Monthly Archives: February 2018

FEBRUARY 22, 2018 BY ALIGHTBOWN Talking of giving and withholding blessing I was intrigued earlier this week to discover that two evangelical groups, Reform and the Fellowship of Word and Spirit, are to merge under the banner of another conservative evangelical group: the … Continue reading →

Mark Gonzales: Trump’s Critics Are ‘Messing With The Hand Of Almighty God’ By Kyle Mantyla | February 20, 2018 10:27 am Earlier this month, the Religious Right organization POTUS Shield—which is run by tsunami-stopping-pastor Frank Amedia, who served as a volunteer “Christian policy liaison” for Donald … Continue reading →

Time to “shine a light” and ban conversion therapies – experts By Reuters PUBLISHED: 01:59 AEDT, 21 February 2018 | UPDATED: 01:59 AEDT, 21 February 20 By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK, Feb 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Treatments that claim to “cure” gay people are … Continue reading →

Posted on February 17, 2018by Jayne Ozanne by the Revd Dr Jeremy Morris, Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Almost all the Church divisions and disagreements I can think of are essentially asymmetrical.  Take attitudes to homosexuality.  On one side, there are people … Continue reading →

Posted on February 14, 2018by Jayne Ozanne by the Revd Canon Rosie Harper, Chaplain to the Bishop of Buckingham and Member of the General Synod Time to think about General Synod. I always find it a very complex experience, and working through … Continue reading →

There is an edited audio recording of the Church Times interview with the archbishop here. Listening, this morning, to the recent CHURCH TIMES podcast, where Archbishop Justin Welby is being interviewed by the Editor, I was struck by the openness of the ABC … Continue reading →

ROYAL ROLE  Who is Justin Welby? Archbishop of Canterbury who will marry Prince Harry and Meghan Markle The Archbishop of Canterbury said in a statement in November: ‘I am so happy that Prince Harry and Ms Markle have chosen to … Continue reading →

Kay Goldsworthy makes history in Perth by becoming the world’s first female Anglican Archbishop By David Weber Updated Sun at 2:32pm VIDEO: Kay Goldsworthy has made history, being installed as the Anglican Archbishop of Perth. (ABC News) World history has been made in Australia, … Continue reading →

GAFCON head ratchets up attacks on CofE with call on evangelicals to act on threats to leave Christian Today staff writer Wed 7 Feb 2018 14:55 GMT The chair of the GAFCON conservative Anglican grouping has urged evangelicals in the Church … Continue reading →

Cheddar Man, the first modern human in Britain, had blue eyes… and black skin Matthew Moore February 7 2018, 12:01am, The Times The early hunter gatherers are usually depicted as white but after DNA was taken from Cheddar Man, Dutch experts … Continue reading →