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Fulcrum Articles
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23/12/2006 - Article by Graham Kings
The Gospel of the Song
'The Gospel of the Song' a poem for Christmas by Graham Kings, vicar of St Mary Islington and theological secretary of Fulcrum
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23/12/2006 - Article
remember God's poor
'remember God's poor', a Fulcrum meditation for Christmas 2006
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22/12/2006 - Article by Andrew Goddard
Questions for the 'Covenant for the Church of England'
Articles: 'A Time for Prudence: Questions for the 'covenant for the
Church of England', by the Revd Dr Andrew Goddard, member of the
leadership team of Fulcrum and editor of Anvil
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19/12/2006 - Book Review by Carole Boardman
Journeys of the Spirit with Sudanese Christians - Fulcrum Review
Fulcrum review of 'Bombs, Ruins and Honey Journeys of the Spirit with Sudanese Christians' by Andrew Wheeler (Nairobi: Paulines Publications Africa, 2006) 176pp, £7.00, by Carole Boardman, who served as a mission partner with the Church Mission Society from 1985-1994 in Southern Sudan and Pakistan and now works as a free-lance teacher-trainer and teacher of English, in various countries, when not enjoying life in Macclesfield.
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19/12/2006 - Article by Giles Goddard
"Goddard 2 Goddard" - Giles 1
First letter in a frank exchange of views between Andrew Goddard (Fulcrum) and Giles Goddard (InclusiveChurch)
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15/12/2006 - Article by Tom Wright
A Confused 'Covenant'
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Initial comments on 'A Covenant for the Church of England', issued by Paul Perkin and Chris Sugden and others by the Bishop of Durham, Dr Tom Wright
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14/12/2006 - Press Release by Fulcrum
Fulcrum Initial Response to the 'Covenant for the Church of England'
Fulcrum Initial Response to the 'Covenant for the Church of England' which some evangelicals presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury on 12 December 2006
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09/12/2006 - Address by Oliver O'Donovan
Creation, Redemption and Nature - Web Sermon 6
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'Creation, Redemption and Nature' by The Revd Professor Oliver O'Donovan FBA, Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh and former Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford and a Canon of Christ Church. The sixth in his series of seven web 'Sermons on the Subjects of the Day' for Fulcrum.
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24/11/2006 - Newsletter by Graham Kings
Splitters United or Patient Pressure? - Fulcrum Newsletter 11, November 2006
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'Splitters United or Patient Pressure?' republished, with permission, from The Church of England Newspaper, 24 November 2006, Fulcrum Newsletter Number 11, November 2006, by Canon Dr Graham Kings vicar of St Mary Islington and theological secretary of Fulcrum
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21/11/2006 - Article by Ephraim Radner & Andrew Goddard
Rights, Homosexuals, and Communion: Reflections in light of Nigeria
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'Human Rights, Homosexuals, and the Anglican Communion:
Reflections in light of Nigeria' by The Revd Dr Ephraim Radner, Rector of the Church of the Ascension, Pueblo, Colorado and senior fellow of the Anglican Communion Institute and The Revd Dr Andrew Goddard, Tutor in Ethics, Wycliffe Hall Oxford, a member of the Fulcrum leadership team and collegial theologian of the Anglican Communion Institute
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18/11/2006 - Article by Simon Butler
"We Have Renounced Secret Ways"...But Have We?
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'"We Have Renounced Secret Ways"...But Have We?' by The Revd Simon Butler, Team Rector of Sanderstead and a member of General Synod. He is a founder member of Godly Conversations - a 'safe space' for evangelical dialogue with the Diocese of Southwark - and one of the organisers of the letters supportive of Bishop Tom Butler (no relation) in his recent case against The Revd Richard Coekin. Reproduced with permission from The Church of England Newspaper, 10 November 2006.
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14/11/2006 - Information by Fulcrum
Fulcrum Subject Index
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11/11/2006 - Article by Colin Craston
Evangelical and Evolving
'Evangelical and Evolving' by The Revd Dr Colin Craston, who served 15 years on the Anglican Consultative Council including six years as Chair. He was in parish ministry in the Church of England for 50 years and in retirement lives near Bolton.
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09/11/2006 - Address by Oliver O'Donovan
Hermeneutic Distance - Web Sermon 5
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'Hermeneutic Distance' by The Revd Professor Oliver O'Donovan FBA, Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh and former Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford and a Canon of Christ Church. The fifth in his series of seven web 'Sermons on the Subjects of the Day' for Fulcrum.
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06/11/2006 - Address by Tom Wright
'City on a Hill'
'City on a Hill', sermon at the Inauguration of Dr David Wilkinson as Principal of St John's College, Durham Durham Cathedral, 17 October 2006 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright
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30/10/2006 - Newsletter by Andrew Goddard
'Listening to learn, Learning to listen', Fulcrum Newsletter 10 - October 2006
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'Listening to learn, Learning to listen', Fulcrum Newsletter, October 2006, by The Revd Dr Andrew Goddard, tutor in ethics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and a member of the Fulcrum leadership team
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24/10/2006 - Book Review by David Atkinson
'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins - Fulcrum Review
'The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, (Bantam Press, 2006), Fulcrum review' by The Rt Revd Dr David Atkinson, Bishop of Thetford
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24/10/2006 - Book Review by Terry Eagleton
Richard Dawkins: Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching
'Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins', by Professor Terry Eagleton, John Edward Taylor Professor of English Literature at Manchester University. This article first appeared in the London Review of Books, 19 October 2006, and is reproduced with permission.
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15/10/2006 - Book Review by Stephen Cox
Review of 'Faithful Cities'
Fulcrum review of 'Faithful Cities: A Call For Celebration, Vision and Justice', The Report from the Commission on Urban Life and Faith, by The Revd Stephen Cox, Team Rector of the Upper Holloway team, Stepney Area, Diocese of London, who has ministered in inner city London for 25 years.
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09/10/2006 - Address by Oliver O'Donovan
Scripture and Obedience
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'Scripture and Obedience' by The Revd Professor Oliver O'Donovan FBA, Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh and former Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford and a Canon of Christ Church. The fourth in his series of seven web 'Sermons on the Subjects of the Day' for Fulcrum.
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06/10/2006 - Article by Andrew Goddard
Fulfilled or Finished? The 'End' of the Anglican Communion
'Fulfilled or Finished? The 'End' of the Anglican Communion: a Discussion with Inclusive Church', by The Revd Dr Andrew Goddard, tutor in Ethics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and a member of the Fulcrum leadership team
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02/10/2006 - Article by Tom Smail
Perichoretic Parenting
'Perichoretic Parenting' by The Revd Dr Tom Smail, former lecturer in doctrine at St John's College, Nottingham and former editor of Theological Renewal
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02/10/2006 - Article by Colin Chapman
'Insensitive, Provocative, Courageous - or What? Some Reflections on Pope Benedict's Lecture
'Insensitive, Provocative, Courageous - or What? Some Reflections on Pope Benedict's Lecture' by The Revd Colin Chapman, who was until 2003 Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, Lebanon, and now lives in semi-retirement near Cambridge. He has worked for 17 years in different places in the Middle East, and also taught at Trinity College, Bristol and Crowther Hall, Selly Oak, Birmingham.
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29/09/2006 - Article by Jenny Taylor
Northern Uganda: Why only faith can end the fighting
'Northern Uganda: Why only faith can end the fighting' by Dr Jenny Taylor, Director of director of Lapido Media, a worldwide church media consultancy
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11/09/2006 - Address by Oliver O'Donovan
Ethics and Agreement
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'Ethics and Agreement' by The Revd Professor Oliver O'Donovan FBA, Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh. Formerly Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford and a Canon of Christ Church. The third in his series of seven web 'Sermons on the Subjects of the Day' for Fulcrum.
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29/08/2006 - Newsletter by Graham Kings
'Founding of Fulcrum' - Fulcrum Newsletter 9 - August 2006
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Founding of Fulcrum
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15/08/2006 - Article by David Atkinson
What Are Fathers For?
'What Are Fathers For?' by The Rt Revd Dr David Atkinson, Bishop of Thetford
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04/08/2006 - Information by Oliver O'Donovan
Sermons on the Subjects of the Day
Contents of the monthly Fulcrum series of seven sermons for the web by Oliver O'Donovan
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03/08/2006 - Article by Anglican Communion Institute
General Convention and the Anglican Communion
'General Convention, The Windsor Report and ECUSAs Relationship to the Anglican Communion', by the Anglican Communion Institute, 1 August 2006
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03/08/2006 - Address by Oliver O'Donovan
The Care of the Churches
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'The Care of the Churches' by The Revd Professor Oliver O'Donovan FBA, Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh. He took up this post on 1 August 2006 and formerly was Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford and a Canon of Christ Church. The second in his series of seven web 'Sermons on the Subjects of the Day' for Fulcrum.
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24/07/2006 - Article by Colin Chapman
Lament over Lebanon
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'Lament over Lebanon' by the Revd Colin Chapman, who was until 2003 Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, Lebanon, and now lives in semi-retirement near Cambridge. He has worked for 17 years in different places in the Middle East, and also taught at Trinity College, Bristol and Crowther Hall, Selly Oak, Birmingham. His books include Whose Promised Land? (Lion, 2003), Whose holy City? Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Lion, 2004); and 'Islamic Terrorism': Is there a Christian Response? (Grove, 2005).
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21/07/2006 - Article by Tom Wright & David Stancliffe
Women Bishops: A Response to Cardinal Kasper
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'Women Bishops: A Response to Cardinal Kasper', by the Rt Revd Dr Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham and the Rt Revd Dr David Stancliffe, Bishop of Salisbury. A background article written for the discussions at General Synod, York, July 2006
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19/07/2006 - Address by Brian Stanley
In Defence of Mission
'In Defence of Mission', The Ramsden Sermon Preached Before the University of Cambridge on Sunday 4th June 2006 in Great St Mary's Church by Dr Brian Stanley, Director of the Henry Martyn Centre for the Study of Mission and World Christianity in the Cambridge Theological Federation, and Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge
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17/07/2006 - Article by Jenny Taylor
Rush to Judgement on UK African-Derived Churches 'Inexcusable' Catholic Scholar tells Westminster Symposium
Report from Jesus House for all Nations, by Jenny Taylor, Director of Lapido Media, 23 May 2006
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04/07/2006 - Press Release by Fulcrum
General Convention and Canterbury's Reflections - Fulcrum Response
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03/07/2006 - Address by Oliver O'Donovan
The Failure of the Liberal Paradigm
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'The Failure of the Liberal Paradigm', the first in a series of seven 'Sermons on the Subject of the Day' by The Revd Canon Professor Oliver O'Donovan FBA, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford and a Canon of Christ Church.
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21/06/2006 - Press Release by Fulcrum
The General Convention of The Episcopal Church, June 2006 - Fulcrum Interim Statement
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15/06/2006 - Article by Simon Cawdell
Mission in Southwark: Reflections on the Process of Reconciliation Following the Coekin Case
'Mission in Southwark: Reflections on the Process of Reconciliation following the Coekin Case', by the Revd Simon Cawdell, Vicar of Claverley and Tuck Hill in the Diocese of Hereford, and Treasurer of Fulcrum. He was formerly Curate in Worcester Park in the Diocese of Southwark, and a member of the Board of Finance of the Diocese of Southwark.
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14/06/2006 - Article by Tom Wright
'The Choice Before ECUSA', by Dr N T Wright, Bishop of Durham and a member of the Lambeth Commission which produced The Windsor Report
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13/06/2006 - Newsletter by Graham Kings
'Shechem, Corinth and Columbus: ECUSA's Choices' - Fulcrum Newsletter 8 - June 2006
'Shechem, Corinth and Columbus: ECUSA's Choices'
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09/06/2006 - Article by Andrew Goddard
'Some Ramifications of the Coekin Case'
'Some Ramifications of the Coekin Case', a Fulcrum response by the Revd Dr Andrew Goddard, tutor in Ethics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and a member of the Fulcrum leadership team.
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07/06/2006 - Article by Fulcrum
The Archbishop of Canterbury's 'Determination' - Fulcrum Response
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07/06/2006 - Book Review by Sarah Cawdell
'Spiritual Fitness' by Graham Tomlin - Fulcrum Review
Fulcrum review by Sarah Cawdell of 'Spiritual Fitness: Christian Character in a Consumer Society' (London: Continuum, 2006), by Graham Tomlin, Principal of St Paul's Theological Centre, near Holy Trinity Brompton.
Sarah Cawdell takes up her post of Continuing Ministerial Training Officer in the Diocese of Herefordshire this month. Please also click on the link below concerning newsworthiness of her new post!
'Historic Appointment Sees Woman as New Diocese Head of Training', news about the appointment of the Revd Sarah Cawdell, as Continuing Ministerial Training Officer in the Diocese of Herefordshire, Christian Today, 1 May 2006. She also reviews books for Fulcrum...
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06/06/2006 - Book Review by John Martin
'Letters to Lydia: 'beloved Persis', by Barbara Eaton
A book review of 'Letters to Lydia: 'beloved Persis', by Barbara Eaton (Hypatia Trust, 2005), by John Martin, Head of Communication, Church Mission Society, Fulcrum Media Secretary and Reader in the Stepney Episcopal Area of the Diocese of London.
This is reproduced with permission from the Church of England Newspaper, where is was published on 2 June 2006
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02/06/2006 - Press Release by Fulcrum
Kenya, Chelmsford and Communion: What are the issues?
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24/05/2006 - Article by Andrew Goddard
Homophobia - extended version of the Fulcrum May Newsletter
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'Homophobia', extended article, by the Revd Dr Andrew Goddard, tutor in Ethics, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and a member of Fulcrum leadership team
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24/05/2006 - Article by Tim Wambunya
The Chelmsford/Mt Kenya link must not be allowed to die
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24/05/2006 - Newsletter by Andrew Goddard
'Homophobia' - Fulcrum Newsletter 7 - May 2006
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'Homophobia', Fulcrum Newsletter, May 2006, by the Revd Dr Andrew Goddard, tutor in Ethics, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and a member of Fulcrum leadership team
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21/05/2006 - Article by Graham Kings
Jottings on The Da Vinci Code
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10/05/2006 - Press Release by Fulcrum
Press Release - Fulcrum comment on Episcopal election, Diocese of California
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28/04/2006 - Address by John Sentamu
Gospel in Context: Among Many Cultures - Fulcrum Conference Islington 2006
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28/04/2006 - Address by David Ford
Gospel in Context: Among Many Faiths - Fulcrum Islington Conference 2006
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28/04/2006 - Press Release by Fulcrum
Report of the Fulcrum Islington Conference 2006
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28/04/2006 - Address by Kirsteen Kim
Summing Up and Response at Fulcrum Conference Islington by Dr Kirsteen Kim
'Summing Up and Response at Fulcrum Conference Islington', by Dr Kirsteen Kim, Chair of the British and Irish Association for Mission Studies and Lecturer at the United College of Ascension, Birmingham
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08/04/2006 - Address by Lucy Winkett
'Confession and Absolution'
'Confession and Absolution', a sermon by Canon Lucy Winkett, Canon Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral, London, preached at St Mary Islington, 12 March 2006
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08/04/2006 - Poetry by Vanessa Herrick
Embrace - a poem
'Embrace', a poem by Canon Vanessa Herrick, Director of Ministry and Vocation and Director of Ordinands in the Diocese of Ely. This poem was read at the Ridley Hall, Cambridge event 'Lost and Found' on 17 March 2006
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08/04/2006 - Poetry by Andrew Rumsey
Return - a poem
'Return', a poem by the Revd Andrew Rumsey, Vicar of Gipsy Hill, London. This poem was read at the Ridley Hall, Cambridge event 'Lost and Found' on 17 March 2006
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27/03/2006 - Book Review by Sarah Cawdell
'Hospitality as Holiness: Christian witness amid moral diversity' - Fulcrum Review
'Hospitality as Holiness: Christian witness amid moral diversity', by Dr Luke Bretherton (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006), Fulcrum review by Sarah Cawdell, who lives in Shropshire and is a wife, mother and an occasional curate who explores her interests in mission
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22/03/2006 - Newsletter by Graham Kings
Listening in Lent: Space for God's Eloquence
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21/03/2006 - Article by Jon Kuhrt
'What Evangelicals have done to sin'
'What Evangelicals have done with sin', by Jon Kuhrt, a member of St Albans' Church, Streatham. After 10 years working with homeless people, he now works for a Christian organisation that advises and supports churches in their social action.
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17/03/2006 - Article by J R A Noyes
New Model Armies: Danish Cartoon Controversy
'New Model Armies', by J.R.A. Noyes, PhD student, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. Recent attacks on Iraqi shrines and Danish cartoons do not herald a modern clash of civilisations, but reignite an ancient controversy: the unfinished busine
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09/03/2006 - News by Rowan Williams
Lambeth 2008: Pastoral Letter to the Primates
Official announcement and text of the Lenten Pastoral Letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Primates of the Anglican Communion and Moderators of the United Churches, concerning plans for the Lambeth Conference in 2008, 9 March 2006.
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01/03/2006 - Article by Rob Mackintosh
Theological Education for Leadership from the Margins: Implications for Leadership Training in Inherited Churches
'Theological Education for Leadership from the Margins: Implications for Leadership Training in Inherited Churches', by Rob Mackintosh, Executive Director, The Leadership Institute, Canterbury, January 2006
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01/03/2006 - Information by Andrew Goddard
A discussion on Fulcrum between the Bishop of Bangor and Dr Andrew Goddard
Summary of contributions to the debate between the Bishop of Bangor and Dr Andrew Goddard, which started with Andrew's response to the Church in Wales Bishops' statement on the Civil Partnerships Act, and has developed into a discussion on applying biblical teaching in different cultural contexts.
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27/02/2006 - Poetry by Alan Storkey
'I Can't Believe' - a poem
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27/02/2006 - Article by Anthony Crockett
The Bishop of Bangor, the Right Reverend Anthony Crockett, responds to Dr Andrew Goddard's posting of his chapter Calvin, Usury and Evangelical Moral Theology on the Fulcrum website
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11/02/2006 - Newsletter by Francis Bridger
Revisioning the Evangelical Centre
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10/02/2006 - Book Review by James Mercer
The Coming of the Son of Man - Fulcrum review by James Mercer
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08/02/2006 - Article by Stephen Kuhrt
A Positive Model for Responding to Unorthodox Theology
'Discovering a Positive Model for Responding to Unorthodox Theology', by Stephen Kuhrt, Curate of Christ Church, New Malden and Administrative Secretary of Fulcrum
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05/02/2006 - Article by Andrew Goddard
Semper Reformanda in a Changing World: Calvin, Usury and Evangelical Moral Theology
'Semper Reformanda in a Changing World: Calvin, Usury and Evangelical Moral Theology', by The Revd Dr Andrew Goddard, tutor in ethics at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and a member of the Fulcrum leadership team. This was originally published in Sung Wook Chung (ed), Alister E McGrath and Evangelical Theology: A Dynamic Engagement, Paternoster Press, 2003, pp235-63 and is republished here with the kind permission of Paternoster.
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04/02/2006 - Article by Jenny Taylor
The Times they are a-Changing: The Commonwealth, Faith, Tolerance and Multi-culturalism
'The Times they are a-Changing: The Commonwealth, Faith, Tolerance and Multi-culturalism', by Dr Jenny Taylor, Director of Lapido Media, a paper given at 'The Commonwealth After Valetta' Round Table Conference, Cumberland Lodge, 5-6 January 2006
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26/01/2006 - Article by Anthony Crockett
Civil Partnerships and the Church in Wales - A Personal Response to Dr Andrew Goddard's critique of the Statements of the Bishops of the Church in Wales
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23/01/2006 - Information by Fulcrum
Fulcrum Conference Islington 2006 - Gospel in Context
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19/01/2006 - Book Review by Sarah Cawdell
Love's Redeeming Work: The Anglican Quest for Holiness
Compiled by Geoffrey Rowell, Kenneth Stevenson and Rowan Williams
(Oxford University Press, 2001) Fulcrum review by Sarah Cawdell, who lives in Shropshire and is a wife, mother and an occasional curate who explores her interests in mission
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19/01/2006 - Article by Cathy Ross
'Educating for Contextual Mission in the Light of Recent Events'
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18/01/2006 - Article by Philip King
Bishops, Church Planters & Mission Shaped Partnerships
General Secretary of the Church of England Board of Mission 1989-2000
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06/01/2006 - Address by Daniel W Hardy
A Future for the Church - a sermon preached at Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge, 2 October 2005
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06/01/2006 - Film Review by Stephen Kuhrt
Redeeming Edmund: Some Thoughts on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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THE brutal murder of a soldier in Woolwich on Wednesday, in a suspected terrorist attack, has shocked and saddened people in the area, the Bishop of Woolwich, the Rt Revd Michael Ipgrave, has said.
Ed Thornton. Church Times 24 MAY 2013
24 May 2013
The Bishop of Woolwich has said he is "deeply saddened and distressed" to hear of a fatal machete attack on a man in south-east London.
Christian Today. 22 May 2013
22 May 2013
Iran has launched a public crackdown on dissent before next month's presidential election, executing two men charged with espionage and waging war against God, arresting a group of activists, including Christians, and summoning campaigners for questioning. Political prisoners in some of the country's most notorious jails have had their parole or visiting rights withdrawn and some transferred to solitary confinement.
Saeed Kamali Deghan Guardian 21 May 2013
22 May 2013
Thanks, Bowman. And does this - the pleasantness of compliance to God's order and commands - not apply not only to aspects of the law given to Israel, which we are not obliged to keep, but also to the traditions of the apostles, which we are instructed to hold on to, and pass on to the next g...
I quite like Bowman's point that there is potential danger in bringing the women bishops issue into Ephesians 5 (if I can put it like that), which is about marriage. If we want to know 'how we should conduct [ourselves] in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pilla...
Bowman, you say that the only distinguishing quality of the relationships: Christ:man, man:woman, God:Christ, and Christ:church, husband:wife (I have added one there), is coinherence. Surely, there is a hierarchy of authority visible here. Jesus submits to the Father, the church submits to the Lo...
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