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Resurrection and the Calendar of Life

by Joe Boot

April 9, 2024

We have just celebrated Easter in our Western calendar. Calendars are important across the world because they punctuate time, its meaning and significance, and Easter is one of those times of celebration and remembrance. But what exactly does it all signify?

 

Following Christ as the Church Militant

by Joe Boot

February 10, 2023

An urgent warning to the clerics and parishioners Christian thinking must be concerned with actually following the Christ of Scripture and having His Word dwell and abide in us by His Spirit. Submitting oneself to being a humble follower doesn’t come easily to anyone – especially cultural leaders, thinkers and apparently bishops. This was evident…

 

Syncretism and Listening to What They do not Say

by Joe Boot

January 28, 2022

In our contemporary cultural moment, righteousness is modified to mean an egalitarian order of social justice where the new great sins are homophobia, whiteness, possessing hard-earned wealth, emitting carbon, and any form of judgment rooted in the law of God.

 

Appeasement, Compromise and Silence in a D-Day for the Church

by Joe Boot

June 10, 2019

History has smiled with gratitude on the heroes of Normandy. How will history judge the church of our generation in a time of cultural conflict? In the D-Day of the Western church, what will be God’s verdict?

 

The Church and her Mission

by Joe Boot

August 28, 2017 | Ephesians 4:4

In a truly scriptural theology of mission, the church as God's kingdom people must not only be concerned with personal salvation, or institutional church affairs, but with the reign of Christ over all things. God's people re-present the exalted Christ to the entire creation order.

 

Archbishop of Canterbury: Repent of the Reformation

by Joe Boot

January 27, 2017

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York issued a joint statement urging repentance for the Reformation's "lasting damage." However, this exhortation is unclear and focuses on all the wrong things.
 

Goodbye to the Anglican Church of Canada

by Joe Boot

July 13, 2016 | Matthew 24:35

With the recent vote to officially endorse same-sex marriage, the Anglican Church of Canada has at last demonstrated its faithless and apostate leadership. True Christians must get out.

 

Community, Social Financing and the Role of the State

by Joe Boot

January 8, 2014

God's Word provides direction for social financing, apart from the state bureaucracy.