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Theology, Tradition, and Retrieval

“Theology always begins already in the middle.” It responds to the revelation of God, and it does so in particular times and places.

The Optional Bishop

An Anglican province bent on mission but without theological and historical depth will make for a weak, divided church.

Lindbeck’s Ships: A Response to Chad Pecknold

Lindbeck set us afloat upon the currents of the great Tradition, giving us glimpses of the wisdom that lies on the far side, in hopes that someday we would all be united in one city.

The Conservative Christian Mind

From its beginning, conservatism has been against things and for things. It is not an inexplicable series of reactions.

A theology for Anglican church growth

There is a certain convenience in the assumption that decline is inevitable. Anglican disdain for church growth is ecclesiological palliative care.

The power of liturgy for my soul

There are six aspects of liturgical/sacramental worship that nourish my soul.

Fellowship with the unorthodox? Some thoughts on a recent controversy

In recent days, there’s been a discussion of the boundaries of orthodoxy in some corners of the evangelical blogosphere.

Wrestling with our past: Cranmer our brother

What do we do when we face parts of the past — or even among brothers and sisters today from far away — that strike us as uncomfortably strange?

Wrestling with our past: Cranmer, primitivism, and tradition

It’s not uncommon to slip into primitivism. A timeline often appears. A pure moment is imagined, a “golden age” with its simple, saintly figures.

Shooting the messengers? ‘Conservative’ theology and church growth

The authors of “Theology Matters” concluded that congregations who espouse “liberal” theology are declining and congregations who espouse “conservative” theology are growing.

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