One of the great gifts of the charismatic movement was to reintroduce to the church the need and the ability to ‘test the spirits’. Those…
Continue reading → Answering heresy amongst the bishops of the Church of England. © Gavin Ashenden
In Toronto, Canada, two professors are having a very public row. One is a professor of Clinical Psychology and the other a professor of Physics.…
Continue reading → When refusing to call a man ‘they’ becomes a ‘hate crime’ ©Gavin Ashenden.
Having moved to England, I have retired for a second time. The first time was from being a University lecturer and chaplain, and now after…
Continue reading → Faith in God and the science of joy © Gavin Ashenden
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p046rbgm?ocid=socialflow_twitter Conservative Anglican priest, Dr Gavin Ashenden, criticises church leaders for appointing a gay bishop. Bishop Nicholas Chamberlain's revelation raises tensions between traditionalists and liberals…
Continue reading → BBC World Service. Interview on the outing of the Bishop of Grantham.
I remember seeing my first Sikh as a child in south London. I thought the turban exotic and rather wonderful. But as a motor bike…
Continue reading → The self contradiction of Liberals & Progressives. © Gavin Ashenden