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The Reformed Tradition in Reformation Anglicanism
A Reply I appreciate Rev. Crosby for his well-written article in response to my critique of Reformation Anglicanism, “Elizabethan Anglicanism and the Reformed Tradition,” and I apologize for my delay in responding to it. In criticizing my “unhelpfully narrow picture of what it means to be Reformed,” he has provided me the opportunity to clarify…
Let’s Talk Politics
Christians should talk about politics. The prejudice many Christians have against political disagreement and debate isn’t healthy. Honesty requires laying all political tactics aside. Telling Christians they shouldn’t “talk about politics” is itself a political tactic and a political statement. We must make that clear to ourselves. Every political tactic, such as this one, has…
A Ceiling too High
Or, How Art Styles Dictate Religious Piety A while ago a book by the art historian Elizabeth Lev called How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art was released to much acclaim in our corners of the internet. The title implies a lofty goal, one which I am…
Search the Scriptures
Modern Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox alike revel in undermining faith in the doctrine that all things necessary for salvation may be found through Holy Scripture. The favorite argument for polemists from those communions is that the canon of Scripture did not create itself, therefore how would anyone know what constitutes Holy Scripture without the…
The Drama of Confession
This essay is an adaptation and expansion of material I prepared for a Sunday school class a year ago. The purpose of the class was simply to explain what we do on Sunday morning and why we do it, my inspiration being Anthony Sparrow’s A Rationale Upon the Book of Common Prayer. As our parish…
Peter, Rome, and the Roman Church [Commentary on Browne: Article XXXVII (2)]
It is worthwhile to address a few words to Browne’s discussion of the historical evidence pertaining to St. Peter’s alleged presence and bishopric in Rome, not concerning the evidence itself (whether for or against the traditional Roman claims), but with respect to the conclusions that may be drawn on the basis of this evidence. Browne…
Festivals and Fasts: Saint Michael and All Angels (September 29)
This year, since Michaelmas falls on a Monday and Sundays are not fast days, its vigil is on the Saturday before. May the reflections of Robert Nelson on this day, from his Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, bless you on this vigil and on the feast day on Monday….
Honor Virtue Or Lose the Young Men
Young Men are The Future Young men are the future of the Anglican Church in North America. They are the resource, if well stewarded, by which the church will be replenished through the Spirit. Young men will also, if either neglected or ignored, opt out of ordained ministry altogether in favor of pursuits and careers…
Ghosted by the Church
When Masculinity Disappears and the Church Becomes Silent Let’s be honest. A growing number of Christian men have stopped going to church—and not because they’ve lost the faith. It’s because the church has lost them. Why? Some blame secular culture, others point to boredom, but beneath the surface is a festering wound: the feminization of…
Coveting and Christian Desire
Commandment 10 “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (Col 3:5).[1] In the verses preceding this exhortation, the Apostle reminds the Colossians that they have been united to Christ in his resurrection and ascension. No longer are they slaves to the old…
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