"God has given us a new revelation not shared with our forefathers in the church."According to Fr. George Conger in an article written for Anglican Ink, this is what one bishop said about the move towards embracing same-sex marriage in The Episcopal Church.Regardless of where one stands on this matter, this is a striking statement to make. "A new revelation not shared with our forefathers."...
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Episcopal Church's Current Understanding of Marriage Supports "Sacramental Apartheid"
In a recent blog posting, I noted that an Episcopal priest at the 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church compared the marriage rite in The Book of Common Prayer to the Confederate flag. According to this priest, just as the Confederate flag is a symbol of hate that must be taken down, so, too, the Prayer Book's marriage rite is a symbol of discrimination that must be jettisoned...
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Episcopal Bigotry: Prayer Book's Marriage Rite Compared to Confederate Flag
Even before the 78th General Convention officially started, things got interesting. According to a Living Church article entitled "Prayer Book Discrimination?", an open hearing of the Special Legislative Session on Marriage included some forceful comments in favor of clearing the way for gender-neutral language in authorized marriage rites. One speaker took aim at the Prayer Book's marriage...
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Gordon H. Clark Sermon: The Holy Wisdom of God
College will give one knowledge, but not wisdom. -- Dr. Gordon H. ClarkThe Gordon H. Clark Foundation posted this sermon at their site. The sermon was recently discovered in the Clark family archive of unpublished papers. Here is a quote from the sermon:Undoubtedly this passage from Job implies that the study of minerals, the study of geology, indeed all academic study is not ...
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
What Is a Parable? A Clarkian Analysis of Dr. Robert A. Traina's Comment
It may truly be said that the context of each term of a book is the book itself. -- Dr. Robert A. TrainaI never took any classes with Dr. Robert A. Traina. However, when I was a young Pentecostal and Arminian student at Asbury Theological Seminary, Dr. Traina's book on inductive biblical exegesis, Methodical Bible Study, was a standard textbook and still is today in many seminaries...
Monday, 22 June 2015
St. John Chrysostom: Living With Security
"Living With Security"Commentary on Matthew 7:24-27Whereas his teaching has up to now largely focused on the future kingdom, its unspeakable rewards and its consolations, now he shifts his focus to the present life, its current fruits and how great is the strength of virtue within it. What then is...
Sunday, 7 June 2015
12 Apostles Activity
Tomorrow begins the 'Apostles fast' in the Orthodox Church, and here's an activity to assemble the icon day by day until the feast on June 29/30. On the first day, the children will cut out and glue the icon of Christ in the center of the Tree, learning the memory verse, "I am the vine, you are the...