Nourishing Memories: Preface
Introduction The first religious experience that I can remember is getting under the nursery table to pray that the dancing mistress might be dead before we got to her dancing…
Beer and Theology: Future Dates
We have excellent Beer and Theology speakers lined up for the next few months, so here are some dates for your diaries.
The bells of Liverpool Parish Church on Easter Day
Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring the bells of Easter Day over land, over sea, over all the earth. Bring the clang of nature’s joy up from earth, to the skies,…
Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide: Silver Jubilee
Introduction 2021 is the Silver Jubilee of the official opening of the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (CCCW) at Westminster College, Cambridge, which took place on January 22, 1996. The Centre was…
Reflections on the Public Purpose of Marriage
My intention in writing this article is to explore long-standing legal principles of marriage and their scriptural endorsement as a means of delineating the over-arching public reason for marriage. I…
Gay Christians, ACNA and GAFCON
Quarrels about words? In my years involved in dialogue and debate relating to sexuality, some of the most depressing moments have been when those who broadly share my views concerning…
Job’s Silent Friends
If you’ve ever heard a sermon on the book of Job, it’s likely that the preacher will have criticised the protagonist’s friends. In the opening chapters, Job’s life is decimated….
The Regions and Tribes of Evangelical Theology: The Future
This is a fool’s endeavour. Over the last seven articles, I have tried out a new anthropological/geographical slant for mapping out the various branches of Evangelical theology in the 21st…
Dealing with Doubt: The Story of Two Scottish Theologians
This essay might well begin with, ‘Have you heard the one about the Scottish Episcopalian and the Scottish Presbyterian?’ Last year Richard Holloway, our Scottish Episcopalian, had his book entitled…
Is the Second Coming Imminent?
As I write this we are drawing to the end of the season of Advent where those who use the revised common lectionary (the set of readings used by the…
Redemptive Justice: a Gospel framework for the Church of England’s on-going conversation with survivors of church-related abuse.
In the November 2020 General Synod debate on the IICSA Report about sexual abuse, there were proper calls for the conversation between survivors of church-related abuse and the Church of…
Advent 2020 – A Poem
Unwelcome sighs and groans escape the veiled and hidden jurisdiction of my heart, like serpent hisses harmonise the nailed ripped feet which stamp upon its head. The start of something…
Three Popes
The phrase “Electoral College” has been much discussed recently around the election of the new President of the United States of America. An older “Electoral College,” the Papal Conclave of…
The Bible and Living in Love and Faith
As part of its series responding to Living in Love and Faith, Fulcrum is inviting various writers to express their thoughts as a way of nurturing respectful dialogue. Here, Martin…
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: A Tribute
The death of the former Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, has led to an outpouring of grief and affection from within the Jewish community and beyond. Our own Archbishop, Justin…
The Beautiful Story – Reflections and Response
As part of its series responding to Living in Love and Faith, Fulcrum is inviting various writers to express their thoughts as a way of nurturing respectful dialogue. Here, Andrew…
The Beautiful Story, A Serious Mis-step
As part of its series responding to Living in Love and Faith, Fulcrum is inviting various writers to express their thoughts as a way of nurturing respectful dialogue. Jonathan Chaplin…