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Sloppy Liberal Exegesis

I’ve just read this on page 23 of the SPCK published “An Acceptable Sacrifice; Sexuality and the Church“:
Many aspects of the sexual morality of the Old Testament are either unfamiliar or uncomfortable for modern readers … There is no prohibition of prostitution, and indeed Proverbs 6:26 seems to recommend it as an alternative to adultery [...]

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Martyn Minns Cuts To The Chase

As some of you know, certain bishops have yet to receive an invitation to the 2008 Lambeth Conference. Though he is at the centre of the argument over who should and shouldn’t attend, Minns has some interesting points to make from a letter last weekend:
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Empire Day!!!

Yes it is!! (as my bro has kindly pointed out). So enjoy the indulgence below and then click on play to complete the experience.
The earth is a place on which England is found,
And you find it however you twirl the globe round;
For the spots are all red and the rest is all grey,
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Rowan Williams On Homosexuality

A fascinating series of questions and answers from the Archbishop of Canterbury is available on the Global South Website. The Q&A session took place after a lecture on the 12th of May. Of particular interest for me is this exchange on homosexuality:
Q: In your opinion, what is the Bible’s view on homosexuality?
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1st Wedding Anniversary Is A Week Away!!!

Rev Ould with Dr Ould sat on him yesterday evening at the wedding reception of friends. We had just returned from Oxford where Dr Ould had officially become Dr Ould in a ceremony full of Latin and bowing.
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I’m In Love!!!

Hat-tip - the twin.
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Vindicated!

Taking a short break from all the “Fort Worth Fun and Frolics” (a phrase I have now officially copyrighted), I have just stumbled upon the magnificent blog of Kyle Potter. Slick styling on his front page (love the banner) and provocative posts from this Oxford (huzzah!!) grad-student.

“Because gods who do not raise the dead must [...]

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Who Will The Primate Be?

Given the below, the question is who the Primate giving alternate oversight will be? I’m guessing Peter Akinola of Nigeria. I’m not really a betting man but I think that’s a good speculative punt.
The angle to consider on this is the political message. For Fort Worth to go for an alternative primate is [...]

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Breaking - Tec Dioceses To Go For Alternative Oversight.

Let me explain the below for you in simple terms. Fort Worth, with other dioceses to follow, is about to announce that it is going to go for primatial oversight from somewhere else than Schori, the Presiding Bishop of the US Anglican Church. This is as near a formal split as is possible to have. [...]

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Rachmaninov’s Prelude In C-minor

Question. What do you do if you have far smaller hands then the person who composed the piece of music you’re about to play?
Answer.
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Dafter And Dafter

We got one of the Government’s nice letters this week telling us that we need to put up no smoking signs in church, despite the fact that no-one ever smokes in our building. Ever. At all. Not even the swingy, incense thing (as if that would happen in our church). Needless to say, Cranmer has [...]

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More On Scientology

The last time there was a good UK documentary on Scientology was in 1995. Here’s the program.
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John Sweeney Ain’t Mad, He’s Actually Very Clever…

You’ve seen this video now right?
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Now, the media spin here in the UK is that John lost it. But over at XenuTV they understand exactly what John was doing:
That clip has seen the light of day, and it is brilliant. Sweeney is playing with the Scientologists and using their own drills to be “at cause” [...]

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Absolutely The Last Word On Eurovision

I’m proposing a new rule. Every time in the future we have an entry for Eurovision, a panel of normal people has to agree that it’s at least as good as Katrina and the Waves from 1997 or else we just don’t enter. Doing this will ensure we score more than 20 points.
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