Pentecost

Bishop Michael Curry brought with him the Spirit of Pentecost

May 23, 2018
Martin Sewell
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The reaction to the Royal Wedding address/sermon delivered by Bishop Michael Curry has resulted in post-match analysis akin to that of 'Match of the Day'. Dull it wasn’t – everyone agrees on that, even its critics. Those of us keen…

London Bridge terror attack: they shouted “This is for Allah!”, as the Holy Spirit descended for Pentecost

June 4, 2017
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Just as the nation was crowning techno-pianist Tokio Myers the winner of Britain's Got Talent, a few more Islamists decided to stage their own version of the show on London…

Political spin and media din: the importance of silence

April 1, 2016
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There's an awful lot of noise around at the moment. Perhaps there was always a din in the Agora and a racket in the Forum, but they were concerned…

Pentecost evangelism? What is the gospel in an age of religious relativism?

February 29, 2016
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The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have written to every clergyman and woman in England (all 11,300 of them, which is a lot of stamps), urging them to pray…

Was Jesus wrong about the timing of his Second Coming?

August 19, 2015
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The imminence of the long-prophesied kingdom of God and the end of time has occupied Christians and Jews more than any other subject of theological conjecture. Certainly, at the…

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…