General Synod Wrap-Up – The Anglicans Who Don’t Want to be Anglican?
Friday saw day 5 of General Synod as we wrapped things up and then made our way to the airport and began the long trip home to our various dioceses.…
Dear Bishops, It’s Time to Show Some Integrity
Lots and lots of ink has been spilled over the past few days over the Archbishop of Sydney’s call for those who want to change the Anglican Church of Australia’s…
Due Diligence of Shepherds
So the media in the UK have caught onto the controversy surrounding the appointment of former Dean of Perth, Dr John Shepherd, to be the interim director at the Anglican…
The Pemberton Ruling – Liberal Theological and Political Method Exposed
Back in the UK a very important case has just gone through the Employment Tribunal. Rev. Jeremy Pemberton was the first Church of England priest to contract a same-sex marriage.…
Bishop Alan Wilson (Buckingham) no longer has confidence of his own clergy
One of the most startling quotes from yesterday's wide-ranging press release from Reform, outlining several areas of protest by evangelicals at revisionist activity in the Church of England is the…
Eating and Teaching with Integrity
Samuel Wilberforce, son of William Wilberforce, nails it... [lightbox link="http://davidould.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Samuel_Wilberforce_by_George_Richmond.jpg" thumb="http://davidould.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Samuel_Wilberforce_by_George_Richmond-138x195.jpg" width="138" align="right" title="Samuel_Wilberforce_by_George_Richmond" frame="true" icon="image"]Now the question for us at this moment is not, Are these doctrines true, but,…
Anglican Question of the Day
From the service for the making of deacons, AAPB: Q: Do you unreservedly believe all the canonical scriptures of the old and new testament, as given by God to convey…
Bishop John McIntyre of Gippsland reneges on the Bishops’ Protocol on Human Sexuality
The Diocese of Gippsland has had it's annual Synod and Bishop John McIntyre seems to have decided that when he agreed to the Australian Bishops' Protocol a few months back he…
If the Slipper Fits…
Australia is lurching headlong into a political scandal of the worst order. The current Speaker of the House of Representatives (the lower house in our bicameral parliamentary system), Peter Slipper [wiki],…
Bishop McIntyre on ABC Gippsland – have the rules been broken?
John McIntyre, Bishop of Gippsland has granted ABC Gippsland radio an interview. Here's the full audio. At the time of posting there is no transcript. His tone is somewhat conciliatory…