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You can’t make this stuff up

How can you so close your eyes to the clear words of the text? Matt Kennedy’s about to find out, questioning the man who helped write the Lambeth Bible Studies:

Me: I have a question for Dr. West. Would you say that the author of the NT book of Jude was incorrect when he wrote this [...]

What are acceptable sexual morals for a Christian Leader?

Let me ask you a question. Say I invited over to the UK one of the leading ex-gay speakers in the USA? What say, once we arrived we did a tour of theological colleges, sharing his story and asking the seminarians to support his ministry? I think we’d get a good reception (or at least [...]

Who wears the trousers?!

A friend is anticipating the arrival of his baby girl next month and the prospect of (very) imminent fatherhood has led him to ponder what it means to be the leader in his family. I personally am ecstatic to see a man take seriously his role as husband and father (-to-be). Impending parenthood doesn’t elicit [...]

Travelling through Central London - Some Clarifications

Apparently there is some concern about my previous post, particularly whether any of the routes I highlighted are actually any good. I think we need some clarifications.
i) I used to drive into Central London, especially Westminster, at least once a week for over 5 years. That was however 5 years ago. If my memory of [...]

People watching

Our son is a people watcher. This was illustrated fantastically at church on Sunday.
As is now my common practice, I went right to the back of the church, behind all the pews - this enables me to rock Reuben in his buggy if he’s sleeping and pick him up and walk him around if he’s [...]

Busts 4 Justice

I’ve just come across an item in the newspaper related to a bust-up (pardon the pun!) between a regular customer and a well-known high street store. The dispute regards the additional £2 cost placed on bras larger than a DD cup size. A twofold defence is quoted by the store: ’standard industry practice’ and the [...]

A quiet, unpublicised trip…

Remember, the Simple Country BishopTM doesn’t want to be the "gay bishop". He just wants to get on with his job.

On Thursday, knowing that the conference attendees would leave early in the morning for London — for the MDG walk, lunch at Lambeth Palace, and tea with the Queen — it seemed like a good, [...]

So why *is* John Barrowman gay?

Well, as I wrote last week, The Making of Me attempted to find out. If you haven’t seen it yet, click on this link to watch it in the BBC iplayer.
What did I think? Well all in all it was very good and a brilliant introduction to the whole nature/nurture debate. If I had two [...]

Normal Service will Resume Shortly

Yes, blogging (and responding to your comments) is light, but I’ve had a busy weekend in Canterbury (more soon) and with church, and this week we have our Holiday Club. My incumbent isn’t well so I’m picking up most of his workload as well (prayer appreciated for myself and for him and his family). I’ll [...]

Weird life of Peter cross-over moment

From Outpost Gallifrey

At 9pm BST tonight (Thursday), BBC One will air John Barrowman: The Making of Me, the first part of a series in which celebrities investigate the causes behind their "defining trait". In subsequent instalments, violinist Vanessa-Mae will investigate the roots of her musical talent, and sprinter Colin Jackson will investigate what makes him [...]

Brad Drell - TEC have lost any moral authority they had

Read it all here

The archbishop, known as an expert in the field of reconciliation said, “I am here talking to my brothers and sisters in America. We have experienced offense by their actions. I am not trying to offend them in return but tell them that I love them. We have had a painful experience [...]

Iris Robinson says one thing too far…

Last month, against a huge backlash from the GLBT lobby, I supported the right of Iris Robinson, wife of the First Minister of Northern Ireland to make certain remarks about homosexuality. At the time I wrote the following:

This is the problem that is now facing Christians. If we continue to hold to our antiquated views, [...]

Proof of concept

A miracle happened in our house last night: Reuben soothed himself off to sleep!
Bennie had been enjoying some time thumping elephants on his activity mat when I took him upstairs as it was getting late for such a little boy. During our nappy changing session I noticed he was rather content, so put him to [...]

Reuben rocks my world (literally)!

I did it. I’ve heard stories from other mums and laughed when they related the tale, but didn’t contemplate that it might happen to me. We had the pleasure of Peter’s parents visiting this weekend and poor Bennie has been suffering with a bit of wind, so when he was crying in the arms [...]

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