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This journal upholds classical Anglican theology, rooted in Scripture, the 39 Articles, and the Book of Common Prayer. Committed to social, moral, and theological orthodoxy, we explore our rich tradition to strengthen Christ’s Church with timeless wisdom, piety, and truth.
King Solomon Talks with Wendell Berry and Sisyphus about the Cedars of Lebanon
…Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. – Wendell Berry, “Manifesto” In terms, he says, of a return on your investment, Pine is best. Quickest to shoot, and a versatile wood. Your sequoias, Wendell, are senseless. Granted, I luxuriate in…
Book Review: “British Political Thought, 1500-1660”
British Political Thought, 1500-1660: The Politics of the Post-Reformation. By Glenn Burgess. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. 448 pp. $171 (hardback), $49.45 (paper). The push for retrieval in the Protestant tradition has broadened to include political thought only within the past few years, thanks in no small part to Stephen Wolfe’s The Case for Christian…
Festivals and Fasts: Saint Luke the Evangelist (October 18)
For the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, Robert Nelson reflects on the beloved physician, the truth of the Gospel, and our duty to Christians under persecution, with prayers for the health of our souls.
Tenacious
I look upon the Autumn scene And leaves that only yesterday were green With vividness of Summer’s sheen – Now faded, drab, or gone. But here and there against the sky A gold leaf quivers, soon to lie When Autumn’s chill wind makes it fly Into leaf-drifts on the lawn. Yes, high upon a barren…
A Long Road for the Footman
“The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.” —(Proverbs 15:9 The Narrow Path of the Christian Footman The narrow path of the Christian footman is one that I can only describe as an adventure. But as with any adventure, rarely is it finished with…
A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind (Part 2)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 3 · Part 2 A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind by Only Christ Our Saviour from Sin and Death Everlasting The Second Part of the Sermon of Salvation. YE have heard of whom all men ought to seek their justification and righteousness, and how also this righteousness cometh…
Singers Before the Army: Evensong as Spiritual Warfare
“And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth forever.” – 2 Chronicles 20:21 KJV[1] Choral Evensong is the traditional Anglican service of evening prayer….
Church Doctrine, Bible Truth – Chapter 1 (Part 1): The Scripture Gospel
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which 1 preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory that I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I…
All the World is a Passing Thing
All the world is a passing thing, more fleeting than the rain, The sun rides up, the sun rides down, another day to gain, And when the summer first has come, in shades and scents of June, At once the year is riding down, unto a winter moon, The friend of morn is a foe…
A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind (Part 1)
First Book of Homilies · Homily 3 · Part 1 A Sermon of the Salvation of Mankind by Only Christ Our Saviour from Sin and Death Everlasting BECAUSE all men be sinners and offenders against God, and breakers of his law and commandments, therefore can no man by his own acts, works, and deeds, seem…