A Comment on ‘The Bible and Homosexual Practice’ by Robert Gagnon A paragraph from ‘The Church of England and Homosexuality’ in Terry Brown (ed.), Other Voices, Other Worlds: Global Church Speaks Out on Homosexuality(London: Darton Longman and Todd, 2006), written in 2005 by David Atkinson One of the most substantial and influential conservative contributions to … Continue Reading
Doctrine: Resource or Obstacle? by John Watson “Jesus immediately made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds…by this time the boat, battered by waves, was far from the land, for the wind was against them. And early in the morning Jesus came walking … Continue Reading
Kenyan Carving to Ponder Benson Ndaka St Andrew’s College, Kabare, Kenya Comments to Ponder Jürgen Moltmann The Crucified God (London: SCM Press, 1974) Christians who do not have the feeling that they must flee the crucified Christ have probably not yet understood him in a sufficiently radical way. (p38) When the crucified Jesus is called … Continue Reading
The Resurrection photo by Dennis Morris For the five other photographs of the ‘Easter Images’ project, click here. For details of the project – a partnership between the Diocese of London, the Church Mission Society, Dennis Morris and young people in Islington – click here and here and here. Fulcrum
Don’t Throw Stones: Deuteronomy and the Prodigal Son by Graham Kings, vicar of St Mary Islington and theological secretary of Fulcrum Introduction During a week’s retreat in 1995, I read through the whole of the book of Deuteronomy. It was clearly a key book of the Hebrew Scriptures for Jesus. Not only did it include … Continue Reading
Andrew Goddard 12th Nov 2007 Dear Giles, Thanks for your letter and sorry my decision to focus on the pressing Communion issues in mid-Sept was ‘perplexing’ and left you ‘not absolutely sure how it fits into our correspondence’. It is interesting that discussing these political issues seems so fruitless. If I’m totally honest I have … Continue Reading
Giles Goddard "Goddard 2 Goddard" contents page Comment on and discuss this letter on the Fulcrum Forum 03 November 2007 Dear Andrew Thanks for yours dated 16th September. I was pleased to receive it and glad that our correspondence has re-opened, especially in view of the other developments in your, Lis and the children’s lives … Continue Reading
Review of Scot McKnight, A Community Called Atonement (Abingdon Press, 2007). £9.99 by Andrew Goddard There can be little doubt that the cross and the doctrine of the atonement are close to the heart of evangelical identity. Sadly, as most recently evident in Pierced for our Transgressions and reactions to it, this means they can … Continue Reading
The Doctrine of Salvation among African Christians by Chigor Chike 1 Introduction This article which is taken form my book African Christianity in Britain will be devoted to how salvation is understood in African Christianity. The first task will be to describe how salvation is understood on the African continent. This will be followed and … Continue Reading
The crises that Anglicanism faces today can usually be traced to the different ways in which different sides approach the task of doing theology. The questions which arise are not new: how do we interpret Scripture? what authority do we give to Scripture? how much respect do we pay to the way in which Scripture … Continue Reading