The Idols of Death and the God of Life.

Dec 5, 2024 by

By Dave Doveton, Anglican Mainstream. “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore – choose life…” Deuteronomy 30:19   The decision by the House of...

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The Whitewashing of Tombs

Nov 12, 2024 by

By Dave Doveton, Anglican Mainstream. At the height of the Covid pandemic, as an assisting priest in an urban parish, I was responsible for leading several funerals of congregants who had died of the Covid virus. There were very strict...

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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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