Faith and Honor

On this episode, we enjoy a conversation with Joel Wilhelm, author of A Living Text, about the need for transparency and accountability in the church. In an era of high-profile scandals, the church cannot afford to be naïve or relaxed toward past behaviors, particularly with regard to positions of leadership. What kind of culture and concerns must we have in order to confront such problems as Christ's Body?

On this episode, we discuss the truths expressed in the collect and propers for the First Sunday after Trinity. We see how the love of the Triune God enters our hearts, that we might love our neighbors, particularly our brothers and sisters in Christ. The commandment to love one another has enormous implications for the strife and discord we face even today.

On this episode, we discuss the themes of the Fifth Sunday after Easter, more popularly known in Anglicanism as Rogation Sunday. We'll not only recount various traditions regarding this day, but also the themes we find in the Collect and Propers, which focus our attention on asking the Father for His blessings, including the greatest blessing of all. Tune in to find out more.

On this episode, we explore the collect and propers for the Sunday after Ascension-day, which bridges the Feast of the Ascension with Pentecost. In our discussion, we address the importance of Christ's exaltation and praying for the Holy Ghost, as well as how the Ascension helps us understand and apply the weird apocalyptic imagery we find in places like Daniel and Revelation.

On this episode, Fr. Bart Gingerich talks with Joshua Ryan Farris about his new book, Introduction to Theological Anthropology: Humans, Creaturely and Divine. We talk about the doctrine of man, some of the classic controversies in the Christian tradition, and some of the popular anthropological errors and even heresies that are popular in our wider culture.

On this episode, we cover the seemingly disparate collect and propers for the Third Sunday after Easter. However, as we soon discover, there are many subtle connections that tie the prayer and Scripture readings together. In short, the Third Sunday after Easter features continued reverberations of the truths proclaimed on Good Shepherd Sunday (last week).

What does it mean to serve an unchanging God, with Whom there is "no shadow of turning," in a world filled with "sundry and manifold changes?" We discuss this and more as we cover the collect and propers for the Fourth Sunday after Easter.

On this episode, we have a conversation about Pentecost. We discuss the doctrine of the Holy Ghost, and how He plays an absolutely essential role in the Christian life. Plus, we try to uncover the origins of the alternate name for this feast: Whitsunday.

On this episode, we explore the rich themes of the resurrection as found in the Easter collect and propers. The Prayer Book covers many aspects of Christ's rise from the grave and its relevance to us as Christians.

On this episode, we explore the themes of the Second Sunday after Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday. We discuss how Jesus is both a sacrifice for sin and an example of holiness to imitate. And we also address issues of schism and pastoral failures.