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Anglicans Move Toward Schism — The Archbishop of Canterbury Speaks

In a sign that the Anglican Communion would not accept the recent response of the Episcopal Church USA as sufficient, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams released a statement June 27 that proposes a distinction between national churches in full c ...

June 28, 2006

Go Ahead and Play God? Scientific Hubris on Display

We live in a day of almost unlimited confidence in scientific progress -- or what is advertised as scientific progress. The incredible developments of modern science have reshaped our lives and expectations. In the fields of modern genetics and repr ...

June 27, 2006

Christians at a Porn Convention?

A Christian ministry concerned with reaching out to those involved in pornography -- both users and producers -- was present at the massive "Erotica Expo" at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Billed as the world's largest consumer pornography trade ...

June 26, 2006

John Updike Strikes Again

Novelist John Updike may be at his best when describing the loss of faith. He seems to understand the reality all too well. When the Reverend Clarence Arthur Wilmot is described as losing his faith in early twentieth-century America, Updike traces hi ...

June 26, 2006

The Los Angeles Times Takes Sides — But at Least Gets the Connection Right

The editors of The Los Angeles Times have evidently decided to opine on matters of theology, offering their insights into the issues of gender and sexuality in recent church debates. In "Battling Over Bishops," published in today's edition of the pa ...

June 23, 2006

The citations from Elizabeth Achtemeier and Basil the Great found within my commentary, "The God Who Names Himself," are found in the book Speaking the Christian God: The Holy Trinity and the Challenge of Feminism, edited by Alvin F. Kimel, Jr. The b ...

June 22, 2006

“Mother Jesus?” The New ECUSA Presiding Bishop Wastes No Time Making Waves

Here's how Ruth Gledhill of The Times [London] introduced her report on Wednesday's happenings at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, USA: The Episcopal Church in America descended into chaos last night after leading bishops on both the ...

June 22, 2006

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to Allow “Flexibility” in Ordination of Active Homosexuals

Meeting for its General Assembly in Birmingham, Alabama, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) moved Tuesday to retain its church standards limiting ordination to those who limit sexual relations to heterosexual marriage, but then granted local presbyteri ...

June 22, 2006

ECUSA Declines to Repent, Adopts “Compromise” Measure

The Episcopal Church finally passed its measure intended as a response to the Windsor Report of the Anglican Communion, but the tepid measure falls far short of the repentance called for by the report -- and short of a promise not to consecrate any m ...

June 22, 2006

Bible Translation and the Great Commission — The Continuing Task

The link between the availability of vernacular translations of the Bible and the growth of the church is made clear by Harriet Hill in the current issue of the International Bulletin of Missionary Research. As Ms. Hill, a veteran Bible translator, e ...

June 21, 2006