Essays and Articles
Essays and Articles of the Church of England (Continuing)
Most of the articles found here have been published in the Journal of the Church of England (Continuing) and are also available in PDF from the Journals page.
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By the Rev Edward J Malcolm
- Frances Ridley Havergal – A Sweet Singer
- The Death of Christ and Our Salvation
- The Crisis in the Church of England
By the Rev William Foley
"Broken Bridges", A Former Roman Catholic’s Reflections
By the Rev Maurice Roberts
Ye Must be Born Again Because Ye Must be Born Again
By the Rt Rev Edward Malcolm
- The Challenge of Islam
- The Mission of the Church – Part 1
- The Mission of the Church – Part 2
- The Gospel Sandals, from Ephesians 6:15
By the Rt Rev Dr David Samuel
- The Gospel in the Prayer Book
- A Call to Worship
- Love Not the World
- Evangelical Religion – Perhaps Not What You Thought!
- The New Age and the Biblical Answer
- An Easter Sermon
- The Doctrine of Election – Part 1
- The Doctrine of Election – Part 2
- A Biblical Roadmap from Here to Eternity
- ‘Apostasy’ – from the writings of John Owen
- Take Heed unto Thyself, from I Timothy 4:16
- J C Ryle’s Significance for Today: A Man for Our Times
The Gospel in the Prayer Book 1
When we consider this subject, we must remember the circumstances in which the Book of Common Prayer was compiled. It…
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Ye Must Be Born Again Because Ye Must Be Born Again
Let us now hear the Word of God as we have it written in the Gospel according to John and in chapter 3:
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Love Not the World
1 John 2:15-18
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Evangelical Religion - Perhaps Not What You Thought!
First, an Evangelical is one who believes the Holy Scriptures to be God’s Word written.He holds that not only the…
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The Doctrine of Election - Part 1
In the New Testament we see the church under two aspects – the temporal and the eternal, the visible and the invisible.…
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The Doctrine of Election - Part 2
We have in the previous part of this article traced the doctrine of predestination and election through the Bible…
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The Crisis in The Church of England
The word ‘crisis’ comes from the Greek krisis, and means a decision. This is not the sort of decision we may make many…
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The Death of Christ and Our Salvation
By Edward J. Malcolm
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A Biblical Roadmap from Here to Eternity
It is very helpful when we are on a journey to have a map, and to see where we have come from, where we are now, and…
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Frances Ridley Havergal - A Sweet Singer
The life of Frances Havergal was relatively short, certainly busy, generally happy, and sometimes sad. In that respect…
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“Broken Bridges” - A Former Roman Catholic’s Reflection
As a young boy growing up in the Roman Catholic Church, I will always remember the clear and emphatic claim of my…
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The Challenge of Islam
by the late Rt. Rev. Edward Malcolm
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The Mission of the Church, Part 1
The subject we shall look at together has been one I have long wrestled with. Having stepped out of the structures of…
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The Mission of the Church, Part 2
What did he teach his converts? It is clear, then, Paul did not set out merely to convert individuals, but to establish…
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“The Gospel Sandals” - From Ephesians 6:15
I want to encourage you to stand firm, in peace, in the Gospel. The third piece of armour which the Christian soldier…
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A Call to Worship
Psalm 96:9“O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness:let the whole earth stand in awe of him.”
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The New Age and the Biblical Answer
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the…
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An Easter Sermon
Revelation 1:17, 18.“Fear not; I am the first and the last:I am he that liveth, and was dead;and, behold, I am alive…
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‘Apostasy’ - from the writings of John Owen
John Owen is one who has written comprehensively on this subject. I have, therefore, taken his writings as the basis…
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Take Heed unto Thyself, from I Timothy 4:16
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them:for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and…
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J C Ryle’s Significance for Today: A Man for Our Times
‘Ryle’, says Marcus Loane, ‘marked out a path for evangelical churchmen in days when much of the Church of England was…
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