Monday, June 13, 2011 The Christian life according to Forde: Not discipleship, but two kingdoms Read more here.
Hymns Ancient and Modern rejected
A church organist, an “Anglican agnostic,” writes: “Indeed, you could say that several – The Church’s one foundation, for example, and Praise to the holiest – rehearse the whole Christian doctrine in a handful of verses, unlike the pop pap that characterises many modern hymns. These are notable for the paucity of their musical and […]
Forde-ism 8
“Luther tells how on Good Friday he was meditating on the wounds of Christ when suddenly a vision of the Savior appeared on the wall. He said: ‘I thought maybe it was a celestial vision. However, it occurred to me that our Lord Christ appeared on earth in a much more humble and meaner fashion […]
Forde-ism 7
“Baptism, is, as I like to say, the absolute divine ‘Yes.’ “It seems to me a horrendous mistake on the part of so-called evangelical theologians, whether they are on TV or elsewhere — (You know, all you have to do these days to be instantaneously authoritative is to show up on TV) — it always seems […]