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Apr 4, 2024 | 
beforeitsnews.com | Gillis J. Harp
Back in 1918, the Dean of Canterbury, Henry Wace, recognized the potential problem. As the Church of England shifted toward making holy communion the principal Sunday service, problems arose. Among these was the belief (in Wace’s words) “that intimate contact with Christ is only to be obtained through the channel of the sacraments.” Indeed, such teaching could leave the impression that corporate worship could not occur without sacramental observance.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
mereorthodoxy.com | Gillis J. Harp
Neglect of the sacraments has often been a problem among contemporary evangelical Protestants, particularly those in non-denominational churches. Understandably, some evangelicals have reacted by adopting weekly observance of the Lord’s Supper. About a dozen years ago, The Gospel Coalition website observed that weekly communion had “become a badge of honor in a growing number of Presbyterian and Baptist churches.” Since then, this trend seems (at least anecdotally) to have increased.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
virtueonline.org | Gillis J. Harp
The Overcorrection of the Evangelical SacramentalistsBy Gillis Harphttps://mereorthodoxy.com/April 2, 2024Neglect of the sacraments has often been a problem among contemporary evangelical Protestants, particularly those in non-denominational churches. Understandably, some evangelicals have reacted by adopting weekly observance of the Lord's Supper.
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
post-gazette.com | Gillis J. Harp
The attack on the Capitol by an armed mob on Jan. 6, 2021 — we observed the third anniversary yesterday — appears at first glance to have few historical precedents. The obvious one is South Carolina secessionists firing on Fort Sumter at the start of the Civil War in April 1861. Some of the Jan. 6 mob did underline the parallel by carrying Confederate flags. But another historical precedent — and one closer to home — may offer an illuminating comparison to January 6th.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
touchstonemag.com | Gillis J. Harp
ViewGillis J. Harp on the Debasing of Boyhood Innocence Role models like pop stars Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson (these Lolitas still claim to be Christians despite appearing scantily clad on the covers of men’s magazines and in music videos) have undermined the innocence of girlhood. Accordingly, it is not uncommon to encounter eight-year-old girls in Wal-Mart dressed like prostitutes.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
touchstonemag.com | Gillis J. Harp
Introduction Incomprehensible Freedom A few years before his death, Cardinal Francis George, commented that "in the United States, individualism as an ideology is so closely associated with the creativity and personal freedom that the Gospel's injunction to surrender oneself to Christ and to others in order to be free has become largely incomprehensible." [emphasis mine] Imagine Cardinal George trying to discuss freedom with a libertarian who understands freedom as a sort of protective ring...
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Jul 18, 2023 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Bob Thune |Cap Stewart |Gillis J. Harp |Paige Pippin
For our cities and communities to flourish, Christians need to be builders. But I never expected to build a school. Here’s the story of how it happened. When our oldest son turned 5, my wife and I toured the neighborhood school. We weren’t thrilled about the educational objectives they outlined. So we decided to homeschool for his first year. Advertise on TGCAs we explored our options, we were introduced to the classical model of education through authors like Susan Wise Bauer and Dorothy Sayers.
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Jul 18, 2023 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Jen Wilkin |J. T. English |Cap Stewart |Gillis J. Harp
When we hear Jesus’s command in Matthew 28 to go and make disciples, we tend to think of it in terms of evangelism. We picture Jesus’s disciples fanning out across the known world, armed with gospel tracts. We picture joyful conversions followed by joyful baptisms. And then we picture those evangelists moving on to the next town, carrying the gospel from Jerusalem to Judea to the ends of the earth.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
beforeitsnews.com | Gillis J. Harp
Ensuring that clergy embrace, and laity study, the Articles and our other often forgotten but official formularies (the 1662 Book of Common Prayer and the first and second Books of Homilies)–could help to fix the doctrinal incoherence Anglicans have grappled with for decades. Returning to the Articles could help to fix the doctrinal incoherence Anglicans have grappled with for decades.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
virtueonline.org | Gillis J. Harp
Ensuring that clergy embrace, and laity study, the Articles and our other often forgotten but official formularies (the 1662 Book of Common Prayer and the first and second Books of Homilies)--could help to fix the doctrinal incoherence Anglicans have grappled with for decades. Returning to the Articles could help to fix the doctrinal incoherence Anglicans have grappled with for decades.
