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+ Do You Have Faith in Jesus? - Archbishop Mouneer Anis at Christ St Paul's Today [Luke 4]
+ Sunday Worship from Long Lartin Prison, Worcestershire
+ Assisted Suicide - Vaughan Roberts
Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life Liturgy, Music, Worship

One of the greatest challenges for Christians at the dawn of the 21st century is the power and influence of Islam. As the world’s two great missionary religions, Christianity and Islam are often at odds with one another, and the tension can at times feel palpable. How are we as Christians to respond to the threat and challenge of this growing and energetic religion? What should be the Church’s reaction in light of the Lord’s Great Commission to make disciples of all men? What does the Apostle Paul mean when he reminds believers that “the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds”? Join us this year at Mere Anglicanism as we explore “The Cross and the Crescent: The Gospel and the Challenge of Islam.”
You may find the schedule here and a list of speakers there.
Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal * Culture-Watch History Religion & Culture * Religion News & Commentary Other Faiths Islam Muslim-Christian relations * South Carolina * Theology Apologetics Christology Seminary / Theological Education The Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
We affirmed the consultation that had taken place in preparation for the meeting by Archbishop Welby and commended his approach for future events within the Communion.
The consideration of the required application for admission to membership of the Communion of the Anglican Church of North America was recognised as properly belonging to the Anglican Consultative Council. The Primates recognise that such an application, were it to come forward, would raise significant questions of polity and jurisdiction.
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal - Anglican: Primary Source -- Statements & Letters: Organizations Archbishop of Canterbury --Justin Welby Anglican Primates Primates Gathering in Canterbury January 2016
The Primates regret that it appears that this document has been leaked in advance of their communiqué tomorrow. In order to avoid speculation the document is being released in full. This agreement demonstrates the commitment of all the Primates to continue the life of the Communion with neither victor nor vanquished.
Questions and further comments will be responded to at a press conference tomorrow at 1500.
The full text is as follows:
1. We gathered as Anglican Primates to pray and consider how we may preserve our unity in Christ given the ongoing deep differences that exist among us concerning our understanding of marriage.
Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal - Anglican: Primary Source -- Statements & Letters: Primates Anglican Primates Primates Gathering in Canterbury January 2016
We are pleased that Archbishop Foley Beach of the Anglican Church in North America has played a full part in the Canterbury meeting of Primates and that sanctions have been applied to the Episcopal Church of the United States, (TEC) recognising the need for mutual accountability on matters of doctrine within the family of the Communion.
Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Primates Primates Gathering in Canterbury January 2016 Global South Churches & Primates GAFCON II 2013 GAFCON I 2008 * Theology Anthropology Ethics / Moral Theology Pastoral Theology Theology: Scripture
Sadly, after two long days of discussions, I was concerned that the process set up for this meeting would not permit us to address the unfinished business from the 2007 Primates Meeting in Dar es Salaam.
In accordance with the resolution of our Provincial Assembly, it was, therefore, necessary for me to withdraw from the meeting, which I did at the end of the second day. It seemed that I was being manipulated into participating in a long meeting with the Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church of Canada without the necessary discipline being upheld. My conscience is at peace.
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Primates Primates Gathering in Canterbury January 2016 Anglican Provinces Church of Uganda
Please remember Bishop John Ellison in your prayers: [George Conger] Border-crossing charges filed against British Bishop
Here are the links to posts that have been recently featured at the top of the blog or on topical issues.
+ A Christmas 2015 Pastoral Letter from the Chairman of the GAFCON Primates Council (December 22, 2015)
+ (GAFCON) The Anglican Communion is at a Crossroads (December 18, 2015)
+ (AI) Archbishop Eliud Wabukala-What is at stake in Canterbury when the Primates come in January 2016 (December 18, 2015 )
Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal * Admin Featured (Sticky)
“…But generally on the continent of Africa our culture does not support the promotion of this type of life style. I know a lot of gays. But they won’t come out and start propagating it as a way of life.
“So the problem therefore on the continent of Africa generally is for strong groups from outside Africa coming to impose what is culturally unacceptable. Coming to impose it. That is where the difference is. If the West would just leave Africans within our various cultures, we know how to live together with our differences…”
Who are these “strong groups from outside Africa” Secretary General Fearon is referencing?
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Primates Primates Gathering in Canterbury January 2016
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While there were initial demands for the disciplining of churches who offer pastoral care of gay couples by liturgical rites of blessing, this was simply not mentioned in the communiqué; in the end, the issue is the unilateral change of the doctrine of marriage.
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Primates Primates Gathering in Canterbury January 2016
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Someone grabbed him.
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--Psalm 24:1
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He told the meeting: “There is no evidence that any religion or ideology is a primary motivator of terrorism. That lies in anger at injustice, a sense of moral superiority, a promise of adventure and being a hero.”
He told the gathering of over 100 people that young people are searching for a sense of identity in a moral vacuum.
“Religion is not the problem and RE is not about countering these issues.”
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Filed under: * Culture-Watch Education Religion & Culture * International News & Commentary England / UK
He pretended they were to be used as forced labour in his factories – and then allowed them to escape.
As Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, considers the remarkable step of awarding Albert Goering its highest honour by naming him alongside Oscar Schindler, the rescuer of Jews made famous in the film Schindler’s List, as one of the Righteous Among The Nations, I have investigated the brothers’ contrasting and intertwined life stories..
Read it all and Esler's full broadcast is available here [h/t Anne Kennedy]
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The finding, from a YouGov survey of more than 6,000 people, suggests the Church’s leadership, which led a high-profile campaign against a change in the law, is at odds with the majority of Anglicans in England for the first time.
It also points to a sharp fall in opposition to same-sex marriage among those who identify as members of the Church of England since the law changed, echoing a shift in wider society.
Read it all from the Telegraph.
Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Provinces Church of England (CoE) * Culture-Watch Marriage & Family Religion & Culture Sexuality --Civil Unions & Partnerships Sociology * International News & Commentary England / UK * Theology Ethics / Moral Theology
Now, the presence of a Christian church near Confucius central is sparking debate as to whether the ancient philosopher — or, more accurately, his descendants — can handle an influx of Western spirituality in a nation yearning for fulfillment. In an online article published late this month, a prominent Confucian scholar protested the expansion of an existing church less than 2 miles from Qufu’s main Confucian temple and kickstarted a campaign against it. Such a church “towering over” the Confucian sanctuary, wrote Zeng Zhenyu, would stir up “intense controversy.” Sure enough, a torrent of digital discourse has ensued in China, with scholars and laymen alike parsing the ancient ideology’s stance towards a diversity of faiths.
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Filed under: * International News & Commentary Asia China
What did happen was that the gathering addressed the very narrow issue of TEC and its change of liturgies and the marriage Canon at its most recent General Convention last summer. The decision to discipline TEC finally came to a vote on Thursday. Archbishop Foley has made it clear that, while he chose not to participate in that vote, it was passed by a very large majority. After that, with TEC and the ACoC Primates still fully participating, he and some of the GAFCON Primates absented themselves from the remaining day of the meeting. They felt they could only continue if there was evidence that the Communion was being brought back into Biblical order. The fact that the ACoC was undisciplined and TEC was disciplined in a minor way but was still at the table made it necessary for the GAFCON Primates to leave...
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Primates Primates Gathering in Canterbury January 2016
What I am going to do in this post is instead to outline what I think are the key issues facing orthodox Anglicans as we move on to the next stage of the life of the Anglican Communion.
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Primates Primates Gathering in Canterbury January 2016
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold.
The media, and many people around the world, thought there would be a split in the Anglican Communion during ‘Primates 2016 ’. This was the meeting of the senior bishops of the 38 provinces, joined by the Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America , from 11th to 15th January at Canterbury Cathedral .
Remarkably, through the grace of God, the humility of the Primates and prayers throughout the world across the traditions of God’s Church, the centre held.
Here we consider seven interweaving themes of the week.
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Primates Primates Gathering in Canterbury January 2016
Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life Spirituality/Prayer
--Psalm 55:16-18
Filed under: * Theology Theology: Scripture
Source: Luke 1:68-79 [AV] Lyrics from the Book of Common Prayer of 1662
68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life Liturgy, Music, Worship
Aaqil Ahmed calls on public service broadcasters such as the BBC to confront a world "defined by religion and conflict" but where most media fail to take religion seriously.
Few people know much about each other's beliefs, values and customs, creating a climate where it is all too easy for prejudice to take root, he says.
Read it all from Christian Today.
Filed under: * Culture-Watch Media Religion & Culture * Theology Ethics / Moral Theology
When I was working through my way through a graduate program in the history of Christianity, I became convinced that there is no rational explanation for the church’s survival over the past 2,000 years—there were many compelling political, intellectual, and social reasons for it to have gone out of business long ago. And none of those threats were ever as dangerous to the church as it was to itself. We’ve always been our own worst enemy when we fail to live out of the gospel we proclaim. But still the church perseveres.
The only possible explanation for the church’s survival is that Jesus Christ chose to use it to continue his mission of bringing the kingdom of God to earth.
Read it all from Craig Barnes in the Christian Century.
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The wider point is that laïcité is not an adequate solution to the problems faced by many Muslims and other minorities in France: unemployment, racial discrimination, banishment to the distant suburbs of big cities, and underachievement in an education system that is, according to an OECD report, one of the western world’s least egalitarian.
Until these problems are properly addressed by the country’s elites, laïcité will remain little more than a hollow rallying cry.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Culture-Watch History Religion & Culture * Economics, Politics Politics in General * International News & Commentary Europe France * Religion News & Commentary Other Faiths Secularism * Theology Ethics / Moral Theology
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--Hebrews 10:19-25
Filed under: * Theology Theology: Scripture
Iain Murray’s two-volume biography of Lloyd-Jones remains the gold-standard work on the Doctor. At nearly 1,300 pages, it is a massive treatise, meticulously documenting the great man’s life and ministry.
I worked through Murray’s two-volume biography years ago, but understand why some find it a bit intimidating. That is why I was glad to see Lloyd-Jones’ grandson, Christopher Catherwood, complement Murray’s biography with his new Martyn Lloyd-Jones: His Life and Reflection for the 21st Century.
Read it all from Jason Allen.
Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life Church History Parish Ministry Ministry of the Ordained Preaching / Homiletics * Culture-Watch Books
Welby made the comments on ITV's "Good Morning Britain" program, when he was asked about his thoughts on Trump's suitability as the next president of the United States and leader of the free world.
"It would certainly be very challenging, wouldn't it?" Welby said, with The Telegraph suggesting that he indicated possible doubts about Trump's presidential campaign.
Read it all.
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Archbishop of Canterbury --Justin Welby * Culture-Watch Religion & Culture * Economics, Politics Foreign Relations Politics in General Office of the President * International News & Commentary America/U.S.A. England / UK * Theology Ethics / Moral Theology
Comments are closed.The inquiry into the Church of England Boys’ Society being held in Hobart heard evidence on Thursday from the convicted child sexual offender Louis Daniels, 68, a former archdeacon who was one of Tasmania’s top-four church leaders in the early 1990s.
Daniels has since been jailed for pleading guilty to abusing 12 boys.
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I will take comments on this submitted by email only to KSHarmon[at]mindspring[dot]com.
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Comments are closed.With thanks to Kevin Kallsen and George Conter at Anglican TV
Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Primates Primates Gathering in Canterbury January 2016
Bishop Nestor Desire Nongo-Aziagbia said the LRA, led by self-declared prophet Joseph Kony, has become one of the biggest threats to peace in his country and in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.
“They continue to enslave villagers, making them load carriers and sex slaves,” he said. “They are also burning down villages.”
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Filed under: * Culture-Watch Violence * Economics, Politics Defense, National Security, Military * International News & Commentary Africa Central African Republic * Theology Ethics / Moral Theology
Once the Serb had the first set, it was always going to be an uphill battle for Federer, who had only once before in 22 wins against Djokovic come from a set down.
“I know how important the first set is against Novak, especially at this time right now when he's World No. 1. When he gets on a roll, it's tough to stop. He's always played very well throughout his career with the lead. Even more so now when his confidence is up...[said Roger Federer]
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The 10 books every child should read before they leave school https://t.co/7Z8XOOYzBe pic.twitter.com/oSwxtvL2nZ
— The Independent (@Independent) January 28, 2016Filed under: * Culture-Watch Books Children Education
The discovery that two of the most energetic priests in east London had recently grown beards of an opulence that would not have disgraced a Victorian sage prompted me to look again at the barbate debate throughout Church history. The two priests work in parishes in Tower Hamlets. Most of the residents are Bangladeshi-Sylheti, for whom the wearing of a beard is one of the marks of a holy man. This view is shared among many Eastern cultures, but it was not so for much of the history of the West.
Alexander the Great was clean-shaven, and this was the fashion also in the Roman Republic and early empire, until the reign of the Emperor Hadrian in the second century. Early representations of Christ in Western European art, such as the Hinton St Mary mosaic on display in the British Museum, show the Saviour also clean-shaven, and portrayed as some Classical hero.
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Young people have perhaps been the greatest agitators for change and have given their elders lessons in courage, determination and grit - schools have become breeding grounds for rebels.
Whether or not Egyptians heed the call of the shrunken ranks of activist to take to the streets once again, it does not mean they never will again. Egyptians have discovered their latent ability to move immobile mountains and have broken the fear barrier. When they do eventually rise again, a deep social revolution may enable them to unleash their creativity - perhaps even reinventing democracy to suit their needs.
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Filed under: * Culture-Watch History Religion & Culture Violence * Economics, Politics Defense, National Security, Military Economy Politics in General * International News & Commentary Middle East Egypt * Theology Ethics / Moral Theology
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