Ask an Anglican: Baptism and the Good Thief
Scott writes: I know you’ve talked about baptism in your videos and blog and also justification by faith alone. However, I am confused on the Anglican position of baptism being required for salvation....
View ArticleAsk an Anglican: Baptists, Women, and Church Shopping
There’s a lot in this question. I’ll answer as much as I can, but this will have to be a two-parter. Nick writes: I was raised in a conservative, evangelical church in the IFCA denomination. There I...
View ArticlePraying Twice: The Church’s One Foundation
As Fr. Stephen Freeman has so eloquently put it, “For human beings, the Church is what salvation looks like.” This is a frightening thought for some and a downright scandalous notion for others. There...
View ArticleAsk an Anglican: An Evangelical, a Baptist, and a Charismatic Walk Into a Bar…
Two semi related questions from Jesse. Here’s the first: What do you mean when you say that evangelicals and charismatics have brought Baptist ideas into Anglicanism? In terms of the general tone of...
View ArticleAsk an Anglican: Baptismal Regeneration
St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis, Tennessee Kevin writes: As I understand you, we receive saving faith at our baptism when we are regenerated by God’s grace. This all fits together nicely in...
View ArticleThere is No Such Thing as Protestantism
From the Museum of Funeral Customs in Springfield, Illinois. Photo by Robert Lawton. Death is still segregated in American society. You may be surrounded by diversity in your school or your workplace,...
View ArticleAsk an Anglican: Who May Take Communion
This is a question that came in a few months ago but that is perhaps most apt to answer now, given that the General Convention of the Episcopal Church will be taking up the question of Communion...
View ArticleAsk an Anglican: Becoming an Anglican
Pete writes: Hello! First off, thank you for your blog! I love your articles and have learned a lot. My question though, is kind of a random one. First, context: I’m a 21 year old non-denominational...
View ArticleSweet, Pleasant, and Unspeakable Comfort: The Anglican View of Predestination...
The classical Anglican teaching on election is beautiful and comforting because it teaches us that we are the chosen of God, saved by the blood of the cross through the grace that we receive by faith...
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