Contention 8: Preparing for Gafcon in seven contentions

Jun 11, 2018 by

by Stephen Noll, Contending Anglican: I have been preparing for Gafcon for a long time – a quarter century at least, although I did not know it at the time. Last year I began to assemble and edit my writings in a book, The Global Anglican...

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Euthanasia and the bishop

Jun 11, 2018 by

by Anglican Samizdat: I am reposting this article because Andrew Asbil, the clergyman who participated in  euthanising the couple, has just been voted the next bishop of the Diocese of Toronto. I remember a time when for a church to be...

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Ban on anti-abortion protests at London clinic disproportionate, court hears

Jun 11, 2018 by

by Dan Sabbagh, Guardian: Council accused of infringing freedom of speech with ban at Marie Stopes clinic in Ealing. An anti-abortion group seeking to overturn the UK’s only exclusion zone around a Marie Stopes clinic, in Ealing, west...

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Top of the G7 agenda? Gender equality, of course

Jun 11, 2018 by

by Andrew Tettenborn, TCW: We are resigned these days to having well-paid jet-setters with grandiose titles from the UN and the Council of Europe buzzing around like bluebottles, telling us and our weary officials what we need to be doing...

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How family breakdown costs us all dear

Jun 11, 2018 by

by Harry Benson, The Conservative Woman: Amicable or acrimonious, civilised or conflicted, cooperative or combative, whatever form it takes family breakdown was never the dream. Family always begins with an act of love. Family breakdown...

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After Grenfell: the Faith Groups’ Response

Jun 10, 2018 by

from Theos: A study into the responses of faith groups to the Grenfell Tower tragedy on 14th June 2017. (2018) The fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 shocked and horrified the country, the agony and trauma of its victims compounded by...

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Why Pullman’s Godless tales will fail the test of time

Jun 10, 2018 by

By Fionn Shiner, The Conservative Woman: Writing for Standpoint magazine, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali produces a scathing critique of Philip Pullman, arguing that he is on the side of Satan in his writings. Pullman’s His Dark Materials...

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Holding on to the gospel is an antidote to today’s spiritual disaster

Jun 10, 2018 by

by Julian Mann, TCW: Here’s an imaginary scenario – the story of a local church over a hundred-year period. At the start of this time, the church is made up of real born-again Christians, people who have genuinely believed God’s saving...

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Rise of secularism fuelling violence and verbal abuse against Christian clergy

Jun 10, 2018 by

by Abigail Frymann Rouch and Olivia Rudgard, Telegraph: Growing secularisation is leading to an increase in violence and verbal abuse against Christian clergy, experts fear. Priests told of experiences including discovering a witchcraft...

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Writer Lionel Shriver has accused publisher Penguin Random House of putting diversity ahead of quality

Jun 10, 2018 by

from BBC News: Writer Lionel Shriver has accused publisher Penguin Random House of putting diversity ahead of quality. It says new authors should reflect the UK population by 2025, “taking into account ethnicity, gender, sexuality,...

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