Scripture
Scripture: the guide and authority for our lives authored for our benefit.
"For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." Romans 15:4
Chris+ Myers of St. Bartholomew Anglican Church in Dallas shares reasons why the Scriptures are essential for three-stream worship.
Below the video are more resources related to the Scriptures.
The Paideia of Praise: Embracing the Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric of Liturgy
By Dustin+ Messer | | Faith Formation, Sacraments, Scripture, Spirit, Three Streams
The word trivium literally means, “the place where three roads meet.” For the church to create the paideia necessary to form disciples, she’ll need to place her liturgy at the intersection of sacraments, scripture, and Spirit.
Remembering is Key to Renewal
By Dustin+ Messer | | Faith Formation, Scripture, Spiritual Growth | Jeremiah 15:16 ESV, Text
Today, many Christians feel lost. The world feels new and scary. This feeling of disorientation—personal, cultural—is nothing new for God’s people. The Prophet Jeremiah knew this feeling all too well.
If We Only Know Scripture as a Text, We Don’t Know it at All
By Dustin+ Messer | | Scripture, Spiritual Growth | Text
Reading Scripture is a communal act in which each individual reader is brought into an accountable relationship with every other reader.
31 Bible Reflection Tips
By Carol Dowsett | | Scripture, Spiritual Growth | Bible Study, Text
As we grow in faith and develop the practice of daily Bible reading, sometimes we can reduce the discipline into a less-than-meaningful habit. Here are a 31 refreshing ways to approach Scripture and gain deep, life-giving insights.
The Scriptures: Living and Active Word of God
By Chris+ Myers | | Faith Formation, Scripture | Video
Chris+ Myers of St. Bartholomew Anglican Church in Dallas shares reasons why the Scriptures are essential for three-stream worship.
From The Lead Bishop: Spiritual Formation
By +Philip Jones | | Scripture, Spiritual Growth | Text
Spiritual formation is growing to be like Jesus and it is something you do intentionally. It does not just happen. You have to want it.
The God of Peace Who Gives the Peace of God
By Ethan+ Harrison | | Scripture, Spirit, Spiritual Growth | anxiety, COVID-19, Galatians 4:4-6, Matthew 6:24-32, mental health, peace, Philippians 2:5-11, Philippians 4:5-7, Romans 5:1, Romans 6:3-11, Romans 8:26-27, Text
To overthrow our idolatry of self and thus heal our anxiety, God’s peace shines forth in the radiance of the mission of the Son, who comes to bring peace through his life, death, resurrection and ascension, and through sending the indwelling Holy Spirit.
The Balance of Three Streams
By +Philip Jones | | Sacraments, Scripture, Spirit | three streams, Video
Lead Bishop, Philip Jones, shares more about the unique way The Anglican Mission in America approaches life and worship within the Scripture, Sacrament and Spirit.
What do we mean by “three streams”?
By +Philip Jones | | AMiA Churches, Sacraments, Scripture, Spirit | three streams, Video
How do the Scriptures, Sacraments and Spirit come together as a great river of worship? Apostolic Vicar Philip Jones shares practical ways the "three streams" are evident within Anglican Mission in America churches.
The Book of Common Prayer: A Unifying Resource
By Mark+ Walz | | Faith Formation, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth | Anglicanism, prayer, Scripture, Text, The Book of Common Prayer
As Thomas Cranmer, the principal author of the original BCP, said, “Our Book [of common prayer] … is an instrument of the Bible.” The Bible can be a daunting text to engage with; thankfully, the work of Cranmer and others like him was able to give us a beautiful book to structure our prayer and guide our daily interaction with God’s Word.