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Genesis

Reflections Bishop John Roundhill Reflections

Age matters

“The world is about 4.5 billion years old and the universe is staggeringly upwards of 14 billion years old. The furthest thing you can see with the naked eye at night is 2.5 million light years away. All this is vast, as too is the God whom I believe in. I really am rather tiny in comparison. How wonderful is that!” says Bishop John Roundhill

"When examining the perceived contradictions between scientific discovery and the Bible, it is important to recognise that scientific endeavour and the Bible seek to answer very different questions," (The Rev’d Charlie Lacey from St Andrew’s, Springfield)
People & History

Tough Questions: Has modern science disproved parts of the Bible?

“We can be confident that the Bible is true, and not in any way discredited by modern scientific discovery, however, we must always pay careful attention to the genre of any given text,” says The Rev’d Charlie Lacey from St Andrew’s, Springfield

Justice & Advocacy

Welcoming the stranger

“The idea of welcoming the stranger continues to find resistance today in so many ways. In the face of that resistance, our faith urges us toward building a more inclusive world, enriched by encounters with those who are different,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt

Reflections

Painting as a metaphor for ministry

“In your work of ministry do you think of yourself as a big brush filling in the background of a canvas or a finer brush attending to detail? Are you a much-used brush, with old paint stuck to it, or are you a shiny brush that has not been used much at all?” asks Bishop Cam Venables