Robert Nelson: Festivals and FastsFestivals and Fasts: Saint Bartholomew (August 24) Festivals and Fasts: Ember Days in September Festivals and Fasts: Saint Matthew (September 21) Festivals and Fasts: Saint Michael and All Angels (September 29)The Church being always in need of manful men who are impressed with a due sense of what it means to…
Making Disciples: Catechesis in History, Theology, and Practice. By Alex Fogleman: Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2025. 220 pp. $29.99 (paper). For those who are interested in restoring the practice of catechesis, the task of finding a suitable catechism should pose no difficulty, as there are many options readily available, both old and new. The question of…
A Walk in the Ancient Western LectionaryA Walk in the Ancient Western Lectionary: An Introduction Come Thou Long Expected Jesus – The First Sunday in Advent Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending – Second Sunday in Advent On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist Cries – Third Sunday in Advent O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – The…
The “Anti- Syndrome” is one of the ongoing pathologies of the Continuing Anglican Movement. There is quite a bit of positive advertising out there on church websites, but when you actually get to St. Francis-in-the-Fens, what one finds is that this is often a cover for the same old anti-TEC, anti-liberal, anti-gay rhetoric that has…
An Exegetical and Theological Study of Judah and Joseph The story of Joseph, as commonly told, is the kind of story that resonates with a modern western audience. An ambitious, young boy who has dreams of grandeur overcomes the obstacles of jealous older brothers, slavery, and imprisonment to become the second most powerful man in…
Compared to many other commentators on the Articles, Browne takes a special interest in affirming what has traditionally been known as the magisterial cura religionis, or care of religion: It has been observed in a former Article, that the Jewish state may be considered in some respects as a model republic; and that, notwithstanding the…
A Walk in the Ancient Western LectionaryA Walk in the Ancient Western Lectionary: An Introduction Come Thou Long Expected Jesus – The First Sunday in Advent Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending – Second Sunday in Advent On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist Cries – Third Sunday in Advent O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – The…
Decalogue Series (Rafferty)Christ, the End of the Law: The Decalogue and Christian Ethics One God and One Lord: Commandments 1-3 Keeping the Feast-Christ and the Sabbath Honoring Father and Mother Do No Murder: Love of Neighbor and the Love of God Adultery and Theft: Seizing God’s Gifts Bearing Faithful Witness Coveting and Christian DesireCommandment 9…
This summer, noted systematic and historical theologian Dr. Matthew Barrett publicly announced his exit from the Southern Baptist Convention and his reception into the Anglican Church in North America. His exit elicited a firestorm of accusations as well as sympathetic well-wishes, revealing a rift within American Evangelicalism over the significance of history, liturgy, and authority…
Every news cycle brings a fresh reminder that I am a “fellow citizen” with men who don’t know me, who often would hate me if they did, and are nothing like me. The phrase “fellow citizen” reminds me of “comrades” in the USSR. Americans are not “fellows” in any genuine sense, just as the soviets…