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September 09 2023 By dvirtue Diocese of Swansea and Brecon Launch Anthem "For This Reason" celebrating diocese's centenary

"As always with writing a song you need to find the way in, the key which opens up everything else and I thought I'd better do some research.

"In the bishop's message at the start of the year he was keen that the celebration should be one full of joy and thanksgiving and that the diocese should remember how blessed it had been during those 100 years.

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September 07 2023 By dvirtue The Scripture and Unbelieving Church Leaders

This survey came at a time when the newly elected Archbishop of Southern Queensland (Brisbane) Jeremy Greaves, came under scrutiny. He is not only an outspoken supporter of 'same sex marriage', but he also rejects key understandings of Christian truth as expressed in our creeds, saying he would be happy to 'abandon the creeds'[iii].

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September 02 2023 By dvirtue MEASURING RELIGION IN CHINA

Many Chinese adults practice religion or hold religious beliefs, but only 1 in 10 formally identify with a religion

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September 01 2023 By dvirtue Next30 Conference: The Future of Church Planting in North America

Featuring a variety of case studies from the past 30 years of church planting in North America, attendees will hear stories of struggle, survival and thriving success. Throughout the conference, attendees will have the option to attend four of 12 typical case studies. If a team of three come from any jurisdiction or parish, they will be able to hear all of the case studies.

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August 31 2023 By dvirtue Has the Church stopped working?

The tide was going out on religion back in 1867, when Matthew Arnold wrote: "The sea of faith was once, too, at the full ... But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar." But tides ebb and flow. As that wise old atheistic cynic Philip Larkin put it, people will always surprise themselves with their yearning for something "more serious", seeking it in "a serious house on serious earth" -- which is how he describes the church.

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August 26 2023 By dvirtue THE DEATH OF CHURCH AND PUB

My village had two churches, the Anglican parish church and the Baptist chapel. In the nineteenth century, both were central to village life. The current primary (elementary) school was founded by the Baptists in the nineteenth century when their children were effectively excluded from the Anglican school because of their theological beliefs. Religion may have created a fault line, but it was also a deep source of identity and community.

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August 11 2023 By dvirtue Nearly 70% of churchgoers have 'a growing sense of fear': Lifeway Research

Lifeway found that 63% of surveyed Protestant pastors said their churches also have "a similar increasing dread specifically about the future of Christianity in the U.S. and around the world."

However, the report noted that the numbers represented a decline from past years, as 76% of Protestant pastors reported "a growing sense of fear" in 2010, and 74% reported the same in 2014.

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August 10 2023 By dvirtue Turning worship into a clown show

First, we live in a childish age, where immaturity is lionized, whether it be the spoilt-brat behavior of some celebrity or the cheap tantrums of Joe Public on Twitter. True, Jesus commands His disciples to have the faith of children, but there is a big difference between serious childlikeness and silly childishness. Leading worship as a pair of giggling cartoon characters can only be described--and that with charity--as the latter.

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August 09 2023 By dvirtue COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION [CSE], KIDS AND US (Part II)

We need honest, accurate, comprehensive sex education, which is one reason CSE horrifies me. It is not remotely comprehensive; it is not very educational, nor, ironically, even very informed on the actual sex/orgasm aspects! [2]

I remind the reader of several resources which explore these matters more fully, including Laurence Fox' excellent '#Groomed: How Schools Sexualise Your Children' and the Family Watch International's classic, 'War on Children'. [3]

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August 09 2023 By dvirtue Divinity Schools and Diversity

Many of us know that earlier generations of Christians tried to make the Scriptures support eugenics, persecution of Jews, and racial segregation. All three of these dastardly practices were popular with cultured elites in their day. Today we condemn those Christians who misused the Bible for those purposes, and in principle reject any misapplication of Scripture to suit the latest dominant mores.

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