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The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales – Part 3

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Mark continues from part 2 of his Gafcon 2022 talk. You can read the entire text here. Classic Confusion #2: The ‘Three-Legged-Stool’ So much for the myth of the Anglican via media. But alas, there is one more tall Canterbury tale which needs to…

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The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales – Part 2

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 by Mark Earngey

Mark continues from part 1 of his Gafcon 2022 talk. You can read the entire text here. Classic Confusion #1: The ‘Via Media’ So, onto our first classic confusion about Anglican identity: the so-called Via Media. This Latin term can be translated…

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The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales[1] – Part 1

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 by Mark Earngey

GAFCON Australasia 2022 The Pressing Challenge of Anglican Identity “Sometimes it is called fudge … And I say, hey, I like fudge, it’s a lot better than killing each other.”[2] So said Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, on the topic of Anglican…

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The Myth of the Via Media, and other Canterbury Tales [1]

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 by Mark Earngey

GAFCON Australasia 2022 The Pressing Challenge of Anglican Identity “Sometimes it is called fudge … And I say, hey, I like fudge, it’s a lot better than killing each other.”[2] So said Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, on the topic of Anglican…

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The mutual ministry of the pastor and the congregation

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 by Mark Thompson

One of the great legacies of the Reformation, 500 years ago now, was a new view of Christian ministry. More particularly, it was a new vision of the pastoral ministry of the local congregation. When we gather as God’s people, it is not as…

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Temptations preachers face to give up on the Bible

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 by Phillip Jensen

Preachers are not special. Every Christian faces temptations to sin. Preachers face the same temptations as every Christian. Like any of us, preachers are ruined through financial greed, sexual immorality, or alcohol abuse. However, there…

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The Purpose of Preaching

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 by Paul Grimmond

Part of my job involves teaching people to preach. If I’ve learned one thing over the years it’s that you can’t learn to do something until you understand the goal. So I find myself asking the question, over and…

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