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Heaven on Earth

Protestant pastors Chris Seidman and Josh Graves have co-written a practical guide to the Beatitudes in their little book, Heaven on Earth. One of the best things from the Evangelical Protestant tradition is solid, clear, practical, Bible based preaching. A good Evangelical preacher can hold his congregation’s attention for a good 30 minutes or half hour [...]

The Secret Sacred Priesthood

When I was first ordained as an Anglican priest I dropped by to see Fr Richard–a retired priest of the old school. He would regularly celebrate the early morning Eucharist. When I asked him how many were at Mass he smiled and said, “Millions! But I could only see four.” As I celebrated Mass today–only [...]

I Love Lucy

Not Lucile Ball, but St Lucy is the one I love. It is her feast day today, and here are some reasons why she’s important: Firstly, there is the symbolism of her name. “Lucy” comes from the Latin for light–”Lux” or “Lucis”. Lucy is the saint of Light in the season of Advent which is [...]

Fr Phillips Loves the Vicar

I do enjoy writing a headline that catches your attention… Fr Christopher Phillips is the much loved priest of Church of the Atonement in San Antonio. He was good enough to read my e-short story, The Vicar of Great Snoring and he reviews it here. I don’t have much time or money to promote this short [...]

More Christianity Radio Show

The first two programs of my radio show are now available to download free of charge on the WCKI website  here: I am also developing a new website which will have a well designed link to all my radio shows and how and when and where to listen.

The Vicar on the Jedi Religion

Guest blogger, The Rev’d Humphrey Blytherington is Vicar of St Hilda’s, Little Snoring with All Saints, Great Snoring. He is a graduate of Plymouth University. He completed his studies for the ministry at Latimer Hall, Durham. He is married to Daphne and enjoys home brewing, model railroading and is an avid member of the Great [...]

Is Anybody There?…In Hell That Is.

In the current debate on hell (which is really a debate on universalism) there is some fuzzy thinking going on. Here is an excerpt from my book The Quest for the Creed which comes out next week. This book is a new edition of Adventures in Orthodoxy. Published by Crossroads, it has new material and a new format. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [...]

If You Appease Bullies…

…they will rule you. Those who follow the news in Britain will be aware that the Prime Minister is intent on pushing through legislation that allows gay marriage to take place in churches. Full assurances are being given that no one will be forced to marry homosexuals. They are simply allowing it to take place [...]

Original Sin? Fuhgeddaboudit

I believe in original sin, but I don’t believe sin is original. What I mean is that there is nothing fresh or creative or new or positive or profound about sin. Evil is always derivative. The devil cannot create anything. All he can do is destroy or distort what is good. And that’s why evil [...]

Hitting on Hitchens

From the combox a quote from Christopher Hitchens: “Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody…had the smallest idea what was going on. It comes from the bawling and fearful infancy of our species, and is a babyish attempt to meet our inescapable demand for knowledge (as well as for comfort, reassurance and [...]