Covenant central
November 22, 2010
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This is the first of at least two posts regarding the Anglican Covenant today. The Church of England’s General Synod takes up that misguided and
The Archive
Year: 2010
Is the church captive to its buildings?
November 22, 2010
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Shifting demographics have left TEC with too many small congregations in geographic areas in which the population is at best stable and often declining. Conversely, TEC has often failed to plant new churches, or to plant them effectively, in growing suburban and urban areas. Worship attendance, not the number of worship facilities is the objective measure of vitality in any Church.
Going to church
November 22, 2010
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When I first became a Christian, about fourteen years ago, I thought that I could do it on my own, by retiring to my rooms and reading theology, and I wouldn’t go to the churches and Gospel Halls.
Pop culture talks to the Bible; the Bible talks back; we listen in
November 21, 2010
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Not all popular culture is utterly disposable to the alert Bible scholar. In fact, some of it – from the works of Salman Rushdie to the music of Emmylou Harris – can be downright durable.
Sunday Social Hour
November 21, 2010
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This is more of a potluck than a social hour, this week, being a bit later in the day and around dinnertime for the easterners afoot. If you noticed bad links in any of the Facebook stories this week, it had to do with our updating links as news changed over the course of the day.
Covenant quote-along featuring Ruth Gledhill
November 21, 2010
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“What a shocking waste of a Church, and what a disgraceful response to a glorious ministry,” Gledhill writes in anticipating what happens if the Covenant is adopted. “It is illogical to proceed with women bishops while denying homosexuals full participation. Who are we to say that all are not made in God’s image?”
Authoritative text of Benedict XVI interview on contraception
November 21, 2010
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From outside the bright lights and headlines, here is the broader context for Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks about condoms, gleaned from the pages of Peter Seewald’s book.
Checkered past for Facebook-flaming pastor
November 21, 2010
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No shock here to learn that the pastor who encouraged his flock to close down their Facebook accounts on the grounds that it leads to infidelity has been seen to have had a similarly themed past in the form of a sexual relationship that took place between himself and a church assistant and sometimes included the pastor’s wife.
Christ the King of what, precisely?
November 21, 2010
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David Adams offers a painful and incisive indictment: Jesus would not have been a Christian. No way, no how.
Captain of angels, Savior of souls
November 21, 2010
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The Father of angels,
the true King of victory, will call a synod,
the Lord of retainers, to judge with righteousness.
Then all people on earth will
rise up as the almighty King will
command, the captain of angels, with the sound
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