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Atonement is Cosmic Reconciliation

Atonement, Justice, and Divine Hospitality We’ve been arguing about who’s in the lifeboat, when the atonement was about calming the whole storm. In other words, Christ’s atonement is about more than who gets in and out of heaven; it’s about the whole cosmos. These reflections came to me over the last few months as I…

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Hail to the King – Ascension Day

This entry is part 31 of 34 in the series A Walk in the Ancient Western Lectionary

All hail the power of Jesus’ Name! Let angels prostrate fall; bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all! bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all! All hail the King of Kings. The incarnated, flesh-and-blood Jesus, who took upon Himself our humanity in the Virgin Mary’s womb, goes…

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Protecting the Rights of the Unborn

Abortion is the issue of our time. Children are being terminated in record numbers, and liberal news outlets, democrat institutions, and academia are fighting to promote the pro-abortion agenda. Conservative activists need to make their voices heard. Roe v. Wade: the Fallout Roe v. Wade extended privacy rights to abortion to the point of viability…

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A Practical Shift on Receiving in Both Kinds [Commentary on Browne: Article XXX]

Browne identifies the practice of communing using only the bread and withholding the wine from the laity as another outgrowth of Roman Catholic eucharistic doctrine: “The doctrine of transubstantiation naturally led to the belief that, inasmuch as the elements were wholly changed into the substance of Christ, therefore whole Christ, Body and Blood, was contained…

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Walk the Fields – Rogation Sunday

This entry is part 30 of 34 in the series A Walk in the Ancient Western Lectionary

O Jesus, crowned with all renown, Since thou the earth hast trod, Thou reignest, and by thee come down Henceforth the gifts of God. Thine is the health and thine the wealth That in our halls abound, And thine the beauty and the joy With which the years are crowned. St. Paul and St. James…

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The True Israel

Identifying the People of God in the Theology of Paul Who are the people of God? While it is very clear in the Old Testament beginning in Genesis 12 that it is Abraham’s family that is chosen by God to become a great nation and a blessing to the nations, the picture becomes a little…

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Book Review: “The Great Return”

The Great Return: Why Only a Restoration of Christianity Can Save Western Civilisation. By Jamie Franklin. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2025. 272 pp. $24.99 (hardcover). Settled beliefs are, by their nature, difficult to disrupt. Indeed, a dramatic occurrence of some kind is often a necessary impetus for people to re-evaluate their deepest assumptions. For many,…

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What is the Historic Lectionary?

Indeed, in all of catholicism in the twenty-first century, Anglicanism alone preserves the one-year Eucharistic lectionary that had been fully developed by the church by the seventh century. – Gary Thorne It has been variously titled Classical Lectionary, Ancient Lectionary, One-Year Lectionary, &c., all of which are accurate titles. I expect I will use all…

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The Comfortable Words

Introduction One of the most cherished parts of the Anglican Liturgy is the comfortable words. These words reflect a theological and pastoral concern to communicate assurance and comfort to believers. Though unique to Anglican Liturgy, the comfortable words are in keeping with a deep importance of comfort in scripture. This scriptural theme was important to…

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