Category Archives: Ecclesiology

Why the Episcopal Church obsession over property? part 2 (or) Show me the money!

Posted on April 21, 2010 by admin

This is a cold cruel and cynical answer – which I had heretofore avoided – to a question explored several weeks ago. Do not just tell me that the canons say such-and-such and that legally the Episcopal Church gets to … Continue reading →

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Why the Episcopal Church obsession over property?

Posted on March 19, 2010 by admin

A recent development in the ongoing disintegration of the Episcopal Church prompted me to address something that has been on my mind for a few years. Quick summary. Problems in the Episcopal Church. Largely disagreements over faith and practice. More … Continue reading →

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Is this what it takes to attract young Baptists?

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Rick

From one of the coordinators for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Louisiana I received by email a link to a recent opinion piece published through the Associated Baptist Press: “Why 20- and 30-year-olds are leaving the Baptist church” by Carra … Continue reading →

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SERMON – "Priest-hood of the Believer(s)" (Hebrews 5)

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Rick

Once again – I normally do not post sermons because I do not think they are much worth posting. But this sermon received strong positive feedback yesterday. -RMW “Priest-hood of the Believer(s)” Hebrews 5 Richard M. Wright Church of the … Continue reading →

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For the welfare of this holy church of God and of his servant

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Rick

I ask you please to pray for University Baptist Church. Yesterday morning the senior pastor announced his resignation. He is not moving to another congregation. It was rather a shock. I cannot say a complete surprise because he has faced … Continue reading →

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Church as visible concrete reality versus(?) overly-realized eschatology

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Rick

What and where is the Church? Is there only an ideal Church off somewhere/somewhen in heaven? Or can we see and experience and participate in the Church here and now? Metropolitan Ware writes: The Church is accomplished on earth without … Continue reading →

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"Perfect and Continuously Becoming" (SERMON – August 09, 2009)

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Rick

Please note – I do not normally post my sermons partly because they are seldom worth posting. But I got strong positive feedback yesterday so decided to share it. ********* “Perfect and Continuously Becoming” (Ephesians 4) Richard M. Wright Church … Continue reading →

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Metropolitan Jonah and Anglicanism as Western Orthodoxy redux

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Rick

One of my very first posts on this website was about Anglican Christianity as Western Orthodoxy. That is – if Anglican Christianity either reinvents or rediscovers itself as Western Orthodoxy – as a Western expression of Orthodox Christianity. One does … Continue reading →

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Marketing versus(?) evangelism (or) Centripetal ecclesiology

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Rick

Outreach. Churches agonize about it. Well at least this one does. But listen and observe carefully how people talk about it and attempt to engage in it. Spend thousands of dollars on slick postcards to the community. “There’s a place … Continue reading →

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In the church the one and the many are not in conflict

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Rick

I was struck a few weeks ago by this what Vladimir Lossky wrote in the chapter “Two Aspects of the Church” in his book The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church: This [the Church or Christian society] is the only … Continue reading →

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