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The search for the Top 100 UK Christians – nominations now open for #CranmerList2016

November 17, 2016
Archbishop Cranmer
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It's that time of the year (again.. comes round quickly, doesn't it?) when our minds turn naturally to consideration of year's momentous events, significant people and lists of achievements: best ofs, worst ofs, winners, losers, who's left us, who's up,…

Would the appointment of Bishop Martyn Percy offer remedy against Justin Welby’s asserted theological ignorance?

November 14, 2016
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Here follows Adrian Hilton's response to Martyn Percy's second letter on 'Renewal & Reform' (R&R) and the ministry and leadership of Justin Welby: Dear Martyn, Thank you for your letter.…

Martyn Percy: the Church of England is being “reformed by bankers.. theology is ruthlessly excluded.. populism and narcissism are in the ascendancy”

November 11, 2016
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Following Martyn Percy's first letter and Adrian Hilton's response, here is Martyn Percy's response to Adrian Hilton's first letter: Dear Adrian, Thanks for your letter, which gave me plenty to…

“Is Justin Welby not showing the world Jesus?”

November 10, 2016
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Here follows Adrian Hilton's response to Martyn Percy's first letter: Dear Martyn, Thank you for your letter. I appreciated the account of your conversation with the “senior commentator on religious…

Martyn Percy on Justin Welby: “there is a marked absence of salient and resonant ‘God-talk’, or any persuasive public theology”

November 7, 2016
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Here follows the first of a six-letter exchange between the Very Rev'd Professor Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and Dr Adrian Hilton, Editor of this blog, on the…

Church of England funerals plummet 30% in a decade

November 2, 2016
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Are people living longer? Are fewer dying? In the decade 2005-2015, the general population increased from 60,210,000 to 64,716,000, so why has the number of Church of England funerals plummeted…

Welby ponders the problem of suffering: “I’m not a good enough theologian”

October 19, 2016
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"How can there be a God when there is so much suffering in the world?" probed broadcaster and journalist Jeremy Vine in discussion with Justin Welby in the Diocese of…

Thy Kingdom Come: “prayer must always be the first action of evangelism and witness”

September 14, 2016
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When the archbishops of Canterbury and York inaugurated a week of prayer last year under the banner 'Thy Kingdom Come', they could have had no idea that the Holy Spirit…

Justin Welby takes to Twitter to teach us how to pray

September 6, 2016
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And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray,…

The great canon doctor Martyn Percy implicates Justin Welby in "secular sorcery"

August 17, 2016
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"Everything you need to know about the Bible can be summed up by the great canon doctor Martyn Percy: 'The Bible did not arrive by fax from heaven.'," writes…

Forget the Holy Spirit: the key to Church revival is Pokemon Go

August 2, 2016
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According to the Daily Mail (please don't stop reading at that), something called Pokemon Go (or Pokémon GO for the accentually pedantic and orthographically precise) is set to bring…

Why are Church Commissioners throwing more cash at insolvent Diocese of Rochester?

July 13, 2016
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The Diocese of Rochester is insolvent. That's to say, its cash-flow in falls beneath its cash-flow out. The Diocese isn't bankrupt, but it has manifestly been living beyond its…

Mark Rylands mocked by fellow clergy for coming out as a Brexit Bishop

July 5, 2016
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"It was beginning to seem like there would never be a Brexit bishop," began the blog post on 1st April this year, a date which was lost on the…

Salt & Light: the gospel, the EU, and the misappropriation of God's word

June 7, 2016
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Steve Thomas is the International Team Leader of Salt & Light - "an international family of churches together on mission". Their core commitments are impeccably orthodox and undeniably evangelical,…

A million flock to Facebook to hear Justin Welby search the scriptures

May 29, 2016
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The Archbishop of Canterbury led a live-streamed Bible study on Facebook a few weeks ago. People logged in from all over the world, including the UK, USA, South Sudan,…

Welby: witness gently for Jesus, and wait until you're asked (most of the time)

May 22, 2016
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There's always a danger when you pick up a comment piece from a newspaper that you glance at a headline and form an opinion from a crass summary of…

The Queen's 90th: Happy Birthday, Ma'am

April 21, 2016
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God has saved her and she has lived long. The first two invocations of the National Anthem have been and are still being fulfilled. Her Majesty The Queen's 90th…

TGI Monday: The 'missing years' in the life of Jesus

April 4, 2016
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What about the 'missing years' of Jesus' life which the Bible doesn't tell us about? Where was he? What was he doing? Did he journey to India and train…

Justin Welby inaugurates a new set of Lambeth Awards

March 22, 2016
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On the third anniversary of his installation to the See of Canterbury (and on the 460th anniversary of the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer; and on the 10th anniversary of…

TGI Monday: How do you deal with negativity and criticism?

March 21, 2016
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Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer (1Jn 3:15). Negativity and criticism are unpleasant to receive, and undoubtedly corrosive of the soul which dispenses them vindictively.…