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A Collapsing “Big Tent”?
A Collapsing “Big Tent”? By Thomas Lambrecht Throughout this season of disaffiliation, many United Methodist bishops and leaders have attempted to convince traditionalists to remain in the denomination. They have assured traditionalists that there is a place for them in the UM Church and that their views would be respected.
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Sundays at All Hallows (Sunday, September 3, 2023) Is Now Online
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. Jesus told his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.” Whatever our circumstances, Jesus calls us to follow him with the same words, “…give up your own
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Pope St. Gregory the Great and the Marian Mold of the Church
In Mary, the Church finds its fundamentally feminine form as Virgin Bride and as Mother. For she, who is the archetype of the Church, is Virgin Bride because she “lets the divine Word become flesh in [her] own body.”[1] The fruit of her fiat is her Motherhood of God and
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Christology of the Sacred Heart
The late Pope Benedict XVI, in the first part of his book Behold the Pierced One, defends the devotion to the Sacred Heart primarily by drawing upon Pius XII’s Haurietis Aquas and the Gospels to show its precedents in Tradition and Scripture. In Benedict’s Jesus of Nazareth, Spirit of the Liturgy,
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The Bright and Morning Star Podcast: The Beast from the Sea
In Revelation 13, the apostle John has a vision of a mighty beast rising from the sea “having.” We’re told that it rules over every “kindred, and tongue, and nation.” What does this monster represent? And what does it mean for us? Meridian Magazine
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The Important Idea that Unifies the Book of Moroni
Have you ever wondered about the structure of the Book of Moroni in the Book of Mormon? Is that book a hodge podge of various topics, a veritable pot pourri of gospel subjects? There are valuable lessons to be learned in Moroni, but does the book have a coherent structure
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Editorial: More Hopeful Than Ever
Editorial: More Hopeful Than Ever — By Rob Renfroe — I have enjoyed the reports coming out of Global Methodist annual conference meetings from all over the United States and Europe. Delegates report that the conferences have been filled with an air of excitement, anticipation, and joy. They state the
