Book of Common Prayer

A rticle 5 of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion is another example of the need to read these articles as a whole. One of the new articles added by Archbishop Matthew Parker (1504-1575) in 1563, this article contains an explicit statement on the procession of the Spirit from the Father and the...

L ast time we examined the Anglican principle in how the Articles of Religion and the Book of Common Prayer form the confessional structure of our theology and worship. This time, we need to illustrate how the Articles have an almost narrative structure. In other words, what is established in the...

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. (Ps. 69:6 KJV) Local Anglican pastor John Oldfield is next in our reading of the Puritan Paperback, Sermons of the Great Ejection . “The Great...

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. (Isaiah 3.10-11 KJV) W e turn from Anglican Thomas Watson’s pastoral prayer in our reading of the...

W e continue our reading of the "Puritan Paperback," Sermons of the Great Ejection , with the third study of Anglican Thomas Watson (parts 1 , 2 ). “The Great Ejection” was the explusion of nearly 20% of Anglican ministers from their cures in the 1662 Act of Uniformity. Thomas Watson’s sermon...

We’ve resumed our reading of the Puritan Paperback, Sermons of the Great Ejection and continue in the second part of three pieces ( part 1 ) in the book by Anglican Thomas Watson . “The Great Ejection” was the explusion of nearly 20% of Anglican ministers from their "cures" (pastorates) in the 1662...

“So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.” (Hebrews 13:12-13) We’ve paused at the half-way point in our reading of the Puritan Paperback, Sermons of the Great Ejection...

“So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.” (Hebrews 13.12-13) Last time I paused at the half-way point in our reading of the Puritan Paperback, Sermons of the Great...

“So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.” (Hebrews 13.12-13) The past thirteen years have chronicled a series of triggers that have compelled gospel ministers and...

"Preach it, brother!" We've all heard the exhortation. But what does it mean to preach? And how should one preach? In part 1 of my series on Puritan Preaching we looked at John's Bunyan's, The Pilgrim's Progress . Here I want to draw out the principles on preaching from the Westminster Assemby's (...