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A reaffirmation of Anglican identity

Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

… and I love the idea of a new Anglican “See” in Jerusalem.
From GAFCON.
We, the participants in the Global Anglican Future Conference, have met in the land of Jesus’ birth. We express our loyalty as disciples to the King of kings, the Lord Jesus. We joyfully embrace his command to proclaim the reality of his [...]

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10 pastoral principles

Posted in Church Practices, Discipleship, Worldview on June 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I’ve been here in Belfast only six months, but there are quite a few things I have learnt here already, praise God. Here, I’ve tried to summarise 10 basic pastoral principles that I’ve been taught or shown. I hope they will be useful.
1.- Keep fighting for Holiness
Don’t assume sanctification becomes easier
Know thyself
Be accountable to at [...]

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Beyond Air Guitar

Posted in Links, Worldview on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Christ and the Arts: thought about, discussed and practice. Or certainly, that seems to be the attempt, here:
Beyond Air Guitar
A great quote:
In the same way just as God is creative so we are creative. There is no need to justify our creativity. To make art is as human an activity as eating a meal, going [...]

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Augustinian Ecclesiology

Posted in Bible, Tradition and Interpretation, Books, Church Practices, Worldview on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here are a few quotes from Chadwick’s book on Augustine, regarding his ecclesiology. Please note how Augustine sees the relationship between the Scriptures, the Sacraments and the Church. A lot of this is a summary of previous posts.
I post on this, because Anglicanism has been called “Reformed Augustianism, (I agree) and I believe Augustine’s views [...]

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Messy hermeneutics

Posted in Bible, Tradition and Interpretation, Books, Worldview on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Cosmin sent me this great quote:
“Hermeneutics is not a tidy, administrative process, going from point to point with syllogistic clarity. It meanders. It detours. It waits, sometimes in puzzlement, sometimes in wonder. But always it has a target. The Scriptures are not provided to feed our gossipy curiosity or legislate our [...]

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Oh dear…

Posted in Bible, Tradition and Interpretation, Worldview on June 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »

… I may be going postmill. I’m not 100% sure, but I find Doug Wilson quite convincing, here (right click to save).
But I’ll pray (and think, and read) about it a bit more.

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