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Shows that the argument over sexuality in the Episcopal Church is fundamentally an argument over theological truth.

Draws on the work of Arnold Come to briefly present a biblical and theological understanding of pastoral care.

This essay examines aspects of the House of Bishop's Pastoral Study on Human Sexuality. Theologically and scientifically, the report is a shambles. It does, however, shed light on the thinking at the "highest" level of the Episcopal Church.

This essay briefly describes Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the context of contemporary literature.

An essay, drawing on Jung, which indicates the sort of religious vision that would go well with the new world order.

A very short satire on theologian John Macquarrie's beliefs on prayer.

An essay emphasizing that Christ is the only way, a matter of faith not sight.

An essay showing that belief in a personal God entails a belief in miracles.

This essay discusses the resurrection in light of William James and his crass supernaturalism.

An essay showing how the filioque protects against natural theologies that inevitably lead to violence.

Discusses four important authors who wrote during WWII, Barth, Auerbach, Cochrane, and Polayni. Their lessons was never learned.

Draws attention to the terrible theological impoverishment that results from the fact that academic theologians so often avoid the supernatural power of God.

Describes how the vision of mathematics that originally undergirded the view of the universe as a closed causal system no longer holds, with implications for the miraculous.

A short essay indicating how revelation is complete in Jesus Christ as known in Scripture.

Gives some insight into why the Episcopal Church does not do theology, as well as some consequences.

Relates justification and sanctification to the church as an inclusive yet bounded community.

Gives an example of how the "truth of community" can replace biblical truth.

A short but significant essay on the wonderful gift of forgiveness.

Shows that Bishop Spong's twelve theses are not an aberration, but the crude and provocative expression of the liberal heresy he first learned in seminary.

Describes a practical application of Jesus' teaching on the Jubilee.

This essay shows why a belief in the Historic Episcopate implies that the Church, and especially the bishops, be committed to orthodoxy and the denial of heresy.

An essay discussing the claims made by the American Anglican Council that orthodox Episcopalians should remain in ECUSA.

Describes, in light of Philip Jenkins' book, The New Christendom, why the churches of Africa, Asia, and Latin America are exploding spiritually and numerically, and why many churches in Europe and North America are not.

Shows how Virginia Seminary's new sexual guidelines are intimately connected with a theological perspective that spells the end of the Christian faith.

Briefly discusses the morality of homosexual practice in light of Richard Hooker.

A short essay describing the problem of theodicy and how God in Christ has addressed the matter.

Describes elements of Donald Symons' brilliant sociobiological work on sexuality and relates it to the Christian doctrine of Recapitulation.

Analyzes an address by Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury in light of Richards Hooker's understanding of the marks of the Church.

Discusses the argument that it never occurred to the Church through the centuries to bless homosexual unions.

Theologically analyzes a letter the Presiding Bishop wrote to the Anglican Primates after Gene Robinson, a practicing homosexual, was approved as a bishop of the Episcopal Church. The analysis shows the letter to be consistent with the mystical, modalistic perspective as developed in the Presiding Bishop's other writings.

Shows that the essential question in regard to the divisions that now plague the Episcopal Church is not the issue of institutional unity, but whether or not orthodox Christians should take communion with non-orthodox. Once that is decided, institutional unity can be addressed.

Describes Orthodoxy and Revisionism, showing what each is and how they differ.

Discusses, in light of Nicea, whether bishops should offer, without being invited by the local bishop, episcopal services in dioceses other than their own.

Draws on diverse sources such as Harold Bloom's book, The American Religion, and articles by Doug LeBlanc and Philip Turner, as well as a sermon by ECUSA's presiding bishop, to desscribe gnostic aspects of ECUSA's operant religion.

This essay shows how the theological liberals within the Diocese of Florida were able to exploit cultural assumptions to promote their political agenda.

This essay analyzes three lectures given by Archbishop Eames at Virginia Theological Seminary and Yale. Archbishop Eames was the head of the Windsor Commission. His lectures place loyalty to Anglicanism, its persons, processes, and structures, above Anglican norms of Scripture, doctrine, and discipline.

Describes how I came to the conviction that Scripture, the tradition of the Church, Anglican Prayer Books and the Anglican understanding of the Episcopate, led me to leave the Episcopal Church.

Shows, using the example of Schleiermacher, how orthodox thoelogy implies miracle and healing.

This essay describes, in light of biblical anthropology and lectio divina, how the soul can be healed.

This essay describes three critical streams found within contemporary Anglicanism and tells why every congregation should incorporate the best of all three streams.

This essay describes some of the way the Episcopate could be renewed in order to have a vibrant Anglicanism in North America.

Describes a vision for the Church based on contemporary conditions and the vital life of the Church of the first few centuries.

Essay describes certain fundamental Christians truths and practices that have been lost to the Church through history, recommending that they be restored for the sake of a vital body of Christ today.

This essay introduces one idea taken from N.T. Wright's work on biblical interpretation. One conclusion from this idea is that the purpose of Scripture is that the biblical description of how Jesus acted and spoke is how Jesus works and speaks today.

Outlines Hooker's ideas on universal salvation and relates them to issues of violence and economic exploitation.

Describes what happens when worship conveys heaven on earth and how to receive that reality.

Describes what happens when one receives the Holy Spirit

This essay calls husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the Church.

This essay gives reasons why it is important that all believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ leave the Episcopal organization now.

This essay gives some reasons why the Anglican Communion needs to adopt a confession, and one that addresses the liberal challenge to the faith.

52. Penal Substitution, Context and Significance

This essay discusses a recent text on penal substitution, and then, going beyond the authors, shows the vital connection between atonement and Jesus' earth ministry and how this relates to the ministry of the church.

53. The St. Andrew's Draft

The essay presents a theological analysis of the St. Andrew's Draft, a covenant put forth under the auspices of the Archbishop of Canterbury to be adopted by the world-wide Anglican Communion.  The theology of the covenant is not orthodox.  

54. The Anglican Formularies Are Not Enough

Shows that historically the  church has countered false teaching by not only affirming sound doctrine, but also by denying the false teaching of the revisionists.  The essay does this for the trinitarian teaching of the St. Andrew's Draft.

55.  Heretical Perspectives on Scripture

A brief summary of the essential results concerning heretical hermeneutics as found in the Scripture section of this web site.

56.  The Bible Did not Die for Us

Describes how, from a Hebrew understanding, the words and deeds of Jesus the incarnate Word, recorded in Scripture, convey the person of Jesus Christ and are therefore the Word of God written.  Also considers some alternatives to this view.   

57.  Judgment Begins at the Household of God

Describes how the judgment of God is taking place in the Anglican Communion.   

57.  How the Religious Right Denies the Gospel and Endangers the Country

This essays, as the title suggests, shows how the Religious Right denies the gospel and endangers the country.     

58. Two Excellent Books

Describes two outstanding texts, one by New Testament scholar, Richard Bauckham, and the other by historian Ramsey MacMullen, reaching the conclusion that the gospels are eyewitness accounts which directed the early church to do the deeds of Jesus in his name. 

The Rev. Robert J. Sanders, Ph.D.