Island Cross-Talk: Pages from a Blasket Island Diary. By Tomás O’Crohan. Translated by Tim Enright. Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. 208 pp. $19.99 (paper). “The sun was high when I wandered out. The way the day had cleared would make you reflect that it was not the end of the world yet,…
As with gladness men of old did the guiding star behold; as with joy they hailed its light, leading onward, beaming bright; so, most gracious God, may we evermore be led to Thee. The First Sunday after the Epiphany comes in powerfully. St. Paul’s epistle grabs us by the collar and makes frank that which…
Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ. By Jason S. DeRouchie. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2024. 368 pp. $32.99 (hardcover). Several years ago, Baptist pastor and author Dr. John Piper responded to a question about whether he found the Federal Vision theology of Douglas Wilson to be a different gospel by saying, in…
Following the response to my review of Re-Formed Catholic Anglicanism, I wish to thank Bishop Sutton for taking the time to address my arguments in detail. His own arguments clarify the nature of the disagreements that continue to exist between Reformed Catholics and what have been called Re-Formed Catholics. For the sake of edification, a…
Joy to the world! the Lord is come: Let earth receive her King; Let ev’ry heart prepare Him room And heav’n and nature sing, And heav’n and nature sing, And heav’n, and heaven and nature sing. This is the season of Joy. The season continues in such a manner that it embarrasses both the world…
This article is a response to Mr. James Clark’s November 24, 2024, book review of Re-Formed Catholic Anglicanism (eds. Charles Camlin, Charles Erlandson, & Joshua Harper, Dallas: Anglican Way Institute Press, 2024), in the North American Anglican. Unfortunately, Mr. Clark never actually reviewed the book! Instead, he focused on a subpoint of a subpoint in…
A Homely Place for Worship I visited the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa with a friend, where I encountered two distinct churches on the premises. The new church, where we attended the Polish mass, bore the influence of Vatican II and felt somewhat hollow and sterile. The old chapel, nestled within a quaint…
