Hi Dave, thank you for reading and for the comment. Yes, right doctrine is absolutely important but subservient to right desire. This idea is biblical and certainly Augustinian. Thomas Cranmer embraced it, and it is clearly evident in the Book of Common Prayer and what Anglicans call the Homilies. Blessings on your sermon series.
Thank you, Dr. Hollon. I truly enjoyed reading this. Ashely's famous dictum was this: “What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies.” So, the point of Christian discipleship is to help the heart fall in love with the right thing. It's not an easy task at all, but this is where (I think) the liturgy of the BCP comes in. After 50 years of using the BCP, I can quote it in my sleep, which is, I think, the point.
Hi David, thank you for the comment and the encouragement. In my next post, I know exactly where to use the quote you provide from Ashley Null, so you will see it again soon. Blessings.
Thank you for a really helpful article and I look forward to reading the subsequent pieces. Is it right to say that right doctrine is a means to right desire and therefore subservient but essential? I'm beginning a sermon series on the Song of Songs so the theme of desire is very much in my mind at the moment. Was this book important to the English Reformers?
I’ve just stumbled across you from a Substack prompt. A rich piece of reflection for me. Thanks! As a Methodist who retains Anglican affinities, I find that you have expressed much that is the heart or ethos of early Methodism. Soli Deo Gloria!
Hi Rob, I'm glad you found my essay and that it was helpful to you. Thank you for commenting - I'll have more to come soon. Many blessings to you and yours.
Hi Dave, thank you for reading and for the comment. Yes, right doctrine is absolutely important but subservient to right desire. This idea is biblical and certainly Augustinian. Thomas Cranmer embraced it, and it is clearly evident in the Book of Common Prayer and what Anglicans call the Homilies. Blessings on your sermon series.
Thank you, Dr. Hollon. I truly enjoyed reading this. Ashely's famous dictum was this: “What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies.” So, the point of Christian discipleship is to help the heart fall in love with the right thing. It's not an easy task at all, but this is where (I think) the liturgy of the BCP comes in. After 50 years of using the BCP, I can quote it in my sleep, which is, I think, the point.
I am glad to read your writing.
Hi David, thank you for the comment and the encouragement. In my next post, I know exactly where to use the quote you provide from Ashley Null, so you will see it again soon. Blessings.
Thank you for a really helpful article and I look forward to reading the subsequent pieces. Is it right to say that right doctrine is a means to right desire and therefore subservient but essential? I'm beginning a sermon series on the Song of Songs so the theme of desire is very much in my mind at the moment. Was this book important to the English Reformers?
I’ve just stumbled across you from a Substack prompt. A rich piece of reflection for me. Thanks! As a Methodist who retains Anglican affinities, I find that you have expressed much that is the heart or ethos of early Methodism. Soli Deo Gloria!
Hi Rob, I'm glad you found my essay and that it was helpful to you. Thank you for commenting - I'll have more to come soon. Many blessings to you and yours.