tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post3380756630423154702..comments2023-08-05T05:23:45.628-07:00Comments on Soundings: How and why I became an Anglican ChristianDale Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-31712800191490992052010-09-23T05:37:05.190-07:002010-09-23T05:37:05.190-07:00Sibyl,
You are correct. God is always able to thwa...Sibyl,<br />You are correct. God is always able to thwart all the efforts of humans to serve their own ends. God provides a positive outcome from what was intended as a sinful human behavior. What comes to mind immediately are the selfish intentions of King Henry VIII and even the "politics" of those who thought they were dispensing with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That is why St. Paul states that "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Eph. 6:12)Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-88551066549438542132010-09-22T07:35:28.855-07:002010-09-22T07:35:28.855-07:00Didn't the Church experience secular interfere...Didn't the Church experience secular interference and sculpting earlier on beginning with Constantine and subsequently various kings, emperors and with even popes acting politically, militarily and economically rather than theologically and pastorally?Sibylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-39989686092631274882010-09-17T13:36:23.528-07:002010-09-17T13:36:23.528-07:00Sibyl,
Thanks for the response. I sometimes wonder...Sibyl,<br />Thanks for the response. I sometimes wonder if it would be a good thing if the Church of England were to be disestablished. Then it could evangelize a post Christian secular English culture and leave the politics to Parliament. The political appointment of Rowan Williams as ABC has not been helpful for the CoE or the World Wide Anglican Communion.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-87725909003138806152010-09-17T11:00:23.973-07:002010-09-17T11:00:23.973-07:00The Anglican Church has the most beautiful liturgy...The Anglican Church has the most beautiful liturgy, music and hymns in the English language...and many of the most beautiful buildings, and has had the status, prestige of support of the crown and government of England. It is an amazing vehicle for worship. The lessons and hymns (or carols) provoke thought and humility. <br /><br />No wonder the devil has seduced, attacked and tempted this expression of the faith relentlessly to such ill effect.<br /><br />Beauty, power and wealth can lead to pride...and thus a great fall.<br />We have seen this fall take place, then a shaking, awakening and now the resurrection of Christ's Anglican bodies world-wide. <br /><br />The devil can't/won't win.Sibylnoreply@blogger.com