Commentaries Catholic and Reformed

Ephesians By Michael Allen Brazos Press. pp. 208. $31.45 1 & 2 Thessalonians By Douglas Farrow Brazos Press. pp. 336. $35  Review by Robert Price The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible ... Read More...

An Adventurous Archdeacon

A Window to Heaven The Daring First Ascent of Denali: America’s Wildest Peak By Patrick Dean Pegasus Books. pp. 336, $27.95 Review by Rob Price From the hills of the Lake District in his native England... Read More...

Oh Stay, Boomer

By Robert Price I was nonplussed when my dad told me over decade ago that he was retiring after 39 years of congregational ministry. I’m certain that deep down it was because our dads are always young and in... Read More...

The Distance of the Performer

By Rob Price I attended a clergy conference several years ago in which a judicatory official gave a presentation on how he planned to respond to a contested issue in the denomination. He wore a different col... Read More...

Post-Pandemic Ministry

By Rob Price Through the Lenten season I learned, along with many of my clergy colleagues, the new skills ministry demanded by shelter-in-place ministry: Facebook live-streaming, Zoom meetings and Bible stud... Read More...

Son Of

Who taught the Word first to speak?

Mercy Triumphs Over Grace

Mercy provides catholic Anglicans a way to challenge our Protestant brethren with a hermeneutic that is grounded throughout the witness of Scripture (including St. Paul, especially if one reads “grace” as an aspect God’s merciful response to the human condition), is firmly rooted in theological reflections on the Trinity (Kasper especially leans on St. Augustine), and dynamically connects the relationship of the believer to God in Christ with the relationship that disciples are called to share with their neighbors and the political arrangements that are most conducive to human flourishing.