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Nazir-Ali: 'Faith, Freedom and the Future: Challenges for the 21st Century'

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali offers analysis of current challenges and gives urgently needed advice for Christians and policy-makers in a timely new book: Faith, Freedom and the Future: Challenges for the 21st Century, reviewed here by the Rev'd Andrew Symes…

TGI Monday: Is a church without a disabled person a disabled church?

April 11, 2016
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What is disability? Is there such a thing as a disabled church? What are invisible disabilities? What is inclusion? What is access? How complete are the able-bodied? Many disabled…

Palm Sunday: the Kingdom of God and a new social order

March 20, 2016
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The Kingdom of God was heralded by the Messiah riding a donkey. By reason and provocation, He urged anyone who would fully accept that Kingdom to enter into its…

Does God still raise up prophets?

January 31, 2016
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Prophecy is the most frequently-mentioned charism in the whole Pauline corpus: the role of the prophets is preeminent (eg 1Thess 5:20; 1Cor 11:4f; Rom 12:6; Eph 2:20; 1Tim 1:18).…

Global persecution of Christians more extreme than ever

January 13, 2016
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This week many in the church and a few in the media have their eyes on Justin Welby and the Primates meeting in Canterbury, waiting to see if the…

Primates' Meeting 2016: separating the Eloi from the Morlocks

January 9, 2016
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Primates’ Meeting, Canterbury: stardate 2016. These are the continuing prophetic voyages of Justin Welby. His continuing mission: to explore strange new reconciliations; to seek out new wine and new…

Stephen Crabb has no need to be ashamed of his Christian faith

December 19, 2015
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Who could have imagined just 15 years ago at the turn of the century that we would now be living in such unpredictable times? What seems like a permanent…

The search for the Top 100 UK Christians – nominations now open for #CranmerList2015

December 1, 2015
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The celebration of Christian saints is a phenomenon which has endured throughout the centuries with an enthusiasm that shows little sign of diminishing. Recent Roman Catholic popes have dished…

Pope's preacher lauds the "great theological and spiritual enrichment" of the Reformation

November 26, 2015
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When Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, Preacher to the Papal Household, was invited to speak in Westminster Abbey at the inauguration of the 10th General Synod of the Church of England,…

Fr Raniero Cantalamessa – Preacher to the Papal Household – to speak at Synod Eucharist

November 1, 2015
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As the Queen and Supreme Governor of the Church of England inaugurates the tenth General Synod on 24th November, it has been announced that the ceremony will be preceded…

Divorce and remarriage: Catholic crisis, chaos, conspiracy, or just contextual theology?

October 25, 2015
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The fallout from the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church (aka 'Synod on the Family') has been considerable. Whatever the reported…

Chartres' Lambeth Lecture: the Church must be "vision-led and not problem-led"

October 5, 2015
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While the Archbishop of Canterbury pored over the Blogosphere on his iPad (to which he is apparently rather attached), the Bishop of London psyched himself up for the latest…

The Church must challenge the State's fuzzy 'British Values'

September 23, 2015
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Fundamental British values have been defined by the Government as: “the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs." According…

We need more Christians in politics – and banking, education, media…

September 20, 2015
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Another of Justin Welby’s visions has begun to bear fruit. Yesterday, Lambeth Palace hosted the launch of the much-heralded Community of St Anselm. In a special service in the…

Welby breathes new life into the crumbling Anglican Communion

September 16, 2015
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Anglicanism: the final frontier. These are the prophetic voyages of Justin Welby. His continuing mission: to explore strange new reconciliations; to seek out new wine and new creations; to…

Migrants, refugees, dead babies and 'virtue signalling': WWJD?

September 7, 2015
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This is a guest post by the Rev’d Stephen Heard – Assistant Priest at St Mark’s Church, Enfield. He is a former civil servant with a background in political and…

The social gospel is a legitimate child of evangelism

September 2, 2015
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"I am so tired of hearing this social gospel held up as the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. The reason the Church pushes this social gospel is because by…

Reimagining Europe: Church wades in to EU referendum

September 1, 2015
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"In less than two years we will have a referendum on our place in Europe," writes the Archbishop of Canterbury on 'Reimagining Europe' – the Church's new blog dedicated…

Welby: "Christians are not saints"; Cranmer: "O yes we are"

August 27, 2015
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"Christians are not saints," tweeted Lambeth Palace, apparently quoting from a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. "They are sinners calling other sinners to know and love…

Tweeting the truth in love: Justin Welby affirms an unpalatable article of faith

August 11, 2015
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We have a blogging, vlogging and tweeting Archbishop of Canterbury. He's on Flickr, too. Justin Welby has fathomed that the medium is the message: the social network is the…