Thank you for this. We wonder over here in the US what century the CofE is in. On the other hand, we wonder at the veneration by church of those who are (at least publicly) monogamous who choose to spend the money having their relationships recognized officially. Some folks are committed life partners without all this. Christ Himself said in Heaven there will be neither marriage nor its opposite,, did He not?
Is one problem of interpretation on parable is the premise that we must “understand” them at all? Couldn’t they be used to illumine a reality such as the kingdom of god that Jesus is trying to bring you into. So the appropriate response to a parable is transformation so there is no point at which you can kill the parable except for turning it into a puzzle rather than a technology of sorts?
I've watched a few messages from this guy, not in one did he even quote ONE scripture. Almost never mentions the name of Jesus. At one of the services they opened up with songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, etc and none were christian based. No good fruit comes from this man. And he says 'we' to describe people hundreds of years ago. Hey bro - that's not WE that's THEM. And christians were at the forefront of ending slavery no matter what some other idiots were doing. This guy's gone WOKE. And it's not woke to truth. He mentions the Nazi resurgence as white supremacy but fails to mention it's root of Jewish hatred. What a joke this guy is. I know of a pastor who got into listening to this guy and started loving 'questions' more than the bible and then finally got to the point of saying that perhaps the resurrection of Jesus didn't really happen. That's the fruit of this guy's ministry. He said he went into ministry to deal with the most important realities in the world. Got it. So nothing about getting souls saved and building up the body of Christ. He will answer for all of it.
I have just re-subscribed after a long absence; and feel as though I have "come home". In my youth I used to correspond with the late MONICA FURLONG, and have some of her books, and letters, from the days when she was one of your regular correspondents. Her little book, 'CHRISTIAN UNCERTAINTIES' was so helpful to me as a 'fledgling Christian': but it embarrassed her, as she aged, and her faith grew in stature. Thank you for introducing yourselves.
Rachel Mann has shown she is just like Eve in the Bible . We all know it was Eve who started sin. Adam was weak & just followed him Nothing has changed.
This video has brought back lovely memories of the launch of the Revised English Hymnal back in November and it was good to hear again some of the new hymns and tunes which will hopefully become familiar through the important part they will play in our church worship. Having a sampler, not only to sing from following the excellent presentation of each hymn, but also to take away to hand out to the clergy and music director of our individual churches, was most helpful. Many thanks to all who have taken part in the production of this fine new hymnal.
Although we'd take issue with Julian's response to the question about Just Stop Oil. They do have a very reasonable demand: no more licences for new oil and gas fields.
Also his response to the growth question seems off. The levels of growth we currently have is totally dependent on the current availability of energy and as he very clearly shows there is no way we'll have as much energy in the future. It's seems obvious that there will be less growth in the future.
what a lousy rotten hypocrite this charlatan is! His friend is Satan not GOD or Jesus. He even went on a pilgrimage to Santiago Campostela which is a pagan site where Satan dressed as Ishtar/Mary aappered.
Excuse my ignorance but why are we in a stage of emergency. We have about 400 parts per million of carbon currently in our atmosphere, however those levels of carbon was five times higher when the dinosaurs roamed the earth. 🤨
The distinction in climatic conditions enabling very large reptiles to flouish and anything over tiny primitive mammals to do so seems to have escaped you.
that's irrelevant. what matters is that our globalised industrial civilization depends on the stable climate of the Holocene interglacial. if that goes, all hell breaking loose becomes highly probable.
Does the beautiful message of love proclaimed by Jesus Christ still guide his followers to the path of harmony & safety? If so, why did millions of Evangelical Christians in 2016 & 2020 allow a wolf to become shepherd of the flock & to surrender the fate of American people to the mercy of the malicious?
Does the beautiful message of love proclaimed by Jesus Christ still guide his followers to the path of harmony & safety? If so, why did millions of Evangelical Christians in 2016 & 2020 allow a wolf to become shepherd of the flock & to surrender the fate of American people to the mercy of the malicious?
Just found you by chance. What an important message. Thank you for your clarity, honesty, humour and teaching. Hope somehow, Mark Oakley receives my thanks.
.,,. Dear Rev XXX My friend and I were feeling ecclesiastical yesterday and decided to do Anglicanism this weekend. We were delighted to come to YYY Church where you kindly provided a very excellent sermon. During the discussions during the service, I suggested that a way for the Church of England to progress is to merge with the Catholic Church, as both the Anglican church and the Catholic church are supposed to be worshipping the same God.. I work near Westminster Cathedral and therefore regularly do Catholicism during the working week (midday mass services). In Westminster Cathedral, there is a mosaic in a side chapel dedicated to Catholic martyrs (just like Cambridge has a church dedicated to "The Church of our Lady and the English Martyrs" to remember with respect the martyrs who were so brutally killed by the Anglicans). The Anglicans have certainly been very wicked in the past and need to give up their former naughty life. The Church of England was a consequence of King Henry VIII's nuptial problems and Henry's tiff with the then Pope (Clement VII or Paul III - my friend and I are unsure which pope was in office at the time, although Clement VII is more likely to be the person). Thus, the Church of England is an organisation founded for King Henry VIII's personal political reasons and not for the spiritual benefit of England. King Henry VIII's tiff subsequently brought great cruelty and wickedness, including dissolution of the monasteries that performed effective social support in society by giving alms to the hungry and homeless at the time. The contemporary problem that we now face is that the Church of England is soon progressing to marry gay and lesbian couples. Such gay and lesbian weddings, namely "gay marriages", have already been allowed in the Church of Wales and the Church of Scotland. We have now had two recents vicars at ZZZ Church who turned out to be gay and ran off with their respective boyfriends. I am just waiting for a lesbian vicar to be installed at some date in the future to add colour to the situation. With such developments within the Church of England regarding marital issues, desired reunification of the Church of England with the Catholic Church will be more difficult to achieve, thereby missing an opportunity for economies of scale when teaching Bible knowledge, evangelising and maintaining England's cultural heritage. As Archbishop George Carey said a few years ago: "The Church of England is one generation away from oblivion". Thus, my friend and I considered that it was important to do Anglicanism today in order to feel ecclesiastically refreshed. With kind wishes AAA
Dear Rev XXX My friend and I were feeling ecclesiastical yesterday and decided to do Anglicanism this weekend. We were delighted to come to YYY Church where you kindly provided a very excellent sermon. During the discussions during the service, I suggested that a way for the Church of England to progress is to merge with the Catholic Church, as both the Anglican church and the Catholic church are supposed to be worshipping the same God.. I work near Westminster Cathedral and therefore regularly do Catholicism during the working week (midday mass services). In Westminster Cathedral, there is a mosaic in a side chapel dedicated to Catholic martyrs (just like Cambridge has a church dedicated to "The Church of our Lady and the English Martyrs" to remember with respect the martyrs who were so brutally killed by the Anglicans). The Anglicans have certainly been very wicked in the past and need to give up their former naughty life. The Church of England was a consequence of King Henry VIII's nuptial problems and Henry's tiff with the then Pope (Clement VII or Paul III - my friend and I are unsure which pope was in office at the time, although Clement VII is more likely to be the person). Thus, the Church of England is an organisation founded for King Henry VIII's personal political reasons and not for the spiritual benefit of England. King Henry VIII's tiff subsequently brought great cruelty and wickedness, including dissolution of the monasteries that performed effective social support in society by giving alms to the hungry and homeless at the time. The contemporary problem that we now face is that the Church of England is soon progressing to marry gay and lesbian couples. Such gay and lesbian weddings, namely "gay marriages", have already been allowed in the Church of Wales and the Church of Scotland. We have now had two recents vicars at ZZZ Church who turned out to be gay and ran off with their respective boyfriends. I am just waiting for a lesbian vicar to be installed at some date in the future to add colour to the situation. With such developments within the Church of England regarding marital issues, desired reunification of the Church of England with the Catholic Church will be more difficult to achieve, thereby missing an opportunity for economies of scale when teaching Bible knowledge, evangelising and maintaining England's cultural heritage. As Archbishop George Carey said a few years ago: "The Church of England is one generation away from oblivion". Thus, my friend and I considered that it was important to do Anglicanism today in order to feel ecclesiastically refreshed. With kind wishes AAA
Good to know Lamar was in here - have a lot of time for Lamar and have done since 2017. #sarahblakelarose recommended this #disabilityandintersectionality to the readers of their blog.
i know a real crook . Notice how he speaks abiout Nazis in somewhat true terms but he won't ever admit they are Marxist and deviating from the Bible like he is , nor will he ever condemn Jew hating Islam !
I tried to finish this book, but could not. For those who really approach Bach in depth, this book seems trivial and full of cliches, with made-up dialog more suited to a Hallmark movie. Obviously, it is impossible to really shed light on the profound mystery of Bach’s genius, but a novel of this type should, at least, make the reader sense the mystery rather than portray Bach as so excruciatingly a limited man of his time surrounded by a bunch of Disney characters. I am also surprised at this novel’s critical acceptance which would make sense if the bar were set to a level commensurate with a Harry Potter novel. However, I think the subject matter demands more.
