Believing that the Good News is Good David Mason Barr January 22, 2021 Bible, Commentary, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church Mark 8:27-10:52 By David Barr In this week’s readings for the Good Book Club (Mark 8:27-10:52), we see two of the most prominent expressions of Jesus’ divinity back-to-back. Our reading opens with Peter’s d... Read More...
Maintaining a Diet of the Word David Mason Barr August 21, 2020 Bible, Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By David Barr It is certainly no secret at this point that liturgy has made a comeback. I don’t know whether the increase in traditional patterns of worship is simply another fad in the North American church... Read More...
The Cup is What He Gives You David Mason Barr February 16, 2020 Bible, Commentary, Contributors, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church We see in our readings that when Jesus prays for us to be united to him and to the Father, there is then no other way we can choose if we are to be blessed, apart from the one that the Father gives Jesus.
Repentance and Blessing: The Political Posture of the Church David Mason Barr October 23, 2018 ACNA, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ethics If we genuinely seek the welfare of our cities, the work will only rightly begin as we repent and seek God’s refashioning of our lives — and that of our neighbors.
The accessible Word in Anglicanism: Tyndale and Scripture’s figures David Mason Barr March 20, 2017 Anglican Church of Canada, Bible, Commentary, Ressourcement, The Episcopal Church Tyndale thought figural exegesis was how all people could enter into Scripture and see the work of God in Christ Jesus.