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Tag Archives: St Paul
Handing on the baton? Part 1
Radical new Christian inclusion; but who are ‘we’? Continue reading
No tongues?
It can be a difficult experience to attend a major Christian celebration at a point when the church is reeling from yet another scandal. Last week, the Gibb report into the disgusting behaviour of Bishop Peter Ball was issued, complete … Continue reading
Posted in Church of England and gender
Tagged abuse, cathedral, club, Dean, Gibb report, godly life, kiss, litany, Michael Ball, ordination, Peter Ball, sermon, St Paul, tribes
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So, what was the point of all that?
Last week the House of Bishops published GS2055 Marriage and Same Sex Relationships after the Shared Conversations. I immediately read it through twice, once to see what they were proposing to change – answer, nothing – and again to see … Continue reading
Posted in Shared Conversations
Tagged Bible, bishops, Book of Common Prayer, canon law, Diocesan Synod, General Synod, marriage, prayer, preaching, St Paul, tradition, women priests
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Temple prostitution for Christians
Sex in the ancient world: it’s all about temple prostitutes, depraved emperors and orgies, right? Wrong. As readers of this blog will have noticed, now that the Shared Conversations in the Church of England appear to be over, I’ve moved … Continue reading
Posted in Church of England and gender
Tagged AIDS, Athens, Bacchanalia, Bosco Peters, Diana Swancutt, G.E.R. Lloyd, genre, Greece, Ian Paul, idols, King James Bible, lesbians, Livy, monogamy, orgies, pagan, Paris school, Romans 1:26, Romans 1:26-27, Rome, St Paul, temple prostitutes, translations
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