Mark Powley – “In Search of the Presence of God”, 20th November 2021
What is the presence of God? How do we come to know it? Is it possible to make sense of our experience in a way that honours both God and…
Stephen Cottrell – “Travelling Well”, 25th September 2021
A Theological Reflection on the Place of Pilgrimage in the Christian Life
Ian Parkinson – “For the equipping of the saints: the gift of Christian leadership”, 24th April 2021
Effectiveness in leadership is not measured so much by what any leader achieves but rather by whom they raise up and equip for service. The development and empowering of others…
Keith Elliott – “What makes a book ‘Holy Scripture’?”, 27th March 2021
Professor Elliott will concentrate on the New Testament but will discuss why, for instance, the Gospel of Thomas or the so-called gnostic gospels (which Dan Brown relied on to claim…
Malcolm Guite – “Christ and the Poetic Imagination”, 5th December 2020
Malcolm Guite will explore the links and analogies between the working of the poetic imagination and the understanding of Christ as Word made Flesh. In particular, he will look at…
Tim Gordon – “The changing song of the sea”, 14th November 2020
Despair, faith and hope in an age of environmental destruction Dr Tim Gordon is a marine biologist whose work has taken him from the Arctic Ocean to the Great Barrier…
Elaine Storkey – “Gender and Justice”, 7th December 2019
Dr Elaine Storkey is a philosopher, sociologist, and theologian, broadcaster and writer. Her presidency of Tearfund spanned 17 years and influenced her book, ‘Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and Overcoming Violence…
Jeremy Duff – “Today is the day – for everyone!” November 2019
Growing Church in Luke and Acts In Jesus’ lifetime, people met him face to face, and he gathered around him a community of Jewish men and women who thought he…
Tom Wright “Space, time and history”
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The Revd Professor Charlotte Methuen: The Reformation and Brexit
The Reformation and Brexit: history and the position of the UK in Europe The English Reformation has been cited as evidence both for and against the decision of the UK…