...own Bible-based rule, The Faith Code of the title. (This is a play on the idea of source code, a key part of any modern technology business.) The book has...
...It is a structure that spans the centuries. Thereon each age may build according to God’s eternal purposes, ever bringing forth some better thing. Each age has its own special...
...the same?” Tim-Oi was ordained a deaconess on Ascension Day, 1941. Her first placement was in an Anglican parish in Macau, and many of her parishioners were war refugees from...
...at a much smaller scale. The heart of their dispute was tied to the diocese’s only recently approved ordinations for women, the nature of a secret marriage between a bishop...
...best bet. Maybe it’s why I don’t hate the cheesy popular Christmas as much as I thought. But also, perhaps as we converse with those who know not the Lord...
...this one’s specific oddities. Kirk Petersen concludes, “The church would be better served by a clearer understanding of the facts.” One can perhaps better understand my retired colleague’s statement. My...
...the specific culture or jurisdiction. Further steps to prevent abuse include widespread safe-church training, developing a code of conduct, and introducing background checks for clergy and others. Over the years...
...will always be disappointments, points of disjunction, disagreement, and disharmony between a husband and wife. This is the proverbial problem of the grass being greener on the other side. Most...
...In between these lines his students were to write Luther’s short explanations of the text, with an emphasis on language and exegesis. These are the “Glosses” that form the first...
...entities hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The bad news is that the ERC is ludicrously complex, even by tax-code standards. Don’t ask your volunteer treasurer or part-time bookkeeper to...
