The First Commandment Benjamin Guyer August 20, 2020 Bible, Catechesis, Commentary, Ethics, Ten Commandments, The Episcopal Church Part of a series on the Ten Commandments. By Benjamin M. Guyer I am the Lord your God who brought you out of bondage. You shall have no other gods but me. (BCP p. 350) Is the first commandment really a com... Read More...
President Trump and Evangelicals’ Shifting Playbook Benjamin Guyer August 4, 2020 Books, Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump By John Fea Eerdmans Pp. 238 $24.99. Review by Benjamin Guyer John Fea opens the conclusion of Believe Me by relating a conversation that occurred at an ... Read More...
How Should We Use Our Stimulus Money? Benjamin Guyer April 27, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church By Benjamin M. Guyer On March 25, the Senate approved a $2 trillion economic stimulus package. It includes a provision of at least $1,200 for most Americans. The goal is to help counter the economic effects ... Read More...
Christmas Music Worth Your Time Benjamin Guyer December 24, 2019 Commentary, Contributors, Music, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church The following may not quite enable the musical equivalent of a monastic flight from the forced saccharine madness that blares from too many speakers in public places, but each album will help create spaces of Christian contemplation and reflection during the Christmas season.
David Bentley Hart has Written a Silly Book Benjamin Guyer October 30, 2019 Books, Contributors, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church David Bentley Hart’s That All Shall Be Saved is a regrettably unflinching reminder that ego, not piety, is the ground of much modern theology.
Jesus Reimagined in Modern South Africa Benjamin Guyer October 11, 2019 Contributors, Movies, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Christians have long struggled with seeing Jesus as Jewish. Yes, Christ becomes more relatable once “incarnated” in a specific cultural context.
Clergy: Don’t Apologize for Lent Benjamin Guyer March 5, 2019 Liturgy, The Episcopal Church We all need Lent more than we know.
A Sunday in the Anglican Diaspora Benjamin Guyer December 3, 2018 ACNA, Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church North American Anglicans lack an ecclesiology that can comprehend our fragmentation and numerical decay.