Dec 15, 2020Combating the Idolisation of Academic SuccessLike most doctoral students, research is something I simultaneously love and dread. I study puritan church polities in the seventeenth...
Nov 17, 2020Overseas mission and its impact in the local churchIt is easy for overseas mission to be on the periphery of a local church’s vision, especially if it is small and already at full stretch...
Nov 4, 2020Singing and Not-singing in a Covid seasonOf all the restrictions necessitated by the COVID pandemic, one of the most frustrating, at least for most Christians, is not being able...
Nov 2, 2020Facing the first yearThe key to faithful ministry and leadership in the local church lies in having clear biblical priorities and doggedly pursuing them. To...
Oct 29, 2020Innovation and TraditionHow the New Generation of Anglican Pastors Should See these two Merge Can we, should we, must we innovate? Is there any allowance to...
Sep 21, 2020Freedom in MissionSERIES CHRISTIANITY AND FREEDOM by Revd. Daniel Kirk In Walter Brueggeman’s latest book, Virus as a summons to Faith: Biblical...
Sep 16, 2020Christianity, freedom and sexual activityWe live in a society in which there is a growing belief that sexual freedom is an unquestionably good thing. The idea is promoted by the...
Sep 10, 2020Waiting for the earthquake‘To be a Chilean is to face a global pandemic in the midst of drought with a government that is collapsing after six months of social...
Sep 7, 2020Pilgrims during a Pandemic: Learning the Gift of Restlessness.By David Bennett. In my current doctoral work, I’ve taken a turn which I wasn’t expecting. Exploring the question of human desire has led...
Aug 26, 2020In Between Male and Female?by Sam Ashton In November, the C of E’s Living in Love and Faith project (LLF) will release its much-anticipated resources pack on issues...
Aug 24, 2020What does Christianity say about freedom?NEW SERIES ON CHRISTIANITY AND FREEDOM By Andrew Kirk In recent history a 'free' society seems to have become humanity's chief goal. It...
Aug 12, 2020Desert Testing and God's presenceby Joanne Charles The very difficult thing about knowing that God tests me to refine me, is that I feel an incredible pressure to respond...
Aug 10, 2020A Marxist, a Catholic and an Evangelical walk into a Bible Study...We must let people read the Bible for themselves. The teacher is not the one with the answers. The group must discover for itself how the...
Aug 6, 2020Factory Learning Imagine a training program that places teaching into the hands of the people. Rather than one trained person trying to teach everyone,...
Aug 3, 2020Sufferingby Kirsty Birkett I have been reading the diary of the Puritan minister Richard Rogers. In 1589 he was removed from his ministry and so...
Jul 16, 2020Non-Imperialistic Christian Missionby Revd Andrew Kirk One of the themes catching headlines world-wide during the summer of 2020, due to anger unleashed because of police...
Jul 8, 2020The Integrity of the Anglican ChurchIntegrity can be understood both in the sense of being fit for purpose, for instance when we refer to the integrity of an aircraft’s...