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April 11, 2014
Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
- Psalm 115:1
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A Season of Intolerance
Dear Friends of the Anglican Realignment,
Over the last few months there have been several weeks when I didn't post an article due to travel schedules, and some of you have written asking what happened to them. I apologize to those who came looking for an article and didn't find it. As we have reduced my office hours so that my wife and I can travel around the country more, there will be times when, due to lack of internet availability or other reasons, I'm not able to post.
I know that this winter has been brutal for many of my readers, those in the far North having had a very cold and snowy time, and even here in southern Atlanta, the ice and snow together with exceptional cold has made all of us ready for spring. The Bradford pear trees with their beautiful white blossoms have come and gone, and now the dogwood and azaleas are in full bloom. With days often in the 70's and flowers blooming, one is apt to put winter in the background and conclude that life is good, and indeed many aspects of it, especially spring, are good indeed. Some aspects of life are more worrisome, and I will comment on just one of them this week.
You have been reading about the sudden resignation/firing of the head of Mozilla just days after being named the CEO. Brendan Eich became the latest casualty in the pro-gay war against nonsupporters of the homosexual agenda. Eich was shoved out because he opposes same-sex marriage and apparently refused to recant his views and have "666" stamped on his forehead. If you have followed my articles over the years, you know that I have commented on the shift of the homosexual agenda's tactics from asking for tolerance and acceptance of their behavior, to promotion of the behavior and activity as normal, to pushing Gay Pride Day parades and curriculum in schools, to lawsuits, boycotts and firings directed against those who won't jump on their bandwagon. Now they are the intolerant ones, and defend their intolerance because they are only intolerant of those who supposedly are hateful and not pro-gay...Read more of Bishop Anderson's letter.
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Article 8: Of the Three Creeds
Article 8 of the 39 Articles of Religion addresses the three creeds - three confessional statements that clearly outline essentials of the Christian faith. Canon Ashey discusses why these are important to Anglican Christians.
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April 8, 2014
by Mollie Hemingway
Just days after being named CEO of Mozilla, Brendan Eich was forced out because he is an opponent of same-sex marriage. After declining opportunities to recant his views, he "voluntarily" decided to step down. Responses have been all over the map.
A writer at Slate actually tried to justify the termination as a good thing. Libertarian Nick Gillespie said he was "ambivalent" about Eich's removal but that Eich's resignation simply "shows how businesses respond to market signals." And even conservatives weren't rallying behind Eich on the grounds that marriage is an institution designed around sexual complementarity so much as by saying that even if he's wrong, conscience should be protected...Read more.
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Open Doors USA has ranked Iran number 9 on its list of 50 countries where persecution of Christians for religious reasons is most severe.
The Institute on Religion and Democracy recently spoke with officials of the ministry who say despite intense persecution, many more Muslims are coming to Christ at an increasing rate.
"Rafin and Nader, young coverts from Muslim backgrounds are proof of that," Jerry Dykstra, media relations director with Open Doors told the IRD. "They are not alone. "Many Persians are coming to Christ, he added. "Many are young college students, and even some of their teachers are asking for Bibles!
Dykstra tells the IRD the Iranian regime considers anyone converting to Christ apostates- a crime which is punishable by death. Dykstra says almost all Christian activity is illegal...Read more.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Archbishop Fred Hiltz met for two hours at the convent of Sisters of St. John the Divine in Toronto. Photo: Michael Hudson - Anglican Journal
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Welby explains gays and violence in Africa remarks
By Marites N. Sison
April, 09 2014
...Q: Some people have reacted strongly to your statements about the issue of gay marriage in your interview with LBC radio.
A: Lots of people have.
Q: Were you in fact blaming the death of Christians in parts of Africa on the acceptance of gay marriage in America?
A: I was careful not to be too specific because that would pin down where that happened and that would put the community back at risk. I wouldn't use the word "blame"- that's a misuse of words in the context. One of the things that's most depressing about the response to that interview is that almost nobody listened to what I said; they mostly imagined what they thought I said...It was not only imagination, it was a million miles away from what I said.
Q: So what exactly were you saying?
A: What I was saying is that when we take actions in one part of the church, particularly actions that are controversial, that they are heard and felt not only in that part of the church but around the world...And, this is not mere consequentialism; I'm not saying that because there will be consequences to taking action, that we shouldn't take action. What I'm saying is that love for our neighbour, love for one another, compels us to consider carefully how that love is expressed, both in our own context and globally. We never speak the essential point that, as a church, we never speak only in our local situation. Our voice carries around the world. Now that will be more true in some places than in others. It depends on your links. We need to learn to live as a global church in a local context and never to imagine that we're just a local church. There is no such thing...Read more.
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