Tag: sin
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What is a ‘salvation issue’?
Over the last few weeks I’ve seen a few people talking about the question of what is and is not a “salvation issue”. The presenting issue is sexuality and marriage (yes, again). Jayne Ozanne, who is a vocal supporter of same-sex marriage within the church, wrote an article in Premier Christianity arguing that sex outside…
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Building a Christian Worldview – #3: The Fall (Origins of Evil)
This is the third part of the Building a Christian Worldview series, looking at the Fall – where evil comes from. We also think about some of the news this week, and look at Romans 1 to see what happens when a society departs from God. Links The progressive war on Christianity (Roe vs Wade)…
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Hymnology: And can it be – ‘My chains fell off…’
Last weekend I travelled down to High Leigh for a residential weekend with my fellow curates in the Chelmsford Diocese. On Friday evening we sang ‘And can it be’, one of my favourite hymns and one of Charles Wesley’s finest (in my opinion). The hymn tells the story of salvation from a first person perspective…