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The Venerable Bede’s Day
Today the Church celebrates the life and sanctity of the Venerable Bede. Bede (673 – 735) was the last of the early church fathers and the first to compile the history of the English church. Born in...
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The Athanasian Creed
This Sunday at Christ Our King we will be confessing the Athanasian Creed. It is a very long creed, and because of its length the modern church does not confess it much any more. Yet it seems like a...
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What is the Catholic Church?
There has been much discussion on the interblags lately concerning Protestant conversions to the Roman Catholic church. This discussion has shown up on my Facebook feed and has raised some questions,...
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Fire Men, Metal Men
When Yahweh God formed the first man from the dust of the earth, he called his name, “Adam,” which in Hebrew means, “dirt.” In other words, Adam was called what he was, dirt or clay. In order to form...
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My Thoughts on the 40th General Assembly of the PCA – Part One: NAE
There were four significant issues that the 40th GA in Louisville dealt with: withdrawal from the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), an overture to pass an in thesi statement on the creation...
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Thoughts on the 40th PCA GA, Part Two: in thesi Statement on the Creation of...
This is the second of a four part series. Part one can be found here. The second major issue dealt with at this year’s General Assembly was a proposed resolution coming from three separate overtures...
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Thoughts on GA, Part Three: Paedocommunion
This is part three of a four part series. Part one can be found here. Part two can be found here. The third significant issue that came before the GA was related to the issue of paedocommunion. Before...
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Thoughts on 40th General Assembly, Part Four: Intinction
This is part four of a four part series. Part one can be found here. Part two here. Part three here. The fourth part of my series on this year’s GA deals with the issue of intinction. Inctinction is a...
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Tim’s Low Country Boil
I love shrimp. Low Country Boil is just another shrimp delivery device (and one not mentioned by Bubba IIRC) that combines the key male necessities of eating with one’s hands, quick preparation and...
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Why Do We Say the Long Ending of the Lord’s Prayer?
This question came to me from a parishioner: “In the Lord’s Prayer, why do we say, ‘For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever,’ if it is not in the Bible?” I thought it was such …...
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to an athlete dying young
the time you won your town the racewe chaired you through the market-placeman and boy stood cheering byand home we brought you shoulder high today, the road all runners comeshoulder-high we bring you...
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A Collect for Reformation Sunday
Here is a collect I wrote for Reformation Sunday, which is this Sunday, October 28. Each year the Reformed Churches solemnize the Sunday closest to October 31 in commemoration of the nailing of Martin...
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What is Advent, and why Should I Celebrate It?
This Sunday, December 2, 2012 is the first Sunday of the new church year and the first Sunday in Advent. But what is Advent and why should I as a Christian be concerned with observing Advent? This...
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The Christian claim that the omnipotent creator of the universe suffered himself to be born into our fallen, broken human flesh as a helpless baby in the humiliating environs of a cattle stall is quite...
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The Significance of Anointing in the Bible
In Luke 4:18 Jesus claims that he has been anointed a Messianic Prophet: ”The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim...
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On the Origins of Lent
As I sit down to write this post, it is Tuesday, February 19, 2013, otherwise known as the seventh day of Lent. Every year around this time several blog posts are trotted out for or against observing...
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Nourishment for the Lenten Journey
But those who are in his body appropriately eat the body, in order that while he is on the journey, through the body of Christ alone he might be refreshed by his flesh and learn not to hunger for...
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The History of Lenten Fasting
This is a follow up post to The Origins of Lent. In my previous post I argued that a 40 day preparatory period leading up to Easter is a very ancient Christian practice, as old as the Nicene Creed or...
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And when you Fast
Christ in the Wilderness- Ivan Kramskoy- 1872 This is part three of a series on Lent. Part one: On the Origins of Lent; Part two: The History of Lenten Fasting. Fasting is a biblical practice. In the...
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Was Jesus Crucified on the Mount of Olives?
In a 1996 article in Biblical Horizons, James Jordan makes several observations about the Mount of Olives and it’s significance both in Jesus’ ministry and in biblical theology in general. Now there...
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