Guest Author Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Letter to the Church of England Newspaper 28 September 2007 from Dr Eeva John, the Revd Geoff Maughan, and the Revd Dr David Wenham republished with permission Recent revelations concerning the removal of Dr Elaine Storkey and of the Revd Dr Andrew Goddard and the Revd Lis Goddard from their posts at … Continue Reading
A poem by Ben White babylon strains and i lean with the wind groaning in pain cos the labour is toiling the soil rocky and the neon lights flash harder covered in filth and weeping with knowing that there’s more to love than 30 dollars and a blue strip light casualties line the way the exiles who fell … Continue Reading
In recent years I have found myself going back again and again to the saying of Martin Luther, Crux probat omnia; everything else in Christian gospel authenticates itself in terms of the saving act which is at the heart of the gospel, the cross of Jesus. That rule applies to the ministry of healing as … Continue Reading
The crises that Anglicanism faces today can usually be traced to the different ways in which different sides approach the task of doing theology. The questions which arise are not new: how do we interpret Scripture? what authority do we give to Scripture? how much respect do we pay to the way in which Scripture … Continue Reading
Lesslie Newbigin Missionary Theologian: A Reader by Paul Weston SPCK 2006 A Fulcrum review by Jenny Taylor, Director of Lapido Media Part of the secret of the power of Lesslie Newbigin’s writing is in its consistency and coherence. His life and thought form a prophetic whole, not a series of ad hoc fragments. This is … Continue Reading
by Graham Kings, vicar of St Mary Islington and Jonathan Clark, rector of St Mary Stoke Newington The stretching which the Holy Spirit evokes in the life of the Church may well be the vocation to an Anglican Covenant. Stretching and the Spirit may seem to be strange at first – perhaps the Spirit is … Continue Reading
Probation Centenary Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving Address by John Scott Saturday 30th June 2007 Prayer – includes an extract from a private devotional prayer, written by William Wilberforce: Dear Lord, As we reflect upon your Word and the work of the probation service over the past century, ‘may we indeed bear about us the … Continue Reading
by Colin Craston republished with permission from the Church of England Newspaper, 8 June 2007 The highest point of unity among Evangelicals in the Church of England was 40 years ago at the Keele National Evangelical Anglican Congress. Divisions began to emerge after the second Congress at Nottingham ten years later. The subject of Hermeneutics … Continue Reading
If the healing ministry of the Church is to be integrated with the whole gospel of the Church, it has to be rooted in what is central and normative for everything else that claims the name of Christian, namely the incarnation of the eternal Son of God in Jesus of Nazareth. Of course the incarnation … Continue Reading
The Gospel According to Judas By Benjamin Iscariot Recounted by Jeffrey Archer With the assistance of Prof Francis Moloney (London: Macmillan, 2007) A Fulcrum review by Dr Justin Thacker, Evangelical Alliance Head of Theology This really is a fascinating piece of work. The Gospel According to Judas, written by Jeffrey Archer in association with a … Continue Reading