The Rejection of “Gay Blessings”

Sep 30, 2024 by

By Dave Doveton, Anglican Mainstream. The Anglican Church of Southern Africa’s recent Provincial Synod had on the agenda a motion to approve a set of prayers for the ‘blessing’ of same sex couples. The motion was defeated[i]. There have...

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Apocalypse – the Unveiling

Sep 5, 2024 by

By Dave Doveton, Anglican Mainstream.   “We do not see our signs, there is no longer any prophet….” Psalm 74:9 Iconography is the study of pictorial symbolism, a window as it were into reality that is beyond language, for it has the...

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“Love” and the Message of the Gospel (Part 2: Kerygma)

Aug 7, 2024 by

By Dave Doveton,  Anglican Mainstream. The Gospel is the message of God’s salvation in Jesus Christ and in Part 1, I discussed how contemporary cultural notions regarding ‘love’ have often distorted the essential message that we as...

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‘Love’ and the Message of the Gospel (Part 1)

Jun 26, 2024 by

By Dave Doveton. A recently unveiled bronze statue of Billy Graham stands in a hall of the US Capitol in Washington. Inscribed at the base is a verse from John’s gospel – perhaps one of the most popular verses used by evangelists in...

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The War on Reality

May 1, 2024 by

By Dave Doveton. “You shall not bear false witness…”  Exodus 20:16 The contemporary phenomenon of gender ideologies which we see promoted by certain western ruling elites has reached a stage where a particular group who self-identify as...

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Desecration of the Holy and the rise of an antichrist spirit

Mar 7, 2024 by

By Dave Doveton. “This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.” 1 John 4:3 Several commentators have made scathing observations about the recent opening of Canterbury Cathedral to stage...

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