Theology Thursday: Breaking the ice: John Wycliffe and the English Bible

Date 19 February 2015
Type Blog Post

The fourteenth-century theologian John Wycliffe, best known as the translator of the first English Bible, is an attractive figure to modern evangelicals, often characterised – even mythologised – as the ‘morning star of the Reformation’. How can his life and work encourage us to value and uphold the authority of God’s Word in today’s church?

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George Herbert on pastoral ministry

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 18 February 2015
Type Blog Post

The first instalment of our Lent series working through George Herbert's classic work, The Country Parson.

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40 days with George Herbert

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 17 February 2015
Type Blog Post

Tomorrow on the Church Society blog, we start a series of posts for Lent, with Lee Gatiss working through George Herbert's classic work, The Country Parson.

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Topical Tuesday: Speak (not) of the Devil

Date
Type Blog Post

In this article from Crossway, Spring 2014, Rachel Marszalek argues that the new baptismal liturgy, now being trialled in churches, edits out key Christian doctrines.

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Ministry Monday: Ordination Training and the Church of England

Author(s)Simon Vibert
Date 16 February 2015
Type Blog Post

Simon Vibert from Wycliffe Hall, Oxford briefs us on recent changes in Church of England Ordination training so that we can pray for Ordinands and tutors, and for what lies ahead.

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Formulary Friday: Lord’s Supper video

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 13 February 2015
Category Ministry
Type Blog Post and Video

Lee Gatiss explains the Lord's Supper, what it is, what it isn't, and how we should approach it "by faith with thanksgiving."

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Word on Wednesday: Vaughan Roberts on Daniel 6

Author(s)Church Society
Date 11 February 2015
Category sermons
Type Blog Post

Vaughan Roberts's searching application of Daniel chapter 6.

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Topical Tuesday: Cranmer on infant baptism

Author(s)Lee Gatiss
Date 10 February 2015
Categories Church of England and Ministry
Type Blog Post

Lee Gatiss looks at Thomas Cranmer's doctrine of covenantal infant baptism.

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