The Fourth Pope John Paul II Annual Lecture on Interreligious Understanding The Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas ‘Angelicum’ with The Russell Berrie Foundation Rome, April 5th 2011 by Professor David F. Ford Republished with permisssion. Orginally published at Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme Opening It is a great honour to be invited to deliver this lecture by the … Continue Reading
Sermon preached at the Maundy Thursday Chrism Eucharist Salisbury Cathedral, 21 April 2011 At this Eucharist, where thanksgiving is central, I would like to begin with thanks. Thanks for your prayers for me and the senior staff during this vacancy. It has been an extraordinary learning experience. Thanks to God for guiding all involved in … Continue Reading
Women at the Cross by Elaine Storkey Reading: Mark 15 25-41; Luke 23 50-56 There were many bystanders at the public execution on that first Good Friday. Some came for the experience; the spectacle of human torture and death is magnetic for those with an appetite for cruelty. Others came because it was their job. They were … Continue Reading
Meeting the odd god of atheism by Elaine Storkey Originally publised in Church Times 28th January 2011 Meeting a former university colleague I noticed with interest how some of his previous views had changed. This wasn’t surprising, for maturity challenges many of our attitudes and ideas. What was more surprising was that when he began to talk … Continue Reading
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life. by Canon Francis Omondi Rev 2:8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again: Rev 2:9 I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and … Continue Reading
Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:1-13 a sermon at the service of celebration and farewell in Durham Cathedral, Tuesday 13 July 2010 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N T Wright copublished, with permission, with the Diocese of Durham site In 1986, our last summer in Canada, Maggie and I went to Vancouver to do some lectures. … Continue Reading
by Donald Allister (read foreword, chapter one, chapter three, chapter four) Living apart: a sad state of affairs The Bible is important, relevant, alive, and worth spending time on; doctrine is unimportant, irrelevant, dead, and worth avoiding: that’s how many Christians think or feel. In recent years there has been a return to the Bible … Continue Reading
‘Slaughter, Vengeance and the Burning Wrath of God’. How ‘Christian’ is the Bible? by Martin Kuhrt The Bible is still the world’s most in-demand book, or more accurately, collection of books. But in Western 21st century culture the Bible is, for many, in disrepute. Certain passages may still be popular and widely accepted as containing … Continue Reading
It may seem very attractive to see Jesus as some sort of projection or validation of our own standards and aspirations. Yet if we allow that Jesus has authority simply because he echoes what we happen to believe to be right, we are setting ourselves above him in judgement. It is our own concepts of … Continue Reading
Edited by Gordon Kuhrt read chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4 Preface to 2010 republication on Fulcrum Doctrine Matters was first published in 1993. It sold out its print-run of 4,000 copies, but the publishers were involved in major re-organization, and it was not re-printed. The editor and authors are delighted that the … Continue Reading