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Jared L. Jones

Jared L. Jones

Jared L. Jones (MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary) is an Episcopal minister currently serving as rector at Holy Cross in Sanford, Florida.

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Christ Died for Evangelicals, Too

I was wary when I heard how great this book was. In former times, the genre of a book like Bonnie Kristian’s In Defense of Evangelicalism was known as an “apology.” It meant a formal defense, a word to turn away attacks (the Greek roots apo “away from” and logos “word”).

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How We Worship and Why

When we truly love our spouse, or our child, or our friend, such love isn’t simply a declaration of loyalty (although it is that). Real love fleshes itself out in embodied activity: showering them with praise, telling and showing them we care, treating them well, honoring them in conversation with others. […]

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God’s Word Alone

Every Advent, millions of Americans will at some point sit down and participate in a long-honored and nearly sacred ritual: watching *The Christmas Story*. This classic holiday film—no, myth—is chock-full of moments that depict what Christmas means […]

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Baptism as Discipleship: A Conversation with Jared L. Jones

In the Great Commission (Matt. 28:18–19), Jesus draws an intimate connection between making disciples and baptizing. Many of us think of baptism as the entrance into discipleship. As an Anglican, how do you relate the Bible’s teaching about discipleship, and the Christian experience of being a disciple of Jesus, to baptism? […]

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The Communion of Saints in the Digital Age

Our world today is marked by something so obvious we miss just how peculiar it is: the existence of another world that is both “in and not of” our physical world. Not because the other world is purely spiritual; I’m speaking about the existence of the digital realm. […]

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