As fellow swimmer Gavin Ashenden notes: It has been announced that Michael Nazir-Ali, former Bishop of Rochester, has left Anglicanism and become a Roman Catholic.He was received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, entering the ordinariate on his name day, the feast of St Michael, two weeks ago.This is without doubt one of …
Geniuses: From Suicidal to Criminal
Now the latter is under investigation: Dr. James Clinton Oleson, an Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Auckland, turned up this fascinating nugget of information after conducting anonymous surveys and interviews with 465 members of a high IQ society, who possessed an average IQ of 149. He compared their levels of self-reported criminality …
The Unsaid Lesson of Francis Collins
He gets is both barrels from Nate Fisher at the American Reformer: Collins has long been celebrated by evangelical influencers, and upon his departure those praising him included Russell Moore, Tim Keller, and David French. The well-credentialed evangelicals who populate urban churches like Keller’s have been taught to aspire to a “faithful presence” in elite …
Continuation on the Mysteries of the Childhood of Jesus Christ
As the title implies, these elevations expound on events after the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, mostly concerning the visit of the Magi. …Continuation on the Mysteries of the Childhood of Jesus Christ
Will the Church fail like the police?
The sleepy pages of the Church Times may seem an unlikely place for a bad-tempered exchange about policing. But it seems that both the church and the…Will the Church fail like the police?
The town that was murdered
For a small town on Tyneside, Jarrow has always had an outsized impact on our national story. In the seventh and eighth centuries its church and …The town that was murdered
Dying Alone in 2021
Last spring, as lockdown orders went out to American cities and states, many prominent Christian voices equated masking, social distancing, and …Dying Alone in 2021
Maybe, Finally, At Last, There’s Hope for Nuclear Power
It's been a long time coming: Environmentalists are increasingly coming round to nuclear energy. Younger people are clued-up on climate change and are less against technological solutions than many older environmentalists. They also like their technology and understand that we need clean electricity to power phones and laptops. The public’s openness to nuclear is reassuring, …
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Rediscovering the Early Pentecostal Worldview: The Lost Message of Full Consecration
This Week in AG History —September 27, 1930 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 30 September 2021 “I sometimes wonder whether God is…Rediscovering the Early Pentecostal Worldview: The Lost Message of Full Consecration
How France conquered Europe
There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen, as a quote dubiously attributed to Lenin states. Last week was one of those weeks. As it began, I argued that the most significant short term effect of the Aukus agreement would not be in the distant Pacific, but rather here on our home continent,…How …
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