THE BISHOP OR THE KING
Subtitle: How The Anglican Church of Canada Has Failed To Defend Its King (DVD included)
Edition: First
Publisher: Essence Publishing
Published: Octobre 9, 2009
Place of publication: Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 978-1-55452-433-4-1
Subjects: Christianity
Genres: Religion / Theology
First sentence: This is the story of how my life as a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada came to a dramatic end.
Description: How should we react when those whom we trust to teach faithful biblical Christianity fail us? As Christians what are we to do when the church embraces and blesses a false gospel? Where does loyalty lie - with the institution and its leaders or with Jesus, Head and King of His Church? 

A former pastor in the Anglican Church of Canada describes how he and his congregation faced these daunting questions, struggled to discern the truth and made their painful choice.

"Three forces combined are progressively disintegrating the Anglican Church of Canada: relativistic liberal theology, idolatrous institutional defensiveness, and manipulative episcopal autocracy. This honest, restrained, sombre narrative illustrates all three. The scene that unfolds is unspeakably sad, and brings only dishonour to our Lord Jesus Christ."
J.I. Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College

"The word betrayed comes readily to the lips of many who were so deeply immersed in the life, worship and witness of the Anglican Church of Canada. Many of us struggle with the question, 'How could this departure from scriptural standards have happened with so little organized outcry from those in leadership positions during those relatively few years? This powerful book, The Bishop or the King, by Ron Corcoran faces this catastrophe head-on and confronts the situations and personalities that have brought about this destruction from within and exposes the sad apathy that hastened this descent."
The Right Reverend Donald F. Harvey, Moderator, Anglican Network in Canada

Ron Corcoran is the pastor of Christ the King Anglican Church, which is a member of the Anglican Network in Canada and is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He has been an Anglican minister for twenty two years. Ron is married to Deirdre. This is his second book. Any proceeds from this writing will be devoted to the fight against AIDS in Africa.
Table of contents: pagenum: 9
class: section
label: Acknowledgements; pagenum: 13
class: part
label: Foreward; pagenum: 17
class: part
label: Introduction; pagenum: 23
title: The Anglican Church I Joined
class: part
label: 1; pagenum: 33
title: So What Has Changed?
class: part
label: 2; pagenum: 57
title: Scripture
class: part
label: 3; pagenum: 75
label: 4
class: part
title: What Happens When Scripture Is Neglected or Misused?; pagenum: 101
title: The Presenting Issue: Scriptural Evidence
class: part
label: 5; pagenum: 123
title: The Presenting Issue: Is Homosexual Activity a Salvation Issue?
class: part
label: 6; pagenum: 137
title: The Presenting Issue: Is Endorsement of Homosexual Activity a Communion-Breaking Issue?
class: part
label: 7; pagenum: 149
label: 8
class: part
title: The Presenting Issue: Responsible Pastoral Ministry; pagenum: 159
label: 9
class: part
title: Recent Events; pagenum: 179
label: 10
class: part
title: Why Leave?; pagenum: 207
title: Fallout
class: part
label: 11; pagenum: 243
label: 12
class: part
title: Walking Apart From The Gospel (by The Reverend Michael Hemmings); pagenum: 263
title: Encounters with Synods (by Walker Morrow)
class: part
label: 13; pagenum: 277
class: part
label: Postscript; pagenum: 279
class: part
label: Appendix 1; pagenum: 285
class: part
label: Appendix 2; pagenum: 289
label: Appendix 3:
class: part
title: Annotated Bibliography; pagenum: 295
class: part
label: Endnotes; pagenum: 315
class: part
label: Select Bibliography