An absolutely brilliant press statement from Fulcrum on D025 and other developments. The decision, by a 2-to-1 majority, of the House of Bishops of TEC to pass D025 represents a further determined walking apart by the American Church and must …
Ruth G has by far the most balanced summary of the vote on D025 and the response at Synod in York. The Archbishop of Canterbury told General Synod today that he ‘regrets’ the decision by The Episcopal Church house of …
In my last post I looked at one specific example of how understanding the contemporary context of a passage can help discern its true meaning. We looked the use of the word pais in Matthew and Luke and saw how …
Nothing like a controversial Bishop to make the headlines… The Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, has defended traditional biblical teachings on homosexuality and said the Church should not be “rolled over by culture”. … The bishop’s controversial comments will …
“Melanchthon” has a really interesting post up at CentreRight on Section 28. As virtually all of you will know, Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 was introduced in direct and specific response to a situation in which gay …
In my last post I looked at the question of what forms of homosexual relationship might have been recognised by Paul and the other New Testament writers. I concluded with the observation that given the diverse Roman / Hellenistic world …