Congratulations! From your Global Methodist Cousins!
@ninjystar123Күн бұрын
O Lord, our Heavenly Father, whose blessed Son came not to be ministered unto, but to minister; We beseech thee to bless all who, following in his steps, give themselves to the service of their fellow men. Endue them with wisdom, patience, and courage to strengthen the weak and raise up those who fall; that, being inspired by thy love, they may worthily minister in thy Name to the suffering, the friendless, and the needy; for the sake of him who laid down his life for us, the same thy Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. -1928 BCP prayer for Christian service Congratulations!✝️
@lawtonbrewer41072 күн бұрын
Augustine is to blame for polluting the Church with the vile, nauseating teachings of predestination and infant damnation. Predestination is evil enough, but if infant damnation is true, I want nothing to do with the God who countenances it. Many Anglicans and Catholics believe the best we can hope for from the Bible is that we can trust children to the mercy and justice of God. We don't know the ultimate fate of infants. Of course, loads of Calvinists believe positively in infant "election." Not acceptable. I've been very immoral, but I'm more moral that any God who damns babies and embryos. It's bad enough that there is any room for doubt about this in Scripture.
@Shimmed3 күн бұрын
Those seminary “professors” are apostates. Just say it. APOSTATES.
@richardkelley92245 күн бұрын
All 5 churches in our parish in West Virginia have left the UMC, and since leaving, all 5 churches have gained new members.
@danielhixon82095 күн бұрын
Anecdotally, I hear this over and over again: churches that left had new people come around, or disengaged people come back around. I believe there are numerous reasons for that: some are "sociological" like the feeling of a "fresh start" being attractive, no more negative baggage from UMC political statements. I also believe there are spiritual dynamics at play as well: God favors faithfulness and also having bad spiritual leadership may have actually (in unseen ways) hindered our work.
@KentNazarene6 күн бұрын
So you are saying they are leaving based on fear. Doesn’t Christlike love cast out fear?
@randycarson981212 күн бұрын
According to the leaked news reported by Souls and Liberty, the ACNA is moving toward communion with Rome.
@danielhixon820912 күн бұрын
Yes, I saw that. I pray for a reunion of all churches, so I think this is a good sign. I also think some of the excitement (or worry) about this is a bit overblown; Anglicans and Roman Catholics have been "working toward" full communion since the 1960s. I'll be surprised if even an interim communion agreement is signed in my lifetime - though I am hopeful there might be an agreement for mutual recognition of orders and allowing limited "extraordinary" eucharistic sharing (I think Rome has an agreement like this with some Eastern churches). Since the ACNA is part of the "Anglican Realignment" that is putting renewed focus upon the authority of our classic formularies (including the 39 Articles), I think there remain serious obstacles to full communion with Rome, especially if (as some have speculated) full Anglican acceptance of the Marian dogmas of the 19th and 20th Century are a pre-requisite.
@randycarson981212 күн бұрын
@@danielhixon8209 Is the objection to the Marian dogmas due to the belief that they simply aren't true OR that while true, they should not be binding on all believers? Or both?
@danielhixon820912 күн бұрын
@@randycarson9812 Some Anglicans would no doubt object that they are not true; my own objection is really that they are not necessary as dogmas (indeed, the Roman church managed to 'get on' without their being dogmas for over 1,800 years). I'm happy leaving them in the realm of "pious opinion" (as I think the East does concerning the bodily Assumption). Our Anglican Articles of Religion state that only such things as are taught in Scripture (or necessarily follow from what is) can be taught as necessary for salvation and binding on all Christians. I'm sure there is much I don't understand about the logic of these later Marian dogmas from the Roman point of view (so I might think differently upon further study), but from "over here" it looks (at least at first glance) to simply be an exercise of power - as though the promulgation of these dogmas is more about requiring submission to papal authority than it is actually about the Blessed Mother of our Lord.
@BibleFanatics13 күн бұрын
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@DanielBShaw23 күн бұрын
As a Baptist, I knew the motion regarding the Nicean Creed would fail. Church history is not a strong point amongst Baptists. Personally, I think the Nicean Creed and Apostles Creed should be adopted. Until that happens, we need to teach and re-affirm our belief in the Trinity. We also need to maintain a strong gospel presentation which includes the imputed righteousness of Christ. Do Anglicans hold to the imputation of Christ's righteousness for believers?
@danielhixon820923 күн бұрын
Yes, many Anglicans do hold imputation (though I'm sure there are a variety of interpretations that would be considered "in bounds"); I cannot recall if the word "imputation" is used in any doctrinal formularies, but the Articles of Religion do say "We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Faith, and not of our own works or deservings..." (Article XI). "Accounted" here is what (I believe) most folks mean by "imputation."
@DanielBShaw23 күн бұрын
@@danielhixon8209 That sounds good. Being accounted righteous by the merits of Christ is what distinguishes us from Rome. When you speak of "catholicity" and "ecumenism", you don't mean reuniting with Rome, do you?
@MikeRBurch24 күн бұрын
Teaching children to believe in an evil "god" and hell is child abuse. How am I wrong? If God is good half the Bible is libel. --MIchael R. Burch
@danielhixon820923 күн бұрын
I’ve spent the last 25 years of my life engaged in devoted study of the Bible; I’m constantly discovering new connections and new insights, and new reasons to believe this book is inspired of God. Of course, there are unsettling passages (but unsettling precisely and only because I have internalized a Christian moral vision; Gengis Khan would not have found them unsettling) but far more passages that are badly misunderstood (even by preachers). If you really want answers to the questions you are raising (and are not simply using them as a rhetorical shield) I recommend the Truth Unites KZfaq channel from Gavin Ortlund. He addresses many of the concerns and objections raised to Christian belief in a thoughtful and charitable way. God bless.
@MikeRBurch23 күн бұрын
@@danielhixon8209 If you don't know that mass-murdering women, children, toddlers, infants, babies and unborns is evil, then you apparently lack the knowledge of good and evil and ought to be immortal according to the logic of Genesis. Did your god gypp you, or did primitive human beings create an evil, intolerant god in their own image? I was a reading prodigy and read the Bible from cover to cover at age 11. I knew from the first three chapters of Genesis that the biblical god was evil, and he was evil from beginning to end. No decent human being would do the things Yahweh did. I'm sure you wouldn't either. What does it say when your morals are better than your god's?
@teeemm945624 күн бұрын
Who was the ultimate authority on assembling the bible? Are you suggesting that the church is, not the Holy Spirit? Seems like you glossed over that part pretty quickly to say churchmen did it. And if history serves me, the Apocrypha were not officially Deuterocanon until after Luther posted the 95 theses, making them a response to the reformation. It seems like you're in agreement but that's an important component overlooked, because as you pointed out, there were many that agreed with Jerome, who was most responsible for translating the Septuagint.
@danielhixon820924 күн бұрын
Thank you for the comment; it sounds like I need to clarify: I am certainly not trying to create a contrast or wedge between the work of God the Spirit and the consensus of the early and universal church. I believe that the building of the consensus of the church in identifying the canon was itself guided by the Holy Spirit. It was a genuine exercise of church authority AND a movement of the Spirit. I am contending that, if we can trust that the universal consensus as to the content of the canon was guided by the Spirit, we can also trust the same Spirit guided early fathers in crafting the creeds and the universal consensus across the ages in receiving those creeds. I am not, however, saying that the Creeds are equivalent to a new "word from the Lord" and therefore equal to Scripture (as some groups have claimed for their leaders), but that the Church, guided by the Spirit, provided an authoritative interpretation and summary proclamation of the Scripture, in keeping with the promise of Christ in John 16:13 and the example of the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15. As to the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha, I think the evidence is that some Christians considered them equivalent to the other books of the Old Testament (St. Augustine) and others considered them important, but not God-breathed Scripture (St. Jerome) and there has never been a universal consensus (which we could reliably attribute to the Holy Spirit) on those particular books.
@chrisstewartbenson11925 күн бұрын
Thank you brother Daniel. A subject that was easily dismantled and easily understood. Your teachings are a blessing. Chris x
@shugie25 күн бұрын
I think the biggest obstacle for many denominations is the word "catholic "
@teeemm945624 күн бұрын
As a baptist, I would say that the "we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins" is problematic, if not more-so than lower case catholic. And to a lesser extent, apostolic church, can be confused with apostolic succession.
@RGabeDavis15 күн бұрын
Most Baptists I know it is the remission of sins part. A few independent Baptists I know really struggle with catholic meaning universal. And as a Gideon I approve of the illustration👍🏻.
@DavidNWalker25 күн бұрын
The original Authorised Version (KJV) included the Apocropha.
@danielhixon820925 күн бұрын
Yes it did, I believe in a separate section between the OT and NT as many "scholarly" Bibles do to this day. I am aware that there is still some debating around the edges of Anglicanism regarding the status of the Apocrypha, but I think Article 6 is both clear and wise: we read it for edification and historical context, but we do not put it on the same level as the 39 OT Books that are Inspired by God and can therefore be used for the formulation of doctrinal truth.
@RockiestRock26 күн бұрын
Didn't Luther try to get rid of the book of James?
@danielhixon820925 күн бұрын
I've heard one quote from Luther suggesting he didn't like James, but then I've also heard another quote where he says James is great if you understand it. Luther seemed to say lots of things "in the heat of the moment" that we might call "unguarded" to say the least. I am not aware of him making any serious effort to try to get James dropped from the canon for Lutheran churches, but I'm not Luther scholar to be sure.
@RockiestRock26 күн бұрын
Is there much room for Arminians in the ACNA? Especially ones who are interested in the concept of christian perfection/theosis?
@danielhixon820925 күн бұрын
Yes, there certainly are Arminian Anglicans in the ACNA who are interested in theosis/perfection in love; there are also lots of Anglo-Catholics who have a similar soteriology and interest as well. There are Reformed Anglicans online who say (loudly) that all Anglicanism is (or should be) 5-point Calvinist, but I have not run into so much of this "on the ground." This has been an internal debate within Anglicanism since the Reformation, and I doubt it is going to stop anytime soon. Of course, Reformed Anglicans are right to insist that Anglicanism is a "reformed" tradition, in that it accepts the major emphases of the Protestant Reformers (such as the 'solas' and also things like married clergy, communion in both kinds, rejection of the medieval conception of purgatory, papacy, etc.). But there is a reason that the 5-point Calvinists really wanted to replace the 39 Articles with the Westminster Confession of Faith, and there is also a reason that Anglicanism went with the Articles and not the Westminster Confession. The Articles give enough space for folks with more Lutheran and Arminian convictions in a way that Westminster does not.
@shugie27 күн бұрын
Oliveto wrote letter saying Jesus was biased and imperfect.
@danielhixon820927 күн бұрын
I have also heard something like that. As I said, sexual morality is not the only issue at play, but a symptom. Those who reject biblical sexual morality, also turn out to be those who also Reject biblical Christology and Biblical injunctions to keep our word when we agree to certain things in our ordinations and so on.
@marilynadams34929 күн бұрын
Episcopal?
@danielhixon820927 күн бұрын
no, I am a member of the Anglican church in North America (ACNA). It was originally a rallying place for conservatives and evangelicals who left the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada do to revisionist theology in those bodies. However, the ACNA has been robustly, planting new congregations, and I believe most of the members now have no connection or history with the Episcopal Church at all.
@marilynadams34929 күн бұрын
3kind of angelton Church the old book: the new inclusive : the episcopal
@caman171Ай бұрын
Wesley obviously at some point abandoned the Articles of religion of the Church of England, as they were totally calvinistic and Wesley was totally arminian. Wesley also abandoned any pretense of high liturgy and the Methodists in America were viewd as the "pentecostals" of their day. So if a Methodist receives ordination in ACNA, are they required to give assent to the Articles of Religion? Wesley totally eliminated any notion of calvinism in the Methodist Artilces, and eliminated even the creeds
@danielhixon820929 күн бұрын
I do affirm the 39 Articles and so did Wesley. There is a common misunderstanding that the Articles teach 5-point Calvinism, but actually the 39 Articles pre-date the Synod of Dort by more than a generation. The Articles do affirm predestination (and so does the Bible), but they are silent on the disputed issues of whether election is conditional or unconditional, and they do not teach limited atonement (in fact, I would say that they actually affirm universal atonement). Furthermore the Anglican Book of Homilies (mentioned in the Articles) affirms that one can "fall away" from salvation. So the classic Anglican formularies are simply not 5-point Calvinism. Wesley shortened the Articles of Religion for use by the Methodists, but his changes are generally omissions, and it cannot be inferred that he rejects a doctrine simply because he does not mention it. For example, while he deletes the Article on the Creeds, his revised version of the Book of Common Prayer that he prepared specifically for the Early Methodists to use contains the Apostles' Creed and - while he also omits the Article on Christ's descent into Hell - he does, of course, keep that line in the Apostles' Creed and wants his "spiritual children" in Early Methodism to affirm these words each and every Sunday. This connects to the question of liturgy as well - Wesley intended for the American Methodists to continue using a revised version of the Common Prayerbook; while the formal liturgy was often neglected (though never entirely abandoned) on the American frontier, the Methodist churches in England that emerged after Wesley's death were always more liturgical than their American cousins, and I think this would have been Wesley's own preference. When Wesley affirms that he believes all of the English Articles, I take him at his word. I also can affirm them, while holding a Wesleyan understanding.
@caman17129 күн бұрын
@@danielhixon8209 This is interesting. I am a Baptist historian, and have often had to debate those who teach that Baptists were overwhelmingly Calvinist, which is not the case. Of course the Particular Baptists were, and the General Baptists were Arminian, but the vast majority of Baptists were in between those two extremes, at least in America. Yet many historians claim they were Calvinsts because they used the words "chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world". To those Baptists, this meant a corporate election, not individual. Christ is the elect of God, and those found in Him are predestined to sanctification and glorification, (adoption found in Ephesians, which means "son placement"). How do you interpret the statement in the 39 articles which says "Predestination to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour"?
@danielhixon820920 күн бұрын
@@caman171 That is interesting. I attended (later joined) a Baptist Church when I was in High School. It was not Calvinist, but represented a (VERY fervent) kind of "Billy Graham evangelicalism." What I like about the Anglican article is that, first of all, it only teaches "single predestination". Of course to omit mentioning something is not the same as to deny it, so one could affirm this article and believe in double-predestination, but the article only actually teaches a "predestination to life" (not reprobation), so it is (for example) open to a Lutheran read, not just a Calvinist read (which tends to be true all through the Articles). The key phrases I think are "by his counsel secret to us" - which is where the question of conditional ("whom he foreknew" would have faith) vs unconditional election is simply passed over, so that both interpretations of the article are possible (Wesley taught conditional election, vs the unconditional of 5-point Calvinism); and then the phrase "those whom he hath chosen in Christ". Since the conditional/unconditional question is left unanswered, this phrase also remains open to interpretation - should "those whom he has chosen" be understood as a corporate reality (that is, He predestined and Decreed that "whosoever believeth shall be saved" and then knows from all eternity who they turn out to be? - I think this view fits well with Wesley), or (along similar lines) is it corporate in the sense that God elected "that his covenant people/church would be saved" - or is it an individual election (God elected Sally to be saved, but not Sue), or something else, more mysterious to us? I think the Article is open to several readings on this point. If I'm pushed I fall back on actual election being conditional (based on foreknowledge) and corporate, with God then knowing which individuals that will be - but I strongly suspect that the actual reality is far more mysterious and that none of our categories completely "work" in expressing what is happening. Even the way I've expressed it - or the word "predestination" itself - implies a movement from past to future which surely falls short of the eternal perspective of God who is beyond all time.
@caman17120 күн бұрын
@@danielhixon8209 Agreed. I would say from a non calvinist, non arminian Baptist pov, we believe election is what God has chosen for our gifts etc, such as Jacob/Esau. God did not hate Esau as a person, but he hated the nations that would spring from him, much like I couldve said "I hae Germany" during WW2. Jacob's line was chosen to bring the messiah, but Esau's descendents chose on their own to persecute that line. When the book of Romans mentions this, you must go back to Genesis, where it says "in your womb are two nations". We would say your predestinatiopn does not begin until you believe. THEN you are predestined for the adoption of the body and sanctification. It is a mistake to believe God has adopted children. We are born again into His family. Adoption in the Greek refers to "son placement" it does not mean taking a child from one family and giving it to another. Once we believe, it has been predetermined that we are ultimately glorified. Of course I am sure Wesley had a different view, because he believed salvation could be lost. But i doo see your point about having differing views of the predestination mentioned in the Articles of Religion
@annettedelaughter2769Ай бұрын
The Epistals are full of warnings about false teachers, false Prophets, and false Christ. The mainline Traditional Churches, came short in not staying in tune with the warnings, or the O.T. Prophesies about the very last days like in Mathew 24, and key scriptures about when Israel becomes a NATION (1948), and that being a SIGN to the Gentile Churches to the VERY LAST DAYS, and a signal to when the Jews will return back home, and when the Temple is about to be REBUILT, and when those dry barren lands "bud" again. *2 Thessalonians 2:3 speaks expressly about A FALLING AWAY (Christian Culture!), just before "the Son of Perdition," (Global Leader)Anti Christ). At 75 I have been following the progress of the Ecumenical Movement the old mainline Churches taught on, that in today's language would call "GLOBAL Church," or look up the "Abrahamic House/CHRISLAM on Y-Tube, and Pope Frances/CHRISLAM. I salute those of you whose eyes have opened up to what "United ______" means now! Even the use of the word "Global_____!". Also, the mindset trend that "we all serve the same God!" NO WE DO NOT!!! The new emerging Global Church embraces all World Religions, ancient Eastern Religions, Luciferians, anchient Greek gods, Roman gods, animal gods, Marine god's, Celestial gods, weather god's, Hybreds gods, (all demi-gods), self diest/Humanism/Aquarian. Jews and Bible oriented Christians only serve ONE God, all world Religions serve one of MANY god's. Look up Nervana in Hindu and Buddest Religions that all the sum total of humans who died, come together in ONE force, not ONE God. Even the Mns and Witnesses do not believe Jesus is Lord, that he is an exalted being, or just a Prophet.
@DrGero15Ай бұрын
What is that closing piece of music?
@danielhixon8209Ай бұрын
It is from "The Kingdom of Heaven" movie soundtrack; the track is called "The Path to Heaven." I suspect it is an actual medieval work, but it could have been written for the movie. I tried to find some info on it a few years back, but couldn't really find much. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNtyiJeixLHWeWQ.html
@DrGero15Ай бұрын
@@danielhixon8209 Thanks!
@elainebeard2922Ай бұрын
You are among the many religions where faith is breaking down. All religion is man made,so it will breakdown,we are living in the last moments of the earth we live on.Christ is the only person to keep your focus on,don’t take your eyes of of Him.I am an inactive Mormon,that is Definately a man made religion!yes it will get worse ,Last days.🙏🏼
@jgiaqАй бұрын
Great thoughts! I'm thrilled that you and young Anglican both had such positive reports. The online chatter can sometimes be unnecessarily negative, but I'm glad the real world experience does not share that.
@danielhixon8209Ай бұрын
Yes, though it didn't make it into the final cut of this video, I definitely felt like the (often very loud) online hand-wringing over women's orders or the new archbishop or what have you was not really reflective of the atmosphere of the Assembly. Some of the issues and concerns were discussed to be sure, but it seemed to me without the anxiety or pearl-clutching that sometimes seems to accompany the online chatter. It was a reminder of the real difference that can exist between online discourse and what is really happening 'on the ground.'
@octoberfogАй бұрын
So glad you were able to meet Bishop Love, hero of the faith.
@deej7928Ай бұрын
Thanks so much for your report and for the great photos.
@melissamutandi5764Ай бұрын
As a UMC member in Africa -Southern Africa, I am saddened by the folding of events. Unfortunately in this part of the world the Clergy and leadership are not sharing the truth of the matter, they are hiding under regionalisation. My heartbreaks to leave the only church I have known since I was born. Church has moved further and further from God
@amyk6403Ай бұрын
Creation myth: It's interesting that Mesopotamian lesser deities feed off of the "Father," while in Greek mythology Chronos ears his children. I'm not drawing any conclusions. It's just interesting.
@amyk6403Ай бұрын
Literature: I have been listening to some "classic" (or, iconic) sci-fi/apocalyptic novels, lately. It's my guilty pleasure. I have noticed younger people commenting that, "This book hasn't aged well." My response is: "It wasn't supposed to. The 60s and 70s cultural references are part of the literary experience." Some people are even irritated that 1930s sci-fi didn't accurately predict the existence of the internet! Maybe they will grow out of it. 😊😊
@amyk6403Ай бұрын
Slow-mo conversion: We're seeing a lot of that nowadays among social media influencers: Russell Brand, Cat Von Dee, Kurt Jaimungal. Even Rogan is "experimenting" with Christianity. These days, I believe people need to read it for themselves. What does the Bible actually say? *Then* they can wrestle with: What does this mean? How has this been interpreted in the past? What about now? This requires discipline, however. That may be the biggest value in Jordan's book studies. He's introducing people to the Bible. If they are down for it, they can branch out to further study, not taking Jordan's assessment as dogma.
@amyk6403Ай бұрын
Re: Audience demographic As a mother to a 23-year-old man, I have observed that young men are looking for a mentor and for validation. They're feeling a void. They need to know that "this" is all going to be worth it. I approve, as long as the validation doesn't involve throwing women under the bus. In my opinion, the backlash response to our currently gender-insane society has opened the door for rampant misogyny. Interestingly, this has occurred on both the left and right sides of the aisle. The "male-headship" people are out of control!
@amyk6403Ай бұрын
Just now checking up on your recent content....You are looking well, Sir! I can see a difference, somehow. Less stress, more at home. Take Care. 😊
@toddgranger1002Ай бұрын
Daniel, welcome to the ACNA! A native of Pollock (who has now lived in North Carolina for 35 years), I would never have dreamed that a Methodist church in Jena would have an Anglican minister. God is doing marvelous things, and we are on the cusp of something great, I think! Your serving as an Anglican minister (deacon, soon to be presbyter) in a Methodist church recalls the memorializing by several presbyters of House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1853 to make certain changes to the canons that would make the Protestant Episcopal Church more evangelistically agile. Most of the presbyters (priests) who put forth the memorial (a sort of resolution that wasn't a formal parliamentary resolution) were High Churchmen or, as their leader William Augustus Muhlenberg described himself, Evangelical Catholics. The relevant portion of the Memorial to your circumstance is this: ________________________________________________________ Their memorial proceeds on the assumption that our Church, confined to the exercise of her present system, is not sufficient to the great purposes abovementioned-that a wider door must be opened for admission to the Gospel ministry, than that through which her candidates for holy orders are now obliged to enter. Besides such candidates among her own members, it is believed that men can be found among the other bodies of Christians around us, who would gladly receive ordination at your [episcopal] hands, could they obtain it, without that entire surrender which would not be required of them, of all the libery in public worship to which they have been accustomed-men, who could not bring themselves to conform in all particulars to our prescriptions and customs, but yet sound in the faith, and who, having the gifts of preachers and pastors, would be able ministers of the New Testament. ________________________________________________________ It now appears that this Gospel liberty that the Memorialists of over a century and half ago wrote in support of, that ministers of other traditions might be able to receive holy orders at the hands of our bishops, is being advanced in the the ordination by bishops (in the Anglican Church of North America) of ministers from other denominational traditions like yourself who are encouraged to exercise their enlarged ministry still within those traditions, without the congregations having to surrender what it is that makes (or made) them Methodist, or Reformed, etc.d Thanks be to God.
@revstevencabbottАй бұрын
Great content, Fr. Daniel. Thank you for creating this!
@deej7928Ай бұрын
As we have seen now, UMC has gone totally off the rails. GMC is just getting started, but GMC may turn out to not be conservative enough for some of us either.
@danielhixon8209Ай бұрын
I think the GMC will most likely be very solid - their first real General Conference is in September so we will know with more certainty after that. I do know some former-UMC folks, however, who wanted to choose another group because they do not agree with the ordination of women (particularly as elders/presbyters to pastor churches), and see this as basically a concession to modernism. For folks like that I bet there are some other broadly Wesleyan churches where they could find a good fit; also the ACNA might be a good option for them as well (some diocese ordain women as presbyters/priests; most do not).
@deej7928Ай бұрын
I am a new Methodist and my local church makes no reference to BCP. But as I learn more about Wesley it appears he was quite keen on its use. Could you recommend a BCP version for a lay minister student or for use in introducing it to my brethren who have never used one?
@danielhixon8209Ай бұрын
Some of the BCP content is in the UM Hymnal. If you are looking for a BCP I would recommend either the 2019 Book of Common Prayer of the Anglican Church in North America (you can purchase through their publisher’s website) or the Book of Common Prayer of 1662, international Edition published by IVP and available at many booksellers. The 1662 is the BCP that Wesley grew up with; the 2019 is very similar, but uses more contemporary English and includes some material that is influenced by the ecumenical movement and the liturgical renewal movement of the 20th century.
@danielhixon8209Ай бұрын
Both the 2019 and the 1662 Common Prayer books are available online for free as well.
@danielhixon8209Ай бұрын
Here is where you can purchase the 2019, which is what I use each day: anglicanhousepublishers.org/product-category/anglican-liturgy-press/book-of-common-prayer/
@iron_vicuna6784Ай бұрын
As a parishioner in the APA, I'm glad to see the ACNA is growing in their pursuit of growth and in their pursuit of orthodox faith! Godspeed
@ScantbraceletАй бұрын
Anglicanism affirms predestination in the 39 articles. Wesley was hostile towards it. To deny predestination is to not be Anglican.
@danielhixon820927 күн бұрын
Yes Anglicanism does affirm predestination, and it should because the Bible affirms predestination. So does John Wesley. if you want to know more about Wesley‘s approach, he has a short sermon called “on predestination“ and also a treatise on predestination that is a bit longer. For Wesley, the main question is whether that election is unconditional (as with five point Calvinism) or whether it is conditioned upon God foreknowledge of our faithful response. Wesley argues for conditional election. also at issue (and related to this) is whether God elects people as individuals (“Jimmy is elected”), or as a group who meets a certain condition (“all who have faith in Christ are elect“). in any case, the Anglican articles of religion do not address the issue of conditional versus unconditional election at all. Nor do the Articles actually affirm the Calvinist belief in limited atonement (at times they sound more like Wesley in their emphasis that Christ has died for all). this is why so many Anglicans who affirm the 39 articles are non-Calvinist and have been since the 1600s.
@duranbailiff5337Ай бұрын
This is the historical way that it sadly works. The infectious radicals inherit everything and the reasonable Conservatives pack up and start from scratch. Ref. Presbyterian struggle, us Bab-dists, and so forth...😂
@KennedykulivelaАй бұрын
As a member of the UMC in Africa also trying to encourage people through Music....am confused😢😢
@danielhixon8209Ай бұрын
Essentially, many (if not most) of the clergy and especially the bishops and leaders in the USA no longer believe what the Bible teaches about sexual morality, marriage, and a number of other issues (some object to the idea of Jesus being the only way to the Father). The General Conference has now embraced the LGBTQPIA+ agenda and UMC boards and agencies will be training people to accept same-sex relationships. The Churches in Africa and other parts of the world that want to stay true to the Bible will need to decide whether they want to remain a part of the UMC. A few conferences have already voted to leave the UMC, and I suspect there will be many more to follow.
@sfarberdavis9102Ай бұрын
Very insightful! Thanks for sharing.
@duranbailiff5337Ай бұрын
I thought that post Revolutionary War, Mercans are Popsicle Cherch. 🤔 Things that make you go ‘Hmmm’? 🤡
@duranbailiff5337Ай бұрын
Allowing women into the pulpit is the first major step off the cliff. One day, these miscreants will burn the Word of God and celebrate the murder of the unborn! 🤮
@duranbailiff5337Ай бұрын
The Marxist, radical Left is not content to start ‘churches’ that conform to their twisted ideology. Instead, they take over existing institutions and wreck them until they and their devlish master are content. The devolution of the Methodist church will continue until it is unrecognizable to genuine believers. 🙏🏼
@duranbailiff5337Ай бұрын
Is anyone surprised that wolves infiltrate the House of God, corrupt the Scriptures, and devour the flock? The Apostle Paul warned the Church and many disregarded the dangers. God cannot bless sin. The Methodist church went off the rails in the 1950s, and has spiraled downward ever since. Heaven help us to retake His Church from the clutches of Satan! 🙏🏼
@deej7928Ай бұрын
Thanks so much for your videos. Would enjoy some photos or video of inside of the church and monastery if you took any.
@danielhixon8209Ай бұрын
I hope to do a "reflection" video in a few days with whatever pictures I can pull together.
@akindelebankole8080Ай бұрын
I sent this message to Pastor Hall on his video discussing similar concern. Perhaps you too can address my post. Thank you: Dear Pastor, it seems to me that the group that opposed the vote and decided to split over the decision were not honest from the beginning. Let me explain. The church should have NOT included homosexuality in the book of discipline, where it can come up for a vote. If the church did not want any concession in favor of gay rights in the church, they should have been honest from the beginning and created permanent unchangeable rules for certain issues. For example 1) no women leadership or votes in church, 2) no gay people or their allies allowed as church members or on any church or affiliate premises, 3) etc .... The book of discipline is also a bad idea, for the following reasons. Firstly, those leaders and congregants who are completely obedient to the commands of the Bible will have to be on guard constantly, not sure when the church will decide to go against the Bible (as in this case), 2) those members of the church like the gay congregants, or women who want to be in leadership position in the church, will have false hope that the church will bend the rules in their favor against the Bible. If the church is to be true to it's biblical creed, then it should stay true to the commands in the Bible. By making concessions to one group over another, the church creates injustices that is not rooted in the Bible. . The fact that there are more than one Christian denomination is already a problem. To that end, the church is already engaged in sin before the issues of women in church leadership or the concerns over homosexuality. The entire church is in sin already. The issue of women leaders and homosexuality in the church are easy enough to fix. The most difficult sin for the church is separating from literal biblical commands, in favor of interpretations of the word. The problem for the church leadership, in following the Bible as written, is that there will be very little need for pastors and theologians whose jobs are to interpret (in other words, bend) the word of God. I think interpreting the words of the Bible to mean something else rather than what it says on its face is blasphemous. I imagine you will agree with me fundamentally. The division that we have in the church is unnecessary, if everyone just follows the biblical commands. There should only be the direct translation from the original manuscripts and type of Christian belief. By having all these interpretations, it turn every church leader and congregant into blasphemers and sinners destined to hell. This is certainly not right. All the interpretations and denomination are leading every one away from God. I am personally not a Christian and I can't ever see myself as one. As a black person, I do not see Christianity as favorable to black people, just as it is not favorable to gay people or women who want church leadership roles. I believe there should only be ONE SINGULAR DISCUSSION..., YOU FOLLOW THE BIBLE COMPLETELY or YOU ARE NOT PER OF THE CHURCH. With clear division along biblical lines, Christian believers know exactly where they stand in the church, and non Christians also know where they belong (ie., not last of the church). With clear distinction, everyone in the whole world will know the true Christians to pseudo Christians who are simply waiting to interpret God's words and bend the rules in their own favor. Can you address what I have raised above? Much appreciated.
@AliceLinsleyАй бұрын
I would have liked to hear the Bishop's thought on Women and the priesthood.
@danielhixon8209Ай бұрын
All of the bishops' policies on this are a matter of public record. Bishop Clark ordains women as deacons, but not as priests/presbyters.
@deej7928Ай бұрын
Great interview. Praying for ACNA GODs providence and provision. 🙏
@KennedykulivelaАй бұрын
Please can someone have time to explain about the UMC. Is the UMC are they ones who are allowing homosexual or the ones refusing
@danielhixon8209Ай бұрын
The UMC has abandoned the traditional/Biblical view of marriage and sexual morality and embraced a revised view that affirms homosexual behavior and relationships
@chefjasonlynnАй бұрын
You hit the nail on the head here! Thank you for being the example you are. I'm looking to return to school in fall to finish my education and become ordained through the Global Methodist Church.