I received following via email from a couple of people; there has been no official announcement as far as I know:
Rev. Vicky Hedelius and Rev. St. Clair Cleveland of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Hamilton announced to their congregation last Sunday that they will be leaving the Diocese of Niagara to join ANiC; they will be starting services in St. John’s United (an evangelical church) this coming Sunday. Around two thirds of the congregation has gone with them. They turned in their licenses on Monday morning and were immediately received by Bishop Don Harvey.
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That’s cheating, Kate. Off to the corner with you.
and smaller minds look on!
Kate; Nothing personal but I bet it didn’t hurt as much as me getting one of Warren’s “Oars” dropped on my head as Gerry hints at. PS the root canal was a hoot – I’m off for a tylenol 3 snooze.
I truly love you all cause the Christ loves me! eieiohhhh
Ugh. I have to get my mouth frozen just to get my teeth cleaned.
Stuck (#104), I feel your pain. I hope you aren’t drooling on your keyboard.
What a sad end to such a long comment run. Did you beat the comment run on women’s ordination? That was a doosey!
Thanks Warren, no drooling, but eieio? sure glad I don’t mess with the illegal stuff.
Heck Gawk I missed that one sure would like to review it. But no doubt it will rear its “elephant head” again However I do remember a 200 + when I first came on board. It even made the ANiC News!!! Can’t remember the title though but what do you expect from a blogger that tries to leave a blessing saying “cause the Christ loves me! eieiohhhh” the more I repeat it the more horrible it sounds – I am sorry.
I am going to approach my argument from a different angle.
1. Do you feel we as Christians have lived up to Jesus’ prayer for oneness, and call to unity?
2. Do you agree that Faith is incremental? If so do you think we have progressed in our Faith?
3. Do you think that Christians by and large have obeyed the given two great commandments on love?
#110:
Dear Stuck: These are very good questions to which I have committed some thought (though I’m not sure why you’re asking them in this context)
1. Jesus asks the Father to make us one, and God always hears the request of the Son. We are one in him. We cannot unify ourselves: this is something the ‘big tent’ idea tries unsuccessfully to do. I’m sure you have experienced inter-denominational Chrisitian unity (even despite occasional sniping). As the song goes: ‘We are one in the Spirit. We are one in the Lord’.
2. Saving faith is materially the same at the beginning as at the end. It is not incremental but binary (on or off). You either have it or you don’t. Saving faith continues to save us beginning at our conversion (like the thief on the cross) to the end our our lives as we persevere. so, in this way, the faith of a child is just as good as the faith of an elderly saint. “How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed.”
3. Christians are not always obedient. We are faulty and we grieve the Spirit, but when he adopted us the Lord Jeus knew extent of our weakness. He knew it personally and painfully and he is therefore able to present us faultless before the presence of his glory. Though we’re not “long on obedience”, even on this blog you can recognize true believers through our interactions: whether we agree on everything or not, we bow the knee to the Lord who helps us love each other. “You can tell we are Christians through our love.” (By the way, if you include the New Commandment, there are now three great commandments on love.)