Why Join a Corrupt Church?
So why should anyone join our troubled Anglican Church in all her present disarray? If we truly love the Lord we will love his Body, and true love always contains within it the patience to endure long-suffering.
Church Decline, Faithfulness, and Hope
While the reports of our death may be premature and exaggerated, our calling remains exactly the same: to proclaim the good news of the risen and ascended Jesus Christ in season and out of season, that we may be found faithful on the Last Day.
Pastoral Faithfulness in Opaque Times
Every time is politically confused. Every culture is morally opaque. In this regard, the French cultural politics of the 1920s and 1930s are analogous to North America’s in 2018.
The Church as Diaspora
Diaspora is not an image of the Church. It is, rather, a historical descriptor of the Church at a given time.
The medium and the message
What's the best way to structure effective sermons?
Faithfully facing congregational decline
It is a mistake to think that a large group of people in one building on Sunday is somehow more faithful than the meager few in another.
Sympathy for Judas: Martin Scorcese’s Silence
How is one supposed to understand Fr. Rodrigues in Martin Scorsese's film?
Shooting the messengers? ‘Conservative’ theology and church growth
The authors of “Theology Matters” concluded that congregations who espouse “liberal” theology are declining and congregations who espouse “conservative” theology are growing.