October 2010
24 posts
Governors and the Ministerium →
Boldly Revived →
Verbose Offertory Rituals →
But for holy Davids Psalms, the grace of the holy Spirit hath so ordered it,...
– Anthony Sparrow, ‘The Psalms’, in A Rationale on the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England
Exocentric Responsory? →
J. I. Packer on Puritan Evangelism →
Maybe Nevin was wrong about the Puritans.
Reforming Donne? →
It was indicated to [ordinands at an ordination service] that while kneeling and...
– A 1985 letter received by the Anglican bishop of Pittsburgh from a priest in his diocese
Why Use Motets? →
Ran →
Hollow and Stuffed →
Marc Kim's Life ha HA!: Sociology →
chorean:
I realize why I don’t enjoy Sociology very much. Sociology is theoretical, and is not hands-on. It’s all study and thought instead of getting your hands dirty. My mother studied Soc as a BA, but decided to do Public Health and Social Work after, since she felt Soc was not engaging enough. So that…
I agree with one of the commenters. The point of studying theory is that everyone,...
If you are a preacher of grace, then preach a true and not a fictitious grace;...
– Martin Luther, in a letter to Philip Melanchthon
Statements of Faith: Needed, but Subordinate →
Am I Still an Evangelical Christian? →
‘Sir, I understand that you are called an Arminian; and I have sometimes been...
– Charles Simeon’s record of a conversation with John Wesley
In common parlance, it is accepted that a born again Christian is a Protestant...
– Philip J. Lee, Against the Protestant Gnostics (Oxford University Press US, 1993), 164
Merits of the Older Language →
Why Struggle? →