Four members of our Diocesan community tell us about their favourite passage from the Gospel of Matthew, including Tisa Lacey, The Revād Cameron Freese, The Rev’d Kate Ross and The Revād Gary Tognola
“Jesus is going to return and we cannot know when, regardless of what is happening in the world around us. However, of crucial importance to us is our state of readiness, a subject that Jesus addressed at length and is the theme of at least four parables,” says The Rev’d Charlie Lacey from The Parish of Springfield
āThe bookās evangelical authors write for an evangelical audience, including those in the US where a Christian Zionist ideology often holds sway. They also wish to share their story to a wider audience and in this they have succeeded. The story is one that will appeal to all streams within the Church,ā says Helen Rainger from the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
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“There are occasions when believers seem to turn away from the Lord. There are two possible explanations for this. Either their faith was not genuine, or they have allowed sin to establish a foothold in their life. In the case of the latter, Christ will eventually bring them to a place of repentance and restoration,” says The Rev’d Charlie Lacey from St Andrew’s, Springfield
Meet Margaret Atkin and find out about her work overseas as a journalist and a nurse, her latest book Frigate Birds, the best piece of advice she’s ever been given and how faith inspires her life
Meet Vicky Pascon and find out why she converted to Anglicanism, what she would write on a billboard, her goals for this year and about her faith journey and favourite hymn
āWhen we, deliberately or inadvertently, behave in a way that is inimical to our spiritual improvement it grieves the Holy Spirit; in the same way that a loving parent is grieved when his or her child behaves in a self-destructive manner,ā says The Revād Charlie Lacey
āGiven the difficulties surrounding commonly-held atonement theories, then, perhaps we should quietly shove the whole thing under the carpet and focus on nicer aspects of our faith? I believe we need to lift up that carpet…Perhaps we may discover a few dusty lumps, long pushed out of sight by all but dusty theologians, which, when polished, show gleams of gold,ā says The Ven. Dr Anne van Gend