Francis Gardom explains why he is calling for a day of prayer and fasting on November 16 Let us imagine that it is the year 2017. I am a crusty octogenarian in a wheelchair. I am still, hopefully, a thorn [...]

Christ and the Wholeness of the Church How can we live a sound and wholesome life in a divided church and disintegrating world? This question, is not a new one. It was in the mind of the Fathers when they [...]

by a Rempstone Sister MONKS, NUNS and friars, sisters and brothers have been around in the Church of England for well over a hundred years. All the same whole areas of the Church remain oblivious of their existence. “Have we [...]

In the third of his articles on "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" Douglas Dale speaks of the divine liturgy as the heart of the call to holiness "THINE OWN OF THINE OWN, for all and through all we offer thee, [...]

The vital importance of bad news It has been said that all heresy begins with a mistaken doctrine of sin, and although the subject remains unpopular, unfashionable and politically incorrect, it is vital to face up to the subject... which [...]

Robbie Low has read the ecclesiastical biography of the year and discovered nothing which surprises him in the least HAT A MONTH it has been in the publishing world! George Austin, one of the more notable victims of Runcieism, wrote [...]

Nicholas Coulton questions the theology of Turnbull FEW WILL QUARREL with the Turnbull Commission’s analysis of the shortcomings of the Church of England’s central structures. At many points we lack coherence, a sense of strategy and the ability to agree [...]

Martyn Percy offers further reflections on the deficiencies of Turnbull THERE IS AN OLD JOKE about the Church of England. How many Anglicans does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: five. One to put in the new one, and [...]

Mark Burkill takes an evangelical look at Apostolicae Curae WHEN OUR FAMILY goes on holiday, a question which troubles us greatly is that of which church we should attend on a Sunday. I have to confess that several unfortunate experiences [...]

THE PROBLEM with Vox populi vox Dei, the recently adopted doctrinal principle of the churches of the Anglican Communion is that it obliges God to frequent changes of mind. When the Governing Body of the Church in Wales rejected the [...]