My wife receives the print version of the Global Prayer Digest, a daily devotional dedicated to praying for missions that is published by the U.S. Center for World Mission in Pasadena, California.
Yesterday morning she was cleaning out old stuff from her Bible and tossed out the February 2007 edition which was dedicated to praying for the people [...]
Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Church History: Episcopal deja vu again
Posted in Anglican, Current Events, History, Liturgy on 9 May 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An Anglican Bishop Speaks to The Episcopal Church
Posted in Anglican, Contemporary Issues, History, Pastoral Ministry on 27 April 2007 | 2 Comments »
A scriptural view of sin is one of the best antidotes to the extravagantly broad and liberal theology which is so much in vogue at the present time. The tendency of modern thought is to reject dogmas, creeds, and every kind of bounds in religion. It is thought grand and wise to condemn no opinion [...]
J.C. Ryle on 21st Century Religion
Posted in Contemporary Issues, History, Pastoral Ministry on 25 April 2007 | 1 Comment »
I say, then, in the first place, that a scriptural view of sin is one of the best antidotes to that vague, dim, misty, hazy kind of theology which is so painfully current in the present age. It is vain to shut our eyes to the fact that there is a vast quantity of so-called [...]
Modern Christianity, Mega Church, Community Crusades
Posted in Contemporary Issues, History, Pastoral Ministry on 23 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is easy to get crowds together for what are called ‘higher life’ and ‘consecration’ meetings. Anyone knows that, who has watched human nature and read descriptions of American camp-meetings and studied the curious phenomena of the ‘religious affections.’ Sensational and exciting addresses by strange preachers or by women, loud singing, hot rooms, crowded tents [...]
Why Another Blog?
Posted in History, Liturgy, Mystery on 29 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Why am I adding to nearly infinite numbers of blogs out there? Haven’t we had enough? Isn’t it time to surrender? Doesn’t the Bible say something about the making of many books which has no end? Yes, Solomon wrote that in Ecclesiastes 12:12. Doesn’t it also say that where there are many words transgression is [...]
