I was on the radio last night, KPXQ 1360AM, being interviewed by the Pastors from Roosevelt Community Church. They invited me to answer the question, “What is an Anglican?” It was crazy, chaotic, mostly “off the cuff” and a whole lot of fun. I did my best to try and articulate some of what it [...]

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This is the first post by Scott Bennion, our new Minister of Pastoral Care and Discipleship. He’ll be posting here from time to time. “O Lord Our God, most mighty and merciful Father, …Preserve and defend our rulers in church and state. Bless the people of this land, be a father to the fatherless, a [...]

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Today’s Old Testament Lesson for Morning Prayer was Ezekiel 24:15-27. In my mind, it is one of the most stunning passages in all of Scripture. So before I make any comments on it, please just read it. 15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 “Son of man, behold, I am about to [...]

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Hard to believe its been over a month since I last posted. A lot has happened since then including our family vacation to California (friends, family, Disneyland, the beach, San Diego Zoo and the Mission at San Juan Capistrano). It was a wonderful trip. I followed that up by serving as a counselor at Open [...]

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Last night we began our 40 day Lenten Season with an Ash Wednesday Service. It was a multi-church service held at North Phoenix Baptist Church. Thanks to Scott Savage of Crash for spearheading this with me. Lent is 40 days for a number of reasons. It didn’t start out that way, but sort of grew [...]

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I took this picture last Saturday from my hotel room. I should have been on a plane home to Phoenix at that time, instead I was snowed in in Greensboro!  I went to NC for the annual Anglican Mission Winter Conference. The plan was to stay from Tuesday and come home on Saturday. Little did [...]

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A long time ago at Phoenix Seminary, Dr. Norm Wakefield played an amazing tape of a black preacher named S. M. Lockridge. I remember it to this day because I was so moved by it. I just recently came across it again on YouTube. I present it here for you to watch. It takes about [...]

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I hope you’re not tired of me blogging on Tim Keller! As I wrote in my last post on him, “Your Idols Will Always Let You Down,” I am a big fan. And I’m a fan for several reasons. What do you know, he is on the cover of the latest Christianity Today. The article [...]

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Yesterday I had the privilege of sitting in a class at my alma mater, Phoenix Seminary. The class was “Selections from the Apostolic Father.” What a class! Dr. John Delhousaye, who was a seminary classmate of mine, and now is a professor there is teaching the class. I am happy to call him a friend. [...]

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Like J.I. Packer who I’ve written about before, John Stott is one of those men who was influential in my theology long before I became an Anglican. To be honest, I didn’t even know or realized he was an Anglican priest back then. What I did know is that his commentary on Romans was superb. [...]

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