Reformed Churchmen: SGM, Mahaney, Joshua Harris

Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

SGM, Mahaney, Joshua Harris

Mr. Joshua Harris, a 30-somethingish man, is the Pastor at Covenant Life, Mahaney's flagship church in Gaithersburg, MD, where Mahaney, President of SGM, has his office. It is from this church that Mr. Mahaney has conducted SGM-ops. Harris attempts to defuse the Mahaney-melee or problem. It gets rather rich around the 30-minute mark re: blogs. (Never mind that SGM has its own blog.) The first 30 minutes are a non-exegetical, non-redemptive-historical or theologically rich exposition of love. It is unremarkable, undistinctive, and unimpressive. But, it's pious and emotional. It reminds me why 30-somethings are mere Captains and Majors, not Colonels and Generals.

http://www.covlife.org/resources/3935920-Love