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A 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 10, 2020


Factory Learning
Imagine a training program that places teaching into the hands of the people. Rather than one trained person trying to teach everyone,...
Aug 6, 2020


Suffering
by Kirsty Birkett I have been reading the diary of the Puritan minister Richard Rogers. In 1589 he was removed from his ministry and so...
Aug 3, 2020


John Barton’s A History of the Bible – A review.
Below is a summary of the review Martin Davie published in his blog regarding John Barton's 'A history of the Bible'. (Penguin 2020)...
Jul 30, 2020


Words illuminated by Music
A review by Andrew Kirk of Focus on Jesus. A Guide to the message of Handel's 'Messiah' In a discussion on how truth may be established,...
Jul 29, 2020


James Innell Packer (1926-2020)
The death of Jim Packer, only days before his ninety-fourth birthday, sunders one of the last remaining links with the post-war years of...
Jul 27, 2020


Eldership in the Anglican Church?
by Revd Daniel Kirk Different figures are often quoted to show the awful attrition rate of church leaders. How half leave the ministry in...
Jul 20, 2020


Non-Imperialistic Christian Mission
by Revd Andrew Kirk One of the themes catching headlines world-wide during the summer of 2020, due to anger unleashed because of police...
Jul 16, 2020


An outdated system?
A review by Andrew Cinnamond of ‘The Parish System: The same yesterday, today and for ever?’, Mark Burkill, LS 59, Latimer Trust (2005)...
Jul 13, 2020


The Integrity of the Anglican Church
Integrity can be understood both in the sense of being fit for purpose, for instance when we refer to the integrity of an aircraft’s...
Jul 8, 2020


Engaging with the ministry of song
A book review by Philip Percival on Rob Smith's book 'Come Let us Sing'. There is no doubt that in the past few decades we have seen a...
Jul 6, 2020


Bible & Music
An introduction on our new publication Focus on Jesus: A guide to the message of Handel's 'Messiah' by Robert Bashford I have enjoyed...
Jul 3, 2020


Martin's insightful booklist
By Martin Davie. It is the end of the month, so please find a summary of recent books read by Martin Davie, compiling his evaluations and...
Jun 29, 2020


Reassessing the shaping of Anglican Identity
A book review by Christy Wang on Andrew Cinnamond's 'What Matters in Reforming the Church? Puritan Grievances under Elizabeth I. Andrew...
Jun 27, 2020


Back to the Sources
A review by the Revd Daniel Kirk of Gerald Bray's 'Translating the bible'. I have a confession. I have never completely read the best...
Jun 22, 2020


Jun 18, 2020


A book that will make your heart sing
Zac Hicks reviews Rob Smith's book, 'Come, Let us Sing. A call to musical reformation.' by Rob Smith. He highly recommends it to...
Jun 16, 2020


Unity in the Anglican Church
For the media, what makes the Anglican Church, or to be more precise, the Anglican Communion, newsworthy is its potential for schism and...
Jun 15, 2020


Women equipped for the Gospel, why theological education matters.
A friend and I went to an open day for a theological college, I was only one of 2 women there that day. In the UK in 2009, more men were...
Jun 11, 2020


Love in a time of lockdown
How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! Lamentations 1:1...
Jun 8, 2020
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