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Three Lions — a Psalm of England

Three Lions — a Psalm of England It's coming home It's coming home It's coming Football's coming home (we'll go getting bad results) It's coming home It's coming home It's coming Football's coming home It's coming home It's coming home…

Boris Johnson is not a professing Roman Catholic: he will still advise the Queen on the selection of Bishops

June 21, 2021
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Is Boris Johnson a Roman Catholic? Yes and no. During an ITV interview with Robert Peston, the Prime Minister was asked if he is now "a practising Roman Catholic", following…

Brexit postponed (again): tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope

October 20, 2019
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It is tempting to move to the rivers of Babylon, sit down and weep. Boris Johnson said he would rather "be dead in a ditch" than request another extension to…

There was a blast and then a flash of fire, and then Jesus came to Manchester

May 23, 2017
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Bodies and blood. Carnage, terror and tears. "There are children among the deceased," confirmed Greater Manchester Police. "This has been the most horrific incident we have had to face," said…

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…

Tom Daley, gay diving and the ‘Christian Voice’ judgment of God

August 21, 2016
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Tom Daley had already won a bronze medal for his synchronised 10m platform routine with Daniel Goodfellow. He then took first place in the Men's 10m platform preliminaries, and…

The Prayer Shawls of Auschwitz

January 27, 2016
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This is a guest post by Brother Ivo. ____________ Those who have visited Auschwitz are likely to find their thoughts straying back there on this day of Holocaust remembrance. A…

Rain, floods and the judgment of God

December 27, 2015
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Storms, rain, deluge, the worst floods in decades. 'Why does it always rain on me?', sang the Scottish band Travis in 1999. "Is it because I lied when I…

"Our daughter died…" Justin Welby's sermon to Child Bereavement UK

December 18, 2015
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Every now and again a sermon is preached which is so simple in expression and yet so rich in its depths of compassion and apprehension of salvation that you…

We need a Prophetology to dispel the myths of Islam

January 10, 2015
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Thousands upon thousands of Muslims were appalled by the Charlie Hebdo massacre, and deeply shocked by the subsequent carnage at a kosher supermarket in Paris. Newspapers and TV channels…

It's official: politicians can keep their promises

December 6, 2014
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There's a powerful verse in the Book of Psalms that reads as follows: How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! (Ps 133:1) Christians have…

Shock! Justin Welby admits that he believes in God

September 22, 2014
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This is of course a ridiculous headline, but what makes it ridiculous? There are plenty of people who don't believe in God after all. We make assumptions all of the…