The concept of salvation history encompasses biblical interpretation Patrick Henry Reardon is a Senior Editor of Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity The Bible not only records history; it also creates history. By this I mean that the Bible, as [...]
St Ambrose on Corpus Christi St Ambrose, who may well be the first to refer to the Eucharistic Mystery as the 'Mass', has left us two great works that deal with the Eucharist: Of Sacraments and Of Mysteries, both of [...]
Global prayer Andy Hawes is Warden of Edenham Regional Retreat House Our home is surrounded by countryside. Over the past few years, the use of the land has changed dramatically. Until recently, most of the pasture had flocks of sheep [...]
Victoria Rouse on how funds raised at the Glastonbury Pilgrimage are helping poor communities in Masindi in northern Uganda Over the past year pilgrims have generously donated £16,822 to WaterAid's work in Uganda, far surpassing the original target of £5,000. [...]
A new appointment is not an opportunity for sweeping aside all that has gone before. Paul Griffin appeals for humility and a respect for the work previously done by others Society needs new brooms. This is a great truth, but [...]
Peter Lyon acknowledges his own fear of the purifying fire of God's cleansing Our God is a consuming fire,' we find in Hebrews. Please, not like Hiroshima, we plead. Fire is good, keeps us warm in the winter, shines in [...]
Nigel Elbourne asks us to reconsider the church guide as a means of explaining the significance of the symbolism shown in every aspect of a church's design A visitor to my theological college began his talk to us by saying [...]
George Austin looks again at current developments in clergy pensions and the reactions to his earlier comments upon the changes that are being planned New Directions articles do not, I find, produce much response, save from the occasional aggrieved bishop [...]
Arthur Middleton looks at the teaching of two bishops on the subject of 'Holy Dying' and is reassured by the unity of theological outlook It is often said that the Victorians were obsessed with death but our present age is [...]
Arthur Middleton looks at the teaching of two bishops on the subject of 'Holy Dying' and is reassured by the unity of theological outlook It is often said that the Victorians were obsessed with death but our present age is [...]