An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
The school I went to was flawed and exemplary, a broken yet beautiful place filled with broken and beautiful people. Hilarious people. Sad people. Clever people. Successful people. Anxious people. It wasn’t the kind of school I’d necessarily want every school … Continued
This book review is a little strange, and may be a little long. It is of a book published thirty years ago, in a different context and conversation, but about such a timeless and timely topic that it jumped off … Continued
While I’ve not met Jayne in real life, we’ve interacted on Twitter and Facebook in various ways. The topic of conversation is often the church and its attitude to LGBT people and theology. It was with some interest, then, that … Continued
This is the first ‘substantive’ post in my new mini-series, explained here. This talk was the closing evening session of NLC 2012 – and you can listen to it on the VCUKI website. At the time Debby, with her … Continued
Edited by Ben Quash and Michael Ward, two Anglican theologians, and with contributors from a range of traditions, this is an edited volume of pithy essays on an important topic. Too easily these days does intra-Christian discourse jump to using … Continued
I’m currently deep in the final/writing stages of an essay for an Old Testament module, looking at the image of God (as ever) and the importance of ‘male and female, he created them‘. One voice that finds its way into … Continued
Whilst this review exists in its three parts, as well as a ‘first thoughts’ post, I thought it might be useful to (and having recieved a few requests for the whole thing!) combine them, and so this very lengthy post … Continued
“What do Christians believe? Why do they believe this? And what difference does it make? In the Christian belief for Everyone series, I aim to explore the basic themes of a simple and genuinely Christian faith“ So opens the introduction, … Continued
Pope Francis and some flags – Photo via images.google.com I was recently directed to a very interesting piece on the Telegraph website from Charles Moore, “A new Pope, a new Primate and a new life for Christianity“. The central premise … Continued
DISCLAIMER: THIS POST ECHOES MY OWN OPINION AND NOT THAT OF ANY CHURCH OR MINISTRY I AM OR HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH. QUOTES ARE ALL MY RECORD OF JUSTIN WELBY UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED – I CANNOT GUARANTEE 100% ACCURACY. Justin … Continued
