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Evaluating ‘This Holy Estate’: Ignoring the Old Testament

This Holy Estate engages only two Old Testament texts, Genesis 1 and Genesis 2, deeming them largely irrelevant. But we must attend to the whole of the Old Testament, not least for how the Word speaks in and through it.

The early ‘Anglican’ reading of Scripture (2): Cranmer and the prayer book

For early Anglicans, the right handling of the Word of Truth (2 Tim. 2:15) was a matter of life and death. It requires a heart that acknowledged the authority of the Divine Author, and gladly assented to Scripture's plain meaning.

The early ‘Anglican’ reading of Scripture (1): William Laud

The search for attaining a faithful understanding of Scripture begins by assenting to its authority.

Confession, repentance, and reception: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, I will come to you

One of the things I have been astonished by in my six years of parish ministry are the varied ways that self-hatred imprisons us and perpetuates our propensity to sin. The work of “self-examination” called for ... Read More...

How to read the Bible in church: 7 tips

The way we read the Bible in church is a reflection of how seriously we take the Bible in the life of the Church.

Forgetting our memory verses

Among the greatest gifts of my upbringing in a little prairie Lutheran church was all of the Bible memory verses. My wife had a similar upbringing, and my memory for verses is not what hers is, but nevertheless... Read More...

Why Anglican seminarians still need Galatians

Much of the shape of Anglican seminary curricula, Richard Briggs contends, is shaped by the historical-critical project rather than by the particular questions raised by Anglican ministry itself.

Context, interpretation, and application

Behind many of the debates that Christians have about the Bible, there is an important but unstated assumption: that interpretation is inseparable from application and that context is important to both.

The hope and joy of peace

Branding Jesus

A New Grace for Meals

On Shared Humanity and Diverse Religion: Notes from Egypt

A guide to the Covenant

Branding Jesus

A New Grace for Meals

On Shared Humanity and Diverse Religion: Notes from Egypt

Anglican Myopia

The Body of Christ in the Tomb of Christ

‘Where the Wild Things Are’

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

A New Grace for Meals

The Body of Christ in the Tomb of Christ

Jesus, Baptism, and the Reversal of Death in Mark 4:1–5:43

Lent Is Preparation for the Great Vigil of Easter

Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part Two (Morning Prayer and Antecommunion)

Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part One (Communion by Extension)

Ascension song

Branding Jesus

On Shared Humanity and Diverse Religion: Notes from Egypt

Meditation on an Image

Think Again, Sunshine: Conquest and Jordan Peterson

Ash and Johnny Cash

To Care and Not To Care

Evaluating ‘This Holy Estate’: Ignoring the Old Testament

The early ‘Anglican’ reading of Scripture (2): Cranmer and the prayer book

The early ‘Anglican’ reading of Scripture (1): William Laud

Confession, repentance, and reception: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, I will come to you

How to read the Bible in church: 7 tips

Forgetting our memory verses

Why Anglican seminarians still need Galatians

Context, interpretation, and application