• The Rt Revd John Pritchard: Five Events that Changed the World

    St Mark's Church Leeds Road, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    Bishop John will be exploring what holds together the ‘big five’ of the Christian faith: incarnation, the cross, resurrection, ascension and Pentecost. What are they all really about and how can we grasp their significance intellectually and spiritually? Big issues made accessible.

  • Dr Jeremy Duff: Gospel Narratives Part 1

    Mowbray Community Church Westmoreland Street, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    First of two in-depth sessions on the the gospel narratives which lay at the heart of the New Testament and are our window onto the life and work of Jesus. How can we understand both the unity and diversity of these four portraits of Christ and interpret them in ways that are relevant for today’s…

  • Revd Alan Garrow: What did Jesus really say?

    St Mark's Church Leeds Road, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    It might seem quite straightforward – Jesus said what he is reported as saying in the Gospels. At one level this is true. At another, however, things may be rather more complicated. A significant complicating factor is that, for more than a century, most scholars have suspected the existence of an entity known as Q.…

  • Dr Jeremy Duff: Gospel Narrative Part 2

    Mowbray Community Church Westmoreland Street, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    Second of two in-depth sessions on the the gospel narratives which lay at the heart of the New Testament and are our window onto the life and work of Jesus. How can we understand both the unity and diversity of these four portraits of Christ and interpret them in ways that are relevant for today’s…

  • Rt Revd Graham Tomlin, General Epistles part 1

    Mowbray Community Church Westmoreland Street, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    An exploration of the non-Pauline New Testament letters (Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John and Jude) that were written to the whole church rather than to individuals or individual churches. We will look at the Author, Setting, Date, Purpose and Themes of each within the overarching geographical context of the…

  • Revd Prof Dr Charlotte Methuen The Reformation and Brexit: history and the position of the UK in Europe

    St Mark's Church Leeds Road, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    The English Reformation has been cited as evidence both for and against the decision of the UK to leave the EU.  Henry VIII’s idiosyncratically independent stance has been contrasted with the European dimension of Thomas Cranmer’s contacts and the influence of continental Reformers in England and in Scotland.  This paper will examine those arguments, and…

  • Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley: “To read, mark, learn and inwardly digest: some reflections on a diet of Biblical Interpretation”

    St Mark's Church Leeds Road, Harrogate, United Kingdom

    The Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley is the Bishop of Ripon. She will be speaking on "To read, mark, learn and inwardly digest: some reflections on a diet of Biblical Interpretation." The Bible is the foundation of our faith, and we probably have our favourite bits, but what about the parts we don’t understand, or…