Bullet Points – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Reflections on Outing

By Peter Ould Posted on May 8, 2012 Posted in Church of England, Sexuality 8 Comments Tagged with Anglican Communion, Angry Response, Bishopric, Blatant Hypocrisy, Bullet Points, Church Hierarchy, Church House, Church of England, Cofe, Conservative Position, Different Ways, Distinction, Disunity, Dr Jeffrey, Dr John, Echelons, Fact That People, Five Points, Forgiveness, Gay Bishops, Hypocrites, Jeffrey John, Leaks, Legal Opinion, Objections, Reflections, Reminder, Repentance, Resignations, Sexual Activity, Sexual Behaviour, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Relationship, Sexual Relationships

A reminder of some words I wrote a year ago. — The core of the argument against having Jeffrey John as the Bishop was laid out inÂ a legal opinionÂ offered from the legal team at Church House. In it they suggested …

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Stirrings in Salisbury

By Peter Ould Posted on February 25, 2012 Posted in Church of England, Sexuality No Comments Tagged with Appropriateness, Archdeacon, Authority Of Scripture, Bbc Radio 4, Bullet Points, Civil Partnerships, Constructive Response, Contentious Issues, Covenantal Relationships, Diocesan Synod, Ecumenical Relationships, Honest Conversation, Immutability, Interesting News, Pastoral Care, Salisbury Diocese, Same Sex Relationships, Scriptural References, Scripture And Tradition, Stirrings

An interesting news item posted on the Salisbury Diocese website together with the content of Bishop Nick Holtam’s address to the Diocesan Synod. The Bishop of Sherborne, the Archdeacon of Dorset and I met with 10 clergy from Dorset who …

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New Year, Old Posturing

By Peter Ould Posted on January 4, 2012 Posted in Church of England, Sexuality 17 Comments Tagged with Angry Response, Anxieties, Bishopric, Blatant Hypocrisy, Bullet Points, Campaign Goals, Church House, Church of England, Cofe, Colin Coward, Dr John, Echelons, Fact That People, Five Points, Gay Bishops, House Of Bishops, Jeffrey John, Personal Experience, Resignations, Respectful Silence

Is it just me or is Colin Coward over at Changing Attitude getting a bit boring? Gay bishopsÂ There are 13 gay bishops among the 114 English bishops, nearly 15% of the total. They are all closeted to a greater …

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Facts, the whole facts and nothing but the facts. Ish…

By Peter Ould Posted on March 5, 2010 Posted in Secular / Christian, UK Politics, Website 9 Comments Tagged with Ame Church, Apology, Archbishop Cranmer, Bartley, Bullet Points, Christian Faith, Council Candidate, Councillor, Councillors, Funerals, George Reynolds, Labour Mp, Labour Party Members, Mcdonagh, Mr Reynolds, Pastoral Matters, Preacher, Secularist, Vituperation, Zion

It appears that the post below has caused a little bit of a stir. For example, Pete here says I was a little taken aback this morning to read of a couple of posts about the deselection of a Methodist …

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