The natural hypothesis would be to assume that given Biblical condemnation of usury there would be aggressive regulation and less demand for payday loans in these states, but ironically, the numbers show the opposite is true. It’s sad that states with a pious and honorable religious heritage now disproportionately host predatory lenders.
I know all the very, very, very, very important reasons why I should care about the proposed Anglican Covenant, the upcoming Lambeth meeting, the “anti-Lambeth” gathering in the Middle East, and all the machinations, argumentations, proselytizations, and disputations surrounding all of it. Still, you know what? I’m tired of it. I’m tired of it, and I’m bored of it, and I am ready to move on. I just don’t care.
When Jesus came to Jordan’s stream his Father’s will obeying,
and was baptized by John, there came a voice from heaven saying,
“This is my dear beloved Son upon whom rests my favor,”
And till God’s will is fully done he will not bend or waver,
for he is Christ the Savior.
Stephen Bates, former religion correspondent for the Guardian, wrote “A Fractured Faith: Do divisions over homosexuality make schism inevitable?” which appeared in the LGCM Anglican
Two recent stories in the New York Times describe how conflicts in religious law and civil law are being handled in the USA, especially in
2/19 UPDATE: the rest of the story — the Diocese of Texas has cancelled services – which these people knew – until the safety of
Simon Sarmiento, keeper of Thinking Anglicans, has written as essay asking the question “Has the covenant already sunk?” The article appears in the LGCM Anglican
The controversy after the Archbishop of Canterbury’s “sharia speech” has become a discussion over the status of the Church of England itself and the question
One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ, as Christ says, John 11, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”. . .
As a child, I was somehow convinced, the priest rubbed the charred remains of dead people on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday. I’m sure no one had ever told me that, but it seemed to fit in with the big, gloomy picture: Jesus was dead, everything was draped in purple, and it was all our fault.