Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
He's crossed the Rubicon with Fiducia Supplicans: True, today’s declaration from the Vatican does not change Church teaching. Fiducia Supplicans earnestly insists on a distinction between giving a blessing to a homosexual couple and blessing their relationship. Good luck conveying that distinction to the world. Anyone can ask a priest for a blessing; that has never been …
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The third and final session of the Advent series at the North Cleveland Church of God, on 13 December 2023. https://youtu.be/dbzf8XG03Vo The slide presentation for this is here. This is a preview/overview of the rest of the liturgical year, including the Christmas and Epiphany seasons, the lead-up to Lent, Lent itself, Holy Week (where we …
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The second in a series of three sessions of an Advent series given at the North Cleveland Church of God on 6 December 2023. https://youtu.be/KYH4PHY1Jk0 The slide presentation is here. In this session some time will be devoted to the customs surrounding Advent, but much of this session will look at the Biblical events immediately …
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The first in a series of three sessions of an Advent series given at the North Cleveland Church of God on 29 November 2023. https://youtu.be/Fp1QNKA9FOU The slide presentation for this session is here. In this session the origins of Advent are discussed, not necessarily from a historical standpoint, but from a theological and Biblical standpoint, …
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Back in my prog days, one of my favourite groups was Emerson Lake and Palmer. For my Anglican/Episcopal readers, this was the group that, while Episcopal churches fought over the prayer book and the organ committee was in gridlock over the blasphemous suggestion that the church buy an Allen, introduced a new generation to the …
Last Wednesday, several dozen pro-Palestinian activists, their faces obscured by keffiyehs and Covid masks, attempted to block the entrance to the …The Democratic oligarchs funding pro-Hamas nonprofits
She's crossed the line of eternity: That is why I no longer consider myself a Muslim apostate, but a lapsed atheist. Of course, I still have a great deal to learn about Christianity. I discover a little more at church each Sunday. But I have recognised, in my own long journey through a wilderness of …
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A recent edition of The Tehran Times carried a warning: “If the Zionist regime’s war crimes and genocidal attacks against civilians in Gaza do not come to an end, the region will move towards making a big and decisive decision...” How America can stop Iran -- Unherd
From Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries: O God! unbelief reigns on the earth. We are no longer wicked out of weakness; it is by design; we are by principle, by our sayings. Send us some John the Baptist who confounds error, who shows that unbelievers are senseless. Bring them back to real prudence, these unbelievers …
Matt Broomfield's sad piece about British Charismatic preacher Mike Pilavachi has many issues which need to be unpacked. I won't get to them all, but let's start with this: Anglicans don't need to be smug about this for the following reasons: Pilavachi is in fact an Anglican minister; Broomfield notes this and addresses him as …
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