Seminar will address decolonising the Bible
The World Council of Churches, with the University of the Western Cape, will hold a joint seminar from 18-23 November, in Cape Town, South Africa
The World Council of Churches, with the University of the Western Cape, will hold a joint seminar from 18-23 November, in Cape Town, South Africa
“The Gospel according to Mark was written when the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem was still in peoples’ memory…and when Jesus lists all those terrible things, perhaps he is simply looking around and noting that which we all know to be true: suffering is a thing,” says Archbishop Jeremy
“Jesus watched the crowd putting money into the treasury… a poor widow came and put two small copper coins…The fascinating thing about this little story is perhaps not the actions of the scribes or the rich or the poor widow, but what Jesus does,” says Archbishop Jeremy
“Because we all know what it’s like to be Lazarus. We have all been dead and lifeless. We have all been wrapped up like corpses, bound by everything the world lays on us. Until — that is, until Jesus calls us out of the tomb,” says Archbishop Jeremy
Meet Rob Sutherland and find out about what Remembrance Day means to him, the projects he is working on, what he would write on a billboard, his secret skill and suggestions he has for commemorating Defence Sunday
“I became a Christian long before I became a biologist. As I contemplate care for the planet, I see my understandings of the Bible and biology intertwining like the strands of the DNA molecule that has been my preoccupation for my 45 years in research,” says Professor Philip Batterham
“Some avoid anything to do with Halloween, others join the festivities wholeheartedly, whilst others still, opt for some kind of Christian alternative. With the shops already full of pumpkins, witches’ hats, and skeletons, let us explore the pros and cons of each of these approaches,” says The Rev’d Charlie Lacey from St Andrew’s, Springfield
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