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PB sermon turns silk purse into sow’s ear
I think that last Sunday’s lesson from Acts is one of the Bible’s best for preaching the liberating power of Christ. It is a passage that even progressives should find inspiring on several levels. Unless you are the Presiding Bishop, who sees the complete opposite. Instead of liberation, there is confinement. Instead of Christ’s glory, there’s just squalor.
Don’t Sign the Letter
Living in a condition of regular unrepentant sexual engagement with a person of the same sex is, according to 1 Cor 6:9-10, damnable. The best thing, the only thing, to be done is to repent, break off the relationship, and turn to Jesus Christ. For the sake of those engaged in this sin (and those who are tempted by it) there can be no pastoral or practical accommodation.
A Facebook Exchange with a COE Bishop
It’s sometimes unpleasant to have one’s rhetorical inconsistencies mocked and it’s sometimes unpleasant to have someone else in one’s organization point out that there’s no commonality on one’s faith.
How to Never Say Anything True About Jesus to Anyone Ever
The apostles did not wait, nor do they ever suggest waiting, until hearers might “receive the gospel as good news” before proclaiming it. The cross offends. It always will because it amplifies the sinfulness of human sin and the helplessness of humanity apart from the work of Christ.
Beware the Next Reichstag Fire
The American left probes for a Reichstag fire moment. There is a quest for an incident that will allow more centralization of emergency power in the federal government, the elimination of constitutional rights and, it would appear, the advent of a single party state.
Eichmann to Gosnell, Ragsdale on the Assist
I don’t think I’m violating any confidences to say that most of us at Stand Firm are finding it very hard to cover the Gosnell trial, as relevant and pointed as it is for the kinds of faith and culture issues we engage here. Monstrous as he is, he is but a microcosm of evil pervading the church and the world.
Once More into the Breach: The Silly Shellfish Argument Rises Again
If you’re a revisionist activist devoted to normalizing homosexual behavior in the church, Acts 10 isn’t a moving account of the gracious and merciful hand of God extending salvation to the Gentiles – it’s a threat that must be neutralized.
Burning Incense to Rosie O’Donnell
“Marriage equality” lets people stand on a cost-free moral high ground. You’re a good person just for holding the opinion, saying the slogan, burning the pinch of incense. You are an accepted member of the in group and can look down your nose at those on the outs.
Sexual Immorality is a Rejection of Jesus
What I want to do here is look at the specific way in which the New Testament equates false teaching about sexual ethics with false teaching about Jesus and outright denial of his Lordship.
The Duke, the Dauphin, and the Episcopal Bishop of Virginia
It’s such a crude and farcical fraud by now—like the Duke and the Dauphin capering across the stage in Huckleberry Finn—and yet our bishops still put on the play with nary a trace of embarrassment or self-awareness.
Learning the Right Lessons: No One Should be Surprised by Shannon Johnston
To promote the notion that two people of the same sex can be married and/or engage in sexual acts within the context of a union God has blessed is not simply to reject God’s revealed purposes for human sexuality, it is also to construct a false image of god, a distorted portrait of Christ.
Truro - the Crisis for the Communion
Simply put, Baucum/Truro have crystallised and provided validation to what is becoming increasingly clear is Justin Welby’s approach of non-discipline of heretics in the Communion
Truro - the Crisis for the ACNA
Truro’s position effectively demands that all former Virginia parishes revert to TEC.
The Devil, You Say
Was Adam Lanza, the Newtown gunman, the Devil’s agent? To put it another way, can the possibility be foreclosed? Because if it can be, the Prince of Darkness is off the hook, and we turn, necessarily, to the examination of purely human causes and motives
Mindy McCready and the New American Priesthood
One hopes that a real priest, pastor or somebody will come alongside McCready’s abandoned children, with a word more enduring than film scripts or pop lyrics.
Promises, Promises: What Now for the Loyal Opposition in Mississippi?
The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi is on an irreversible path toward full-on celebration and normalization of homosexuality and transgenderism, and any other deviant sexual cause that becomes fashionable among the theological leftists who run the diocese.
What’s our message to those who aren’t having sex?
Just like there’s all kinds of sex going on, there’s all kinds of celibacy going on. Some celibacy is temporary, some is permanent. Some is planned, some is an intrusion. Some is honored, some is reviled.
The Week
Sam Allberry - Is God Anti-Gay? [video]
1 A great interview with Sam, whom I wrote about a few months ago.
Britain De-Christianizing, Heading for Islamization
3 Britain, fork, no assembly required: A new analysis of the 2011 census shows that a decade of mass immigration helped mask the scale of decline in Christian affiliation among the British-born…
IRS Asks For “Content of Prayers”
6 As Jim Geraghty of National Review puts it, “Today’s hearing on IRS abuses had a lot of ‘are you kidding me?’ moments, but this one stands out:”
California Accommodates Raging Hormones
11 Do you live in California? Do you have children? Are they attending the public schools? Are you out of your freaking mind? That’s the question inevitably raised by this action by the state assembly, reported…
They lived not only in ages past (South Sudan news)
4 Ohio Anglican stands faithfully at prayer each day, and reminds us that May 16 commemorates The Martyrs of Sudan. Sudanese Christians live out a journey every bit as dramatic as that…
PB sermon turns silk purse into sow’s ear
49 I love our brother in Christ, the Underground Pewster, and can’t for the life of me understand why he’s intruded the brutal Lenten discipline of
Methodists Weigh In On Gosnell
5 A mainline denominational agency has gone where all of its pro-choice allies fear to tread. The United Methodist General Board of Church and Society has broken the total…
TEC Minnesota gives local option for same sex marriage
15 With the state legalizing same sex marriage, TEC’s Bishop of Minnesota does same. For a number of our faith communities, this will now provide them the opportunity…
Gosnell Waives Right to Appeal; Gets Life in Prison
10 Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in the deaths of the babies who were delivered alive and killed…
DioDallas: Bishop Stanton Announces Retirement
14 Good men moving on always has, always will, happen. The problem in TEC is that good men aren’t moving in to take their place. I have come to the place…
More from the IX Commandment beat
1 She participated in a lie that threatented to ignite major mob violence. She made false charges against specific people. When her lies were exposed, she was sued by those she’d maligned. She’s never paid…
Gay Marriage is to Govt. as is Study Hall to Academics
1 Gay marriage continues its roll as a way for politicians to pose and make noise while failing the public on much bigger issues. I’m reminded of “Study Hall” in high school, where we goofed off,…
The Four Courtrooms of James 2:1-13
3 I preached through James 2:1-13 this past Sunday and was struck in my preparation with the repeated use of the theme of the courtroom and the law by James. 4 times,…
Andrew Wilson and Rob Bell on Unbelievable
10 Here’s a great 20 minute clip of a longer discussion between Andrew Wilson and Rob Bell on the subject of sexual ethics on Premier Radio‘s
Gosnell Guilty (UPDATED)
12 To the surprise of no one, Philadelphia baby butcher Kermit Gosnell has been convicted on hundreds of charges ranging from first degree murder to infanticide to involuntary manslaughter. According to Life News:…
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Ann Castro - Britain De-Christianizing, Heading for Islamization
Oh, I think we can safely assume he is being sarcastic!
AnglicanXn - Britain De-Christianizing, Heading for Islamization
Capt Fr Warren - your statement only makes sense if you are being a bit sarcastic. Apart from a miraculous revival, we are only a few decades behind the Brits.
AnglicanXn - DioDallas: Bishop Stanton Announces Retirement
I doubt that a thoroughly orthodox bishop is possible for Dallas, although they may be able to consecrate a “moderate” (ie, “not so fast”) bishop. Many orthodox have left already and the few who remain…
GSP98 - Religions Not Accepting of Everybody
“but we want people to be accepting of everybody. ” This is a disingenuous statement. What is REALLY meant (and what B. Hunter alluded to) is that the church should receive every kind of behavior…
Fr. Dale - Sam Allberry - Is God Anti-Gay? [video]
He made a distinction that I was not familiar with. Same sex attracted versus Gay. He saw himself as the former but not the latter. His comment that gay folks identify themselves totally by their…
dwstroudmd+ - PB sermon turns silk purse into sow's ear
PM, see my number 4.
Capt. Father Warren - Britain De-Christianizing, Heading for Islamization
Thank God that could never happen here.
MichaelA - They lived not only in ages past (South Sudan news)
Wow, amazing stuff. Thanks Tim+
MichaelA - Methodists Weigh In On Gosnell
ABQ, thanks for your message. Our prayers are with all faithful Christians in the UMC. May the Lord bless and protect you, and give your words and witness great power.
Pageantmaster [KJS to Coventry] - PB sermon turns silk purse into sow's ear
#49 Fr Dale Dr David Owen, now Lord Owen, was Labour Government Foreign Secretary many years back and decided he was going to sort out the Middle East situation. The late King Hussain of Jordan…
Fr. Dale - PB sermon turns silk purse into sow's ear
Pageantmaster, Unemployed?
Pageantmaster [KJS to Coventry] - PB sermon turns silk purse into sow's ear
I wonder what she was like as a biologist?
cennydd13 - IRS Asks For "Content of Prayers"
While it may indeed be true that the IRS has been doing this, the buck must NEVER be permitted to stop there. Ultimately, responsibility for this situation goes all the way to the very top…
St. Nikao - PB sermon turns silk purse into sow's ear
Time for Anathema against Shori and all who support, tolerate or even waffle and pussy-foot about gay marriage from the HOB/D to the ABC and CoE.
St. Nikao - Pope Canonizes Saints, Reporter Gets the Vapors (UPDATED)
Bigger news story: Why do the Media ignore the hundreds of Christians killed every month by Islamists right now? Islamists kill an average 1000 people per month (including fellow Islamists) at mosques, churches, hospitals, police…
tjmcmahon - PB sermon turns silk purse into sow's ear
Would there were one among us in the current day with such strength of faith that the Lord would work through them to cast out spirits from those possessed. One can only surmise that the…