Sermon given at Matins on Sunday 7 November 2010 07 November 2010 at 10:00 am by The Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon in Residence A Fulcrum series in partnership with Westminster Abbey During the recent visit of the Pope to Britain, there was a great deal of interest in John Henry Newman. This was because … 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
by David Prior (click to see foreword, chapter one, chapter two, chapter four) The longest journey in the world is from the head to the heart. This maxim, much beloved of preachers and others, is often quoted to draw a distinction between what we believe in our minds and what we feel in our hearts. … Continue Reading
Introduction to a new Fulcrum series God’s Advocates: Christian Thinkers in Conversation by Rupert Shortt a Fulcrum series in partnership with Darton Longman & Todd Over the next few months we shall be republishing, with permission, extracts from God’s Advocates, sharing the views of three Christian Thinkers: Rowan Williams, who is Archbishop of Canterbury. He was formerly … Continue Reading
God’s Advocates by Rupert Shortt (Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005) Rowan Williams Belief and Theology: Some Basic Questions (the introduction to this series is here) SHORTT: I’d like to cover a fair amount of ground in this discussion to talk about a few of the commonest objections to Christian belief, and then look briefly at … 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
A Prior Meeting by Graham Kings “Solvitur ambulando” around the ‘cloister’ meadow of Grey Friars, Canterbury. Five days in Bec, Normandy, now, beckoned and called, four days, silent, in Canterbury. Cassock forgotten, now vested from the vestry, a gift, it turns out, from Bec. “Something-than-which- nothing-greater-can-be-conceived” is God. Quite a thought from Anselm, a Prior … 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