Easter 4 is Good Shepherd Sunday every year. The collect and most of the readings through the three-year cycle on this day make explicit reference to God as the shepherd of his people. The assigned Gospel readings for Easter 4 over the three years take us sequentially through most of John 10. Ironically, while we…

“Batter My Heart, Three-Person’d God,” also known as Holy Sonnet XIV, is the 17th-century poet-priest John Donne’s brilliant and controversial poem on the primacy of God’s grace in our salvation. Using both martial and marital metaphors, Donne calls God to action, pleading for rescue from our spiritual enemy. Theologically, the poem reflects the reformed principle…

Anglicanism’s beautiful use of language has shaped the many Christian believers it has discipled. There should be no surprise, then, that the Anglican tradition has produced centuries of poets among its adherents—even its very clergy.

Miles Smith, IV, and Adam Carrington. That Blessed Liberty: Episcopal Bishops and the Development of the American Republic, 1789–1860. Prolego Press, 2025. 179 pp. Between the surrender at Yorktown and the first shots at Sumter, the United States did more than construct a constitutional order. It also quietly and often anxiously reshaped its religious life….

Over the years, I have encountered Joseph in many articles, books, and sermons. We often remembered Joseph as the boy with the beautiful coat, favored by his father, resented by his brothers, and carried along by youthful certainty. We often tell his story as one of suffering, perseverance, and eventual vindication. Yet we do not…

On Sunday, Easter 3, the church moves forward with its messaging on Christian living, grounded in the truth of Jesus Christ’s resurrection and appearance. In Year A, the assigned Gospel reading out of Luke 24:13-35 recounts Jesus’ post-resurrection appearance to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Luke’s skillful narration in this passage demonstrates…

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh in a series of articles by Dr. Stephen Noll, titled “The Jerusalem Declaration: A Personal Commentary.” In this series, Dr. Noll draws on decades of experience in the GAFCON movement, especially his role as Secretary of the Statement group that drafted the Jerusalem Declaration and its accompanying Statement. Having heard the Gospel…

The church reserves the six Sundays after Easter Day and before Pentecost Sunday for worshipers to contemplate the New Testament resurrection appearances of Jesus and his most significant teachings on life in the power of his resurrection. Our attention in this period is directed mainly to the Gospel of John, and especially our Lord’s last…

This hymn is nearly synonymous with Easter. It is sung in every church (worth its salt) on the morning of Easter Sunday. The title of its tune, so rousing with its many Alleluias, is simply EASTER HYMN. If you haven’t sung it, have you really celebrated Easter?

Holy Wednesday is often called “Spy Wednesday” because it is the day in Holy Week that Judas Iscariot agreed to betray Jesus and became a spy for the high priests. It is also the day that Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus with costly ointment.

ACNA cathedrals are an ideal destination for anyone wanting to experience Holy Week at its Anglican fullest! Whether it’s carrying Palms in procession to mark the triumphant entrance of Jesus, or special services of prayer and reflection marking the days leading up to Spy Wednesday and the traditional Triduum, the ACNA’s cathedrals provide some wonderful opportunities to observe Holy Week among the body of faithful believers.

As we continue through Holy Week, we find ourselves in the last days of Jesus’ earthly life. After his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, he now moves between Bethany and the city, teaching in the Temple during the day and withdrawing again in the evenings. While in Jerusalem, Jesus taught in the Temple, confronted the religious…

“Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!” At no time is the thrill of shouting out this cheer louder than on Easter Day. “Enter then, all of you, into the joy of your Master. First and last, receive alike your reward. Rich and poor, dance together. You who have fasted and you…

On March 7, 2026, Gafcon’s G26 Conference concluded with the release of The Abuja Affirmation. This lengthy communiqué declared the failure of the Anglican Communion’s existing instruments of unity and outlined a proposed remedy.

The Jerusalem Declaration offers a set of principles to guide us in our Christian walk, as outlined in the second sentence of Clause 2: “The Bible is to be translated, read, preached, taught and obeyed in its plain and canonical sense, respectful of the church’s historic and consensual reading.”

In our walk with Jesus through the liturgical year, Palm Sunday is designed so that we might contemplate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and his death on the cross as a unit. Yes, the reading of the Passion or our Lord on Palm Sunday is no doubt an accommodation to the fact that many churchgoers would…

Saint Joseph was the head of the holy family and an indispensable figure in sacred history. Yet one of the most striking qualities of Joseph in the gospels is his silence.

Matthew Bingham, A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation. Crossway, 2025. 368 pp. The internet is a marvelous and maddening place. A single viral clip can be watched by millions and yet leave no lasting impact beyond a moment of humor, shock, or provocation. At the same time, voices that would…