(This essay was originally published on May 20, 2018.) For you, little child,Jesus Christ has come, he has fought, he has suffered.For you he entered the shadow of Gethsemane and the horror of Calvary.For you he uttered the cry, “It is finished!”For you he rose from...
Steven Wedgeworth
Anglican International
Welcome to the Anglican International
Welcome to the Anglican International, a continuing exploration in Reformed Irenicism. I plan to write about church history, liturgy, select theology, relevant socio-political matters, pastoral-devotional interests, and to give occasional comment on current events in...
The Book that Started It All
Well, sort of. The name John Davenant was not exactly unheard of twenty years ago. Banner of Truth had reprinted his commentary on Colossians. But even still, his name was not a household name for North American Reformed Christians. And often, when he was...
Doug Wilson and Concupiscence
Pastor Douglas Wilson recently said some complimentary things about my essay on concupiscence in the new book Ruined Sinners to Reclaim. Thanks, Doug. And thanks to the Gibson brothers and others for putting that big book together. But Pastor Wilson also registered a...
Baptism in the Westminster Directory for the Publick Worship of God
So I'm not a Presbyterian anymore. That's old news. But I'm still reading a lot of the same books, and I still pay attention to the same time period of the English Reformation. And now as an Anglican, one surprising discovery is just how much of a common "family...
Halloween Revisited
10 years after uncovering the true history of Halloween, Steven Wedegeworth considers the holiday in 2023.
No Ashes to Ashes: An Anglican History of Ash Wednesday
Are ashes on Ash Wednesday really an Anglican tradition?
Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction
Why the world needs Protestant Social Teaching.
Temporal Ceremonies in the Scots Confession
A series hoping to find points of continuity between the "Anglican" position on ceremonies and tradition and that of the broader Reformed churches would surely want to skip the Scottish Confession of Faith, 1560. At least, that's the common assumption. Indeed, after a...
Special Ordinances in the French Confession of 1559
The French Confession of 1559 was put together by men associated with the National Synod at La Rochelle. Theodore Beza was one of the leading figures there. This confession is longer and more detailed than most of the earlier Reformed confessions, perhaps indicating...