Reflections of a Guilty Christian
Professor Andrew Bush reflects on the Charleston murders
Professor Andrew Bush reflects on the Charleston murders
In the end politics is far too important to leave to the politicians. It is about shaping the future of our common life – and we all need to get involved (including the bishops!) – because everyone single one of us is responsible for our own response.
Whatever its limitations, “Who is my neighbour?” significantly raises the bar for official church statements on politics. It shows how theological truth can speak effectively and illuminatingly to the political health of the nation at a moment of crisis and opportunity. It thus plausibly carries a claim to prophecy.
Talk by Baroness Maeve Sherlock at the Fulcrum Pivot Point held on February 2nd 2015 at Portcullis House, Westminster.
Talk by the Rt. Hon. Caroline Spelman MP at the Fulcrum Pivot Point held on February 2nd 2015 at Portcullis House, Westminster.
History shows us that religion often leads to violence. And however twisted and warped, it is theology that has helped form the worldview of these killers.
The time has come for the coherent Christian message of peace to flow round the world.
An address delivered on 3rd November 2014 in Hooker’s Church, St Andrew’s Boscombe, Wiltshire where Hooker served 1591-95.
Sir Fred Catherwood’s was a life well-loved and a life well-lived. He epitomised the best of the Protestant work ethic and belonged to that generation of Christians who saw no distinction between a call to responsible citizenship and a call to the Kingdom of God.
The result of Scotland’s Independence Referendum on Thursday still looks too close to call. On Friday we will know and, whatever happens, things cannot and should not ever be the same again for Scotland or the rest of the United Kingdom. Whatever the outcome, three major challenges are already obvious.