Category: Theology
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Books I Read in February 2021
In February 2021, I finished 8 books. 18 so far for 2021. Here’s what I’ve been reading: Thoughts for Young Men by JC RyleLink: https://amzn.to/3qqcOjr…
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How Could Satan Be So Foolish?
Jesus was surely tempted by Satan – tempted to turn stones into bread, tempted to cast himself down from the top of the temple, and…
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My First 7AM Mass
I’ve put myself into a strange schedule for Lent. I’ve decided to, “say mass” (or as we typically describe it in Anglicanism “celebrate Holy Communion”)…
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Anglican Christians without Canterbury?
Dr. Charles Erlandson’s book, Orthodox Anglican Identity: The Quest for Unity in a Diverse Religious Tradition (Wipf and Stock: 2020) is a well thought through…
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How Benedictine Spirituality Came to Celtic Christianity and the English Church
The formalization of religious monasticism into the fabric of Christian identity coincided with the collapse of the Roman Empire. Historians mark the year 476 AD…
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Prayerbook Asceticism
The Anglican Book of Common Prayer reintroduces a monastic identity to the Church in England in two significant ways. First, it’s nearly the same narrative…
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The Optimistic Ebb and Flow of Moorman’s History
Dr. John R. H. Moorman’s book A History of the Church in England (A&C Black: 1953) outlines nearly two millennia of the Church’s history in…
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Jesus Heals a Deaf Man (St. Mark 7:31)
Lower Chapel at Canterbury Christian School for January 19, 2021.
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Monks and Monasticism in the Anglican Tradition
The bones of the monastic hours can certainly be found in Cranmer’s daily offices, but what influence did monasticism have on the development of Anglican…
