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A Response to that “CCM praise songs we can’t stand” meme:
“There are two musical situations on which I think we can be confidentthat a blessing rests. One is where a priest or an organist, himself aman of trained and delicate taste, humbly and charitably...
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Obligatory Rapture Post
First of all, I don’t really believe in this rapture stuff. I’ve mostly been ignoring it. But, just for the record: if the “righteous” or the elect or whatever are taken up into Heaven and everyone...
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Who do you say that I am?
Who is considered “Christian”? Why do any of us care? Edward Green wrote an interesting post about the UCCF’s Doctrinal Basis, a sort of pseudo-creed which it seems is sometimes used as a litmus test...
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Stuck in the middle with You
Various folks have blogged on David Cameron’s favourite Bible passage, and the comments that this is the “central message” of the Bible. I did enjoy Archdruid Eileen’s viewpoint. I suppose it isn’t a...
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On great works of great faith
He said to them, ‘Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, “Move from here to there”, and it will move; and...
View ArticleA Provisional Note
The dear old Church of England has been tying itself into knots of late over the Bishops’ amendments to the Measure on Women in the Episcopate. The good bishops made two amendments. One has been...
View ArticleMore on the same Measure
Background update: voting on the amended Measure for the consecration of women as bishops was adjourned until November in light of opposition to Clause 5.1.c (the second amendment by the House of...
View ArticleRecession and Evangelism
This morning a Twitter friend linked to a Telegraph article about the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, on a visit to Trent Vineyard church. I haven’t watched the video of the interview...
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Liturgical Hair: Advent I
The liturgical hair thing has not started all that well, though it could have been worse, I suppose. I started by cutting the very ends of my hair off. These bits would have too much henna in them, I...
View ArticleJesus loves Tories too
So, it transpires that David Cameron has been going on about how much he loves Christianity (or what he thinks of as Christianity) and saying ill-thought-out, embarrassing things. From what I can...
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