Mark Tooley

Strategic planning underway for the Indian Ocean

I have spent the last five days attending a strategic planning meeting in the Anglican Province of the Indian Ocean. The bishops from each diocese, together with a priest and layperson, came together to discern the Lord's will for the province under the archiepiscopate...

Anti-god, anti-science, pro-culture — what’s next for the SEC?

What does the Scottish Episcopal Church’s vote to ‘welcome trans people unconditionally’ mean in practice? According to the Church Times, the General Synod of this small Anglican denomination in Scotland passed a motion to that effect on June 7th:  ‘The motion under debate, which was eventually passed, said...
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Strategic planning underway for the Indian Ocean

I have spent the last five days attending a strategic planning meeting in the...

Anti-god, anti-science, pro-culture — what’s next for the SEC?

What does the Scottish Episcopal Church’s vote to ‘welcome trans people unconditionally’ mean in...

Why one word changed everything: the Nicene Creed and the nature of Christ

The Creed finally promulgated by the Council of Nicaea was a rather awkward fusion...