The Episcopal Church has debated the "normalization" of homosexual practices, same-sex marriage and the ordination of practicing homosexuals, for two decades.
Read moreThis appears to me to entail a conviction that a number of empirical questions concerning homosexuality have been settled including the question of the developmental origins of homosexuality. You seem to be teaching that it is a settled matter that homosexuality is biologically innate and therefore irremediable. If this is so can you tell me the scientific authorities that you find persuasive?
Read moreAuthor Bat Ye'or titled a recent book Eurabia-a blend of Europe and Arabia. She describes Europe's growing political, cultural, and religious ties with Muslims. She thinks the move toward Eurabia has gone so far that it can't be reversed.
Moderate Muslim scholar Bassam Tibi, a Syrian-born German citizen, expects Europe to become Islamic; the only question is what sort of Islam. Professor Tibi wonders whether hardcore Islam or a more tolerant version "is to dominate in Europe."
Read moreThose "brothers and sisters who suffer from schismatic inclinations" would be those of us who believe that the Bible means what it says and shouldn't be rewritten for purely political reasons.
It is about Him, but if we can keep His soldiers myopic we may be able to misdirect many of His forces.
Read moreHere was a model of the Church that seemed great for evangelizing frustrated protestants and disillusioned Roman Catholics, but in the end it could not withstand the critical assault of scholars or the new wave of ecumenical sentiment. The image of the Church as a river with its various branches is too pat, too simple to fit the facts. Neither the Eastern Orthodox nor Roman Catholics have ever accepted it.
Read moreYet there are other factors at work in this argument. Ten years ago, an American court ruled that a terminally-ill adult possessed a “constitutionally guaranteed right” to receive medical assistance in ending his life. Interestingly, the court cited discussion about the abortion debate in support, treating the question of assisted dying as a similar example of decisions affecting “personal dignity and autonomy” which the law should make possible.
Read moreRelated to this is another curiosity: most everyone, whether insider or outsider, will tell you that Anglicanism's notable strengths include tradition and continuity (not to mention unity). Nevertheless, the great rock of traditionalism seems more than most denominations to be forever anxious about what it must do to be relevant in the contemporary world.
Read moreTwo controversial decisions of the 2003 General Convention have fractured the unity of the Anglican Communion and placed our future in peril. At issue are the approval given by the Episcopal Church to consecrate a practicing homosexual, who lives with another man, to serve as the Bishop of New Hampshire and the okay that was given for the blessing of same sex unions.
Read moreThe HOB of the ECUSA has met and prepared another statement for the communion. By the time of the writing of this communication, each of you will have received that statement. After perusing it, I do believe that you will arrive at the same position that I and many others have, that is to say that the statement is unadulterated obfuscation and pomposity and outright deceit. It is another attempt on the part of the ECUSA unbelieving Bishops to confuse and obscure the real issues at hand.
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