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The gospel lectionary reading for the First Sunday of Epiphany/the Baptism of Christ in this Year C is Luke 3.15–17, 21–22. We have recently been exploring Luke 3 during Advent, having read the first six verses of this chapter with the announcement of John the Baptist’s ministry in Advent 2, and the detail of his preaching in Advent 3.
Tyndale NT Study Group 2025: Call for papers on Eschatology
Nov 14, 2024 · The theme for the Tyndale Fellowship New Testament Study Group in 2025 is Eschatology in the New Testament, and we are meeting from Monday 30th June to Wednesday 2nd July 2025 at the excellent conference facility of The Hayes Conference Centre, Derbyshire, UK. It is easily accessible by train from London, and off the M1 by car. Eschatology is a central theological theme in the New Testament.
Logan Williams | Psephizo
Oct 29, 2024 · In September, Dr Logan Williams (University of Aberdeen) published a truly fascinating open-access academic article ‘The Stomach Purifies All Foods: Jesus’ Anatomical Argument in Mark 7.18–19‘ in the prestigious journal New Testament Studies.
Who will be the next Archbishop of Canterbury? | Psephizo
Nov 15, 2024 · Justin Welby’s resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury is truly unprecedented. No archbishop has ever, in the history of the Church of England, resigned—not even in 1621 when the primate of all England shot and killed a gamekeeper with a crossbow while hunting. It has felt like a very strange week; when I think back to last Sunday, and preaching in a local church as a visiting speaker, it ...
Three Christmas myths: on shepherds, swaddling and support
Dec 24, 2021 · 1. The Shepherds were not poor outcasts. American author Randy Alcorn (who has written quite a good book on the subject of heaven) has written a book chapter and an online article about the poverty and status of the shepherds as poor outcasts:. In Christ’s day, shepherds stood on the bottom rung of the Palestinian social ladder.
What is the future of the Anglican Communion? | Psephizo
6 days ago · The Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO) has recently published the Nairobi-Cairo proposals for reimagining the Anglican Communion. Here Andrew Atherstone, one of the contributors to the proposals, explains why they deserve a fair hearing and how they might bear good fruit. I have a dream for the Anglican Communion.
The word of the Lord to John the Baptist in Luke 3 video discussion
Dec 2, 2024 · This Sunday’s gospel lectionary reading for Advent 2 in Year C is Luke 3.1–6, the location and opening of John the Baptist’s ministry. We will hear more about the content of John’s ministry next week; for now, we are just given the setting. But this setting tells us a huge amount about the gospel. The
What do the shorter letters in the New Testament teach us?
Nov 20, 2024 · I write a quarterly column for Preach magazine, in which I explore a significant word or phrase in the Bible, or a theme or section of Scripture, and the ideas that it expresses.At the end of this piece I list the previous articles I have written for them. Here I explore what we can learn through the shorter letters of the NT, taking 1 and 2 Thessalonians as a case study.
Reconciliation in Paul’s theology - Psephizo
Jul 7, 2015 · I have just edited my chapter for a forthcoming volume from Lion Hudson on reconciliation, due out in the Autumn. The first part explores the language of reconciliation in Paul, and its importance in his theology. The middle section looks at reconciliation in Jesus and the gospels. The final section draws out the relevance for contemporary
Justin Welby, the Makin Report, and the Truth | Psephizo
Nov 9, 2024 · According to Makin’s research, in the summer of 1975 both Justin Welby and John Smyth attended the Summer Iwerne Camp.They did so again the following summer, and the summer after that. The next year, 1978, Justin Welby is lodging with Mark Ruston and Makin details that he was overheard having a “grave” conversation with Ruston, about John Smyth, whilst lodging with him.