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EDIBLE
THOUGHTS &
INTO THE WORD:
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Joseph Walker:
Forget the myths
Modern science now offers parents a
prenatal diagnosis for many physical and mental disablities. With
the diagnosis comes the option of abortion. Joseph Walker
knows first-hand that there is a better way.
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Felix Orji: New
directions home
After being trounced at the Episcopal Church's General Convention,
conservative leaders gathered in the steel city of Pittsburg to seek
a new direction for Classical Anglicanism in North America.
 James
Wagner: The stuff we need to suffer well
It would seem that it is the call of
Christians in the 21st century on every continent to experience some
suffering for the Gospel.
 Leon
Morris: Australia’s greatest theological mind.
Noted New Testament scholar the Rev.
Canon Dr. Leon Morris, former Principal of Ridley College in
Melbourne, died on July 24, aged 92.
Edith Humphrey:
Icons of Love
Exploring the mystery of our communion
with God, and with each other, in Friendship, Family, Marriage and
the Church.
ON THE FRONTLINE:
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The Cranmer Conference 2006
Photo: Sue Careless
Dr. Gary Thorne reminded participants, who were mainly students, that Cranmer’s writing of
the BCP was not an academic endeavour, but was shaped and
inspired by the monastic tradition in which a passionate and
ultimately insatiable desire for God is central. Thorne asserted
that the Holy Communion Service in the BCP is indeed erotic liturgy.
SEPTEMBER
EDITORIAL TAP:
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"Catholic" and
"apostolic"
The
privilege of being “catholic” and “apostolic” carries with it the
respons-ibility to actually adhere to what these adjectives mean. They are a fulfillment of Jesus’ High Priestly prayer in
which he prays that we would be sanctified and kept in his Word
(apostolic) and unified and kept in Him (catholic).
TAP
INTERVIEW:
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Photo: ACNS
Richard Chartres, Bishop of London
By SUE CARELESS
Besides being an
outspoken conservative voice within the Church of England, and
around the whole Anglican Communion, Bishop Chartres is also very
outspoken about the environmental issues facing the world.
By GAVIN DUNBAR
Orthodoxy:
a non-biblical word for a
thoroughly biblical concept. It comes from
the Greek word meaning “right opinion,”
and came into use in the early church to
mean “right belief.” Orthodoxy means
holding to the revealed truth of the Word
of God, in conformity with the faith of the
catholic church, which is the “pillar and
buttress of truth” (1 Tim. 3.15 ESV). It is
distinguished from error in general, and
heresy in particular - the deliberate denial
of doctrine defined by the creeds and
councils of the Church. The Church and
especially its pastors have a duty to preserve orthodoxy against
error and heresy (Acts 20.29-30; Gal. 1.6-18; Titus 1.5, 9; 2
Tim.1.13-14; 2.18; 2 Peter 2.1; 2 John 9-11; Rev. 2.15; Cf. promises
in Prayer Book Ordinal, pp. 651-652; 663-664).
Can the truth of God be
expressed in human terms?
On the face of it, we cannot know God
truly, as God knows himself. God's infinite being is a
"mystery" (Rom. 16:25) far greater than the finite mind can conceive
(Isa. 55:8-9; Ps. 136:6; Job 42:3; Rom. 11:33-36). Yet we can
know God truly, for he has revealed himself to man through the
testimonies of prophets and apostles to his Word, and in his Word
made flesh (John 1:1-18; Heb.1:1-2; Ephes. 1:9, 17-23). And
though the finite concepts in which we speak fall short of his
infinite truth, yet there is a real analogy (similarity) between
man’s imperfect words and God’s perfect Word, which allows us a
genuine, if partial, knowledge (1 Cor. 13:12). The words we use with
reference to the Creator have a similar but not precisely the same
meaning as when they are used with reference to creatures, and must
be understood accordingly (Rom.3.5; 6.19).
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
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 Episcopal
Church moves
apart from
Communion
By SUE CARELESS
Any hopes that the 77-million-member
Anglican Communion could hang together after the consecration of an
actively gay bishop three years ago were dashed this summer in
America.
Church of
England backs female bishops
By DANIEL BLAKE
C of E Synod approves concept of women
bishops as ‘theologically justified’ by 288 votes to 119.
Photo: Voice of the
Martyrs
Chinese
government destroys “illegal” church
By PETER J. SMITH
Hundreds of
Chinese Police clashed
with Christians who were desperately
trying to save their church from destruction in one of the largest
confrontations between Chinese Christians and police in recent
years.
Photo: Sue Careless
 Church
leaders confront war in Lebanon
By SHARON DEWEY-HETKE
Archbishop of Canterbury
questions whether Israel is ‘subverting its own cause in
self-defence.’
Gordon-Conwell
to launch Anglican degree program
Nashotah House
and Trinity
Episcopal School for Ministry
to collaborate on a new
Anglican Studies program.
International TAP
Briefs
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UK doctors oppose euthanasia
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New Zealand Anglican parish
swindled by email
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Cash
Machines in Church
CANADIAN NEWS:
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In praise of
uncommon ministry:
Part one:
Chaplaincy work on Canadian campuses
By DEBRA FIEGUTH
This is part
one of a special TAP series which will look into various Anglican
ministries that often operate below the ordinary parochial radar,
but are nevertheless vital to our life as the Church in Canada.
This month we look at the ministry of chaplains Val Michaelson and
Joseph Walker.
Canadian
parishes appeal to Archbp’s Panel
(STAFF)
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Panel
of Reference sent a subcommittee to Vancouver for a July 24 visit
with representatives of the six parishes in New Westminster seeking
Adequate Episcopal Oversight.
Photo: Paul Simon
Global Church
Army meets in NB
By SHAWN BRANCH
In July,
thirty-three Church Army delegates from across the globe gathered at
Taylor College in Saint John, New Brunswick for their tri-annual
International Leaders Conference. They witnessed the formation of an
International Council and explored a global perspective for a
mission-shaped church.
Photo: Sue Careless
Ingham brings
charges against Harvey
By SUE CARELESS
New Westminster
bishop files charges against retired bishop Donald Harvey for ‘being
in violation of the Canons of General Synod.’
Canadian TAP
Briefs
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Fredericton: Cathedral fire
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Hoskin Calgary’s bishop-elect
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De Souza: Superman & Christ
BOOKREVIEW:
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 Digging
into the Riches of Anglican Worship
Reviewed by ALEX NEWMAN
Discovering the BCP:
A Hands-On Approach
Volume II: Our Life in the Church,
by Sue Careless. This Volume looks directly at the BCP – a 16th century
Anglican manifesto that’s considered to be one of the major works of
English literature – and how it can uphold our life in the Church.
Careless reminds us that the community is a strong witness to
nonbelievers when it “acts out its desire and delight in God.”
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There was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the
dragon; ...And they overcame
him
by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;
and they
loved not their lives
unto the death.
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