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TAP. Seeing the cup half-full since 2005.
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Canadian Anglicans listen intently in Burlington, ON as Bp Donald Harvey describes an alternative church structure for those dissatisfied with the ACC but who wish to remain in the global Anglican Communion.
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January 2008 Vol. 4. No. 1
Fray Juan Bautista Maino, 1612 The Adoration of the Magi (detail). |
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Distressed Cdn Anglicans turn to Archbp Venables Bps Harvey and Harding relinquish ACC licences By JIM COGGINS At its conference Nov. 22-23 in Burlington, Ont., the Anglican Network in Canada made a formal offer to provide “alternative episcopal oversight” to Anglican parishes in Canada. Read more...
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Sadness and despair have no place on this birthday of life. Our Saviour is born today, and the fear of death has been overshadowed by the promise of eternal happiness in the presence of Our Father.
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By CHRIS & WINSOME DAVIS The older people in our church are the first converts in the region to Christianity and it is faith in the Lord which is keeping many people sober and moving ahead with their lives.
Denouncing is easy. Facing conflicts fairly is difficult. Power politics and mass manipulation might be what dominates Anglican life for the next few years--but we hope not. The lack of equanimity in the Primate’s letter is so blatant that perhaps he - and the Metropolitans who signed - will come to see it.
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Reviewed by JOHN McCORMICK This book is important. The Spiritual Brain investigates whether religious, spiritual and/or mystical experiences (RSMEs) are real and valid phenomena from a scientific point of view. It is an excellent review of the philosophical questions faced by people who take their science and religion seriously.
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December 2007 Catherine Edward: What Child is This? Some Books the West Coast Recommends
November 2007 David Reed: CULTS: Dangerous Religion or Maligned Minority? Mouneer Anis: An Ambiguity of Non-Compliance Michael Hawkins: Deadly Sorrow: Accidie the sin we don't like to talk about
Autumn 2007 Margaret Avison (1918-2007): Leading Questions, a poem Raymond deSouza: The Dark Night of the Soul
July 2007 Stephen Andrews: On the Importance of Being Patient Catherine Sider-Hamilton: 'Not in Conflict'...but not Permitted |
Staff The Diocese of San Joaquin in Central California has left the Episcopal Church and realigned with the Province of the Southern Cone.
By TERRY MATTINGLY Philip Pullman's trilogy hits the big screen - and gets hit with arrows from critics.
Vietnam: Gov't says Christianity not benefit to society By SHARON DEWEY HETKE Forced renunciations have ceased, but report reveals the Church in Vietnam is still far from full freedom.
The Voice of the Martyrs is requesting prayer and letters of encouragement for Fr. Nguyen Van Ly, sentenced to 10 years in prison in Vietnam for propaganda against the state.
International TAP Briefs • Buddha in California Cathedral • HIV/AIDS Rates Dropping • Nehemiah's Wall Discovered
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By SUE CARELESS We all have different learning styles and many of us are visual learners. A leader should use various methods to teach the faith.
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By JIM COGGINS At its conference Nov. 22-23 in Burlington, Ont., the ANiC made a formal offer to provide “alternative episcopal oversight” to Anglican parishes in Canada.
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By SUE CARELESS The village of Kugluktuk fights a spate of alcohol-related suicides and takes action.
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Bible back on the bus The Toronto Transit Commission has reversed a decision to ban some popular Bible ads, one of which saved a woman's life.
• Niagara Reaffirms SSBs • Prof, President, Preacher • New Bishop in Toronto • Stats Canada: One in seven Canadians is disabled
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Some TAP contributors. Click their faces - know their thoughts.
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By GAVIN DUNBARWhy was it necessary for God to become man? St. Athanasius argued in a little book called On the Incarnation that God had to become man for two reasons. First, our sin had brought corruption into humanity. So even if we repented of our sin, humanity would still be corrupt. Athanasius said that the only way that corruption could be dealt with was by God becoming Man. He wrote: “For the solidarity of mankind is such that, by virtue of the Word’s indwelling in a single human body, the corruption which goes with death has lost its power over all.” Second, Athanasius argued that humanity’s descent into sin caused us to lose any inherent knowledge of God that we were created with. Athanasius wrote: “What then was God to do… but renew His image in mankind, so that through it men might once more come to know Him?” .
Pharisaic: Relating, of course, to the Jewish order of
religious leaders noted for their strict and formal observance of
the written law whilst ignoring the greater responsibility of
devotion to our Lord Jesus Christ. In Mark 7 Jesus condemned the
Pharisees as follows: "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites,
as it is written: 'This people honours Me with their lips, But their
heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as
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O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people who call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. |
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