutral; they were deeply committed to God's cause. The Old Testament history books were regarded as prophecy, and the four lives of Jesus are not biographies but gospels written by evangelists, who were bearing witness to Jesus.
Read moreDear Brothers and Sisters,
www.virtueonline.org
3/14/2008
It was a week that saw further disintegration and separation from The Episcopal Church of its godly remnant.
The House of Bishops met in Camp Allen, Texas, and did a number of predictable things.
Read more"Every evangelical leader I know-Rick Warren, Jim Dobson, Bill Hybels, Jim Wallis, and Ron Sider-all of us, right and left, in our own ways, are battling for traditional values. We're defending life, pursuing justice, and caring for the poor. Yes, we're beginning to be more involved in environmental issues, thanks to younger evangelicals reminding us that God commanded us to care for his creation.
Read moreAll Christ's teaching. Where is all the teaching of Jesus Christ to be found? The correct answer is not 'in his discourses in the gospels', but 'in the whole Bible'.
Read moreAll Christ's teaching. Where is all the teaching of Jesus Christ to be found? The correct answer is not 'in his discourses in the gospels', but 'in the whole Bible'.
Read moreAll revealed truth is held in stewardship. It is given to be shared, not monopolized. If men cannot keep their scientific discoveries to themselves, how much less should we keep to ourselves the divine disclosures? --- From "The Message of Ephesians" John R.W. Stott
Read moreAll revealed truth is held in stewardship. It is given to be shared, not monopolized. If men cannot keep their scientific discoveries to themselves, how much less should we keep to ourselves the divine disclosures? --- From "The Message of Ephesians" John R.W. Stott
Read moreSharia, if introduced, would not only jeopardise community relations but also further segregate Muslim communities from the rest of the British public. Every moderate, liberal-minded Muslim like myself would resist the imposition of Sharia in Britain regardless of whether its advocate was a Church of England archbishop or a mullah from the local mosque. --- Dr. Shaaz Mahboob in Hillingdon, Middlesex
Read moreSharia, if introduced, would not only jeopardise community relations but also further segregate Muslim communities from the rest of the British public. Every moderate, liberal-minded Muslim like myself would resist the imposition of Sharia in Britain regardless of whether its advocate was a Church of England archbishop or a mullah from the local mosque. --- Dr. Shaaz Mahboob in Hillingdon, Middlesex
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