Reformed Anglicans

Anglican Church in North America

30 April 2015 A.D. UPDATE: Rev. Dr. R.C. Sproul’s Health Bingham, Nathan W. “Update on R.C. Sproul’s Health, Now Home.” Aquila Report. 25 Apr 2015. http://theaquilareport.com/r-c-sproul-in-hospital-with-suspected-mild-stroke/ . Accessed 29 Apr 2015. Update on R.C. Sproul’s Health, Now Home Dr. Sproul is home from the hospital Written by Nathan W. Bingham | Saturday, April 25, 2015 Nathan Bingham of Ligonier Ministries sent this update on Dr. Sproul’s health. Dr. Sproul is home from the hospital. As many of you know, he suffered a stroke, which required an extended hospital stay. We give thanks to God that there has been no paralysis and he remains his same jovial self. But there are some remaining effects of the stroke that affect his speech and strength. Further, he’s been diagnosed with a diabetic condition that will be addressed through diet and regular medical attention. He is fatigued and in coming days will be concentrating on regaining his strength as well as his sp...

30 April 2015 A.D. ELIZABETH CITY, NC: David Bane Restored as Episcopal Bishop Kelly-Goss, Robert. “ Homeward Bound: History in the making Monday as David Bane is restored as Episcopal bishop.” 25 Apr 2015. http://virtueonline.org/homeward-bound-history-making-monday-david-bane-restored-episcopal-bishop .   Accessed 29 Apr 2015. Homeward Bound: History in the making Monday as David Bane is restored as Episcopal bishop By Robert Kelly-Goss http://www.dailyadvance.com/ April 25, 2015 On Monday, Bishop David Bane will return home. Bane, an Episcopal bishop who left the Episcopal Church of the United States for the Anglican Church in America back in 2009, will make history Monday night. He will be the first bishop in the church's long history to be officially reinstated as an Episcopal bishop after leaving his ordination for another church. The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States, Katherine Jefferts Schori, will perform what is bei...

30 April 1998 A.D. QUARRYVILE, PA: Rev. Dr. Prof. John W. Sanderson Passes Archivist. “April 30: Dr. John W. Sanderson.” This Day in Presbyterian History. 30 Apr 2015. http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2015/04/april-30-2/ . Accessed 30 Apr 2015. April 30: Dr. John W. Sanderson Some Pastors Are Born Teachers. Born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 19, 1916, John W. Sanderson later attended Wheaton College, graduating with the BA degree in 1937. He then attended Faith Theological Seminary, earning the Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1940 and the Master of Sacred Theology degree in 1945. In 1949 he earned an MA degree from the University of Pennsylvania. A final degree, the Doctor of Divinity degree, was awarded by Geneva College in 1966. Rev. Sanderson was licensed and ordained in 1940 by Chicago Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church. His first pastorate was at the First Bible Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, Missouri, serving there from 1940 until 1943. He was the ...

30 April 2015 A.D.   Nigerian Author, Poet and Playwrite Wole Soyinka: Quotations on Islam from Notable Non-Muslims : "England is a cesspit..." http://reformationanglicanism.blogspot.com/2014/08/25-august-2014-ad-quotations-on-islam_25.html Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka (born July 13, 1934) is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. In 1986, he became the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1994, he was designated UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the promotion of African culture, human rights, freedom of expression, media and communication. “England is a cesspit. England is the breeding ground of fundamentalist Muslims. Its social logic is to allow all religions to preach openly. But this is illogic, because none of the other religions preach apocalyptic violence. And yet England allows it. Remember, that country was the breeding ground for communism, too. Karl Marx did all his work in libraries there. . . . ...

30 April 2015 A.D. Anglican Book of Common Prayer : What’s the Relevance for Today’s Worship? Editors. “ The Anglican Book of Common Prayer: What Relevance Does It Have to Today's Contemporary Worship?” Together for the Gospel. 14 Apr 2015. http://resources.thegospelcoalition.org/library/the-anglican-book-of-common-prayer-what-relevance-does-it-have-to-today-s-contemporary-worship . Accessed 29 Apr 2015. The Anglican Book of Common Prayer: What Relevance Does It Have to Today's Contemporary Worship? Round 3: Workshop 13 John Yates II and John Yates III | April 14, 2015 Event: 2015 TGC National Conference (Workshop) http://resources.thegospelcoalition.org/library/the-anglican-book-of-common-prayer-what-relevance-does-it-have-to-today-s-contemporary-worship More and more pastors and church leaders are discovering the remarkable contribution Thomas Cranmer made to us all through his Book of Common Prayer. This Reformation martyr's understandi...

April 2015 A.D.   ENGLISH REFORMATION: Remembering Knox Seminary, D.Min. Program in English Reformation—Dr. Gerald Bray, Rev. Dr. Ashley Null, Dr. Jonathan Linebaugh, and Rev. Dr. Justin Holcomb New at Knox Seminary = Doctor of Ministry–Theology and Worship of the English Reformation Track New at Knox Theological Seminary.   http://www.knoxseminary.edu/programs/programs-of-study/doctor-of-ministry/doctor-of-ministry-theology-and-worship-of-the-english-reformation-track/ Doctor of Ministry–Theology and Worship of the English Reformation Track *NEW FALL 2014* The Theology and Worship of the English Reformation Track is designed to equip those in ministry to understand the doctrinal and liturgical reforms of the 16th and 17th centuries. The received traditions of Catholic faith and practice were rethought in 16th century Britain along the “evangelical” lines of the Reformation, resulting in a consistent though broad Protestantism lived and expressed through ...

30 April 1945 A.D. VIRGINIA CAPES, VA: U-Boat (U-548) Sunk by USS THOMAS (DE-102), USS BOSTWICK (DE-103), USS COFFMAN (DE-191) and USS NATCHEZ (PF-2) http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1798 - Congress establishes the Department of the Navy as a separate cabinet department. Previously, naval matters were under the cognizance of the War Department. Benjamin Stoddert is named as the first Secretary of the Navy. 1822 - USS Alligator, commanded by Lt. W.W. McKean, captures the Colombian pirate schooner Ciehqua near the Windward Islands. 1945 - USS Thomas (DE 102), USS Bostwick (DE 103), USS Coffman (DE 191) and frigate Natchez (PF 2) sink German submarine U 548 off the Virginia Capes. 1945 - Navy patrol bombers PB4Y (VPB 103) and a PBY-5A Catalina aircraft flown by Lt. Fredrick G. Lake from VP 63 sink two German submarines off the coast of Brest, France. 2005 - USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) conducts its second significant drug interdiction operation in the...

30 April 1945 A.D. BERLIN: Hitler swallows cyanide capsule and then shoots himself with revolver—his 1000-year reign ends Editors. “ 1945 – Der Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumes a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol .” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/april-30/ . Accessed 29 Apr 2015. 1945 – Der Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumes a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol, on this day in 1945, as his “1,000-year” Reich collapses above him. Hitler had repaired to his bunker on January 16, after deciding to remain in Berlin for the last great siege of the war. Fifty-five feet under the chancellery (Hitler’s headquarters as chancellor), the shelter contained 18 small rooms and was fully self-sufficient, with its own water and electrical supply. He left only rar...

30 April 1945 A.D. BERLIN: Hitler commits suicide Editors. “Adolf Hitler commits suicide.” History.com. 2009. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide . Accessed 29 Apr 2015. On this day in 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich. Since at least 1943, it was becoming increasingly clear that Germany would fold under the pressure of the Allied forces. In February of that year, the German 6th Army, lured deep into the Soviet Union, was annihilated at the Battle of Stalingrad, and German hopes for a sustained offensive on both fronts evaporated. Then, in June 1944, the Western Allied armies landed at Normandy, France, and began systematically to push the Germans back toward Berlin. By July 1944, several German mili...