Category Archives: baptism

What is the Church For?

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Over at the Lay Anglicana blog, Laura Sykes has been putting together a ‘wish list’ for the sort of person who should be appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury. In her view, very early on in the process each … Continue reading →

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Preliminary explorations in Matthew 16:21-28

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

This passage is the gospel for this coming Sunday and is the passage I will probably preach on. Here are some of the thoughts that have come to me as I have been exploring it. This is not a sermon … Continue reading →

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What is an evangelical Anglican?

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

After my post about John Wesley a couple of days ago I thought I’d post a few more articles about the spirituality of the early Anglican evangelicals. I’ve excerpted them from a lecture I gave on the subject a few … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Baptism

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

I want to do some online ruminating on the subject of Christian baptism. Baptism is a divisive subject in the Christian community. Some Christians think that it should be reserved for people who are old enough to make a mature … Continue reading →

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