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2020 in Review: The
Episcopal Church...

By Kirk Petersen
Pandemic, racial convulsions, pandemic, a photo op, pandemic, a bishop on trial, pandemic, property litigation, and pandemic. Take a walk with TLC through a tumultuous year.
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... and the Global Anglican Communion

By Mark Michael
More pandemic. Also: Lambeth Conference postponed, then postponed again. Financial anxiety in the Church of England. GAFCON sets its sights on the Diocese of Sydney. Convulsions over same-sex marriages. A 41st Province. And pandemic.
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Healing Fatherless Families in Sri Lanka

By Jesse Masai
The Anglican Church in Sri Lanka is preparing boys and young men for fatherhood, responding to a pressing need in a war-torn country where one in five children grows up without a father.
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Are Traditionalists
Still Welcome Here?

By Jordan Hylden
After the trial and resignation of Bishop of Albany William Love, who defied the General Convention over same-sex marriage rites, young potential ordination candidates who hold traditional views of marriage have asked if the Episcopal Church truly does welcome them. The answer from this traditionalist is yes.
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The Nativity in Stone

By Zac Koons
Join me for a virtual tour of the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona -- an architectural work in progress that provides a shockingly fresh and deeply theological telling of the birth of Christ. The intricate façade is more than just a Bible; it is a Bible come to life.
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Salvation Himself

By Wesley Hill
"Jesus Christ is not… the source of a salvation other than himself. He is uniquely and irreplaceably our salvation. His saving significance is not located abstractly in his predicates or in his spirituality, but in the concrete events of his incarnation, death, and resurrection for our sakes."
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The Voice
Of the Old Testament

By Christopher Seitz
New Testament scholars like to ask questions, like whether Jesus understood his mission based upon Isaiah 53. Certainly, Mark has Jesus say he gives his life as a ransom for many, and the language is close — if awfully compressed — to the extensive line-by-line account we have in Isaiah. Others say, “No, it is Paul’s idea.”
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