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Picture the scene. You’re a leading (at least you think you are) Christian church in the USA, preparing for your three yearly convention. You want a logo that’s going to communicate the core elements of what your faith in Jesus is all about, a logo that will be easy to understand and accessible to non-Christians [...]
In the piece below on Protestants and spirituality, Iconoclast brought up the example of chants and similar music evoking in themselves an engagement with God. I thought I’d share with us all the piece all that he had found particularly beautiful.
Yes, I know it’s not Christmas, but what a fantastically theologically rich hymn!!!! Wow!!! I [...]
David Virtue’s latest offering:
St. Rowan’s Letter to Canterbury
A Satirical Essay
1. Rowan called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and our brother Sodomites. I say this because our brother Sosthenes died of HIV/AIDS last year. We spread his ashes over the Mediterranean, which promptly caused a health hazard in [...]
… verse four is all about you!!!
Go Paul!!!
And here’s to my friend Peter Ould; I find him quite verbose.
When I have time to read him, he makes more sense than most.
In all his righteous rantings, there breathes the Holy Ghost.
When he sits down at his keyboard, all God’s enemies are "toast."
Quite.
As I’m sure you’re all aware, over two months ago Rowan Williams wrote to Gene Robinson, refusing to grant him the right to preach or preside at the Eucharist whilst he was over here in Blighty during the Lambeth Conference. Having already completely ignored the prohibition on preaching last night at St Mary’s Putney, now [...]
Take some time out and listen to this fantastic sermon by Charlie Cleverly of St Aldates, preached last Sunday. Press the play button after reading the Psalm.
1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel,
for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and no [...]
Who said the following?
I call myself a Christian. I believe in Jesus, I believe in what Jesus did and in the absolution of sins. I believe that he put himself on the cross to take away human sins, in order to give people the opportunity to get to God through him.
I believe that’s the fundamental [...]
