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On Heresy
One of my most treasured belongings is also one of the most humorous. During graduate school at Boston University, I was known for calling out any and all comments that could even remotely be...
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“Sparkle Creed” Is Dim & Dull
There was an online hullaballoo last week about the “sparkle creed” at a very progressive Lutheran church outside Minneapolis. Offered as a substitute for more traditional creeds, the clergywoman...
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Bishop Tim Whitaker on Learning to Die
“Nobody wants to die,” they say, and many of us do not even want to think about it. Happily belonging to the company of Christians whose beliefs and ways of living are counter-cultural to the West in...
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Mainline Seminaries All-In on ‘Queering the Divine’
Progressive divinity schools and churches have transitioned from an embrace of inclusivity to instead uproot the fundamental principles of theology. Queer theology branches from Marxist-influenced...
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Machen and Religious Liberalism, Old and New – Part 2
An earlier article reviewed an analysis of J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism by Pierce Taylor Hibbs of Westminster Theological Seminary, relating it to the therapeutic culture of our...
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Hermeticism: Ancient Heresy Erupting into Modern Politics
The ancient heresy of Hermeticism has, in recent years, made inroads into contemporary Western culture via thinkers such as Canadian psychologist and author Jordan Peterson. Hermeticism is a set of...
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The Question of the Biblical Canon
The question of the canon of the Bible, which concerns which books are inspired by God and thus the final rule of faith and practice, has recurred over the centuries, and is especially important for...
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Scripture in Reformation Anglicanism
Following the death of King Henry VIII, Edward VI, Henry’s son by his third wife, Jane Seymour, became King. Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer had the opportunity to reshape biblical...
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‘To Be Human’: Anglicans Consider Ourselves, Our Souls, Our Bodies
The sexual revolution promised freedom and bliss but instead brought about pain, according to a speaker at an Anglican theology conference addressing what reason and revelation reveal about sexual...
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Thomas Cranmer and the Practices of Reformation Anglicanism
Although the Protestant Reformation may seem historically far removed from the modern church, the reformational nature of Anglicanism is crucial to understanding its practice. The Reformation has...
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