Confused yet? The phrase "Anglican use" refers to a limited allowance for Roman Catholics to use a revised version of the Anglican liturgy in Catholic worship. The idea has taken on a new urgency with Pope Benedict XVI's declaration of the Apostolic Constitution known as Anglicanorum coetibus, handed down back in November. As Hays rightly explains, this papal allowance "provides for former Anglicans to come into the Catholic Church as a group and retain certain of their traditions."

It's a disease that's rampant in the culture and in the church. People are inundated with messages from powerbrokers, media, entertainment, TV evangelists and bestselling authors that say joy is inextricably bound up in material prosperity, physical health, relational success and all the comforts and conveniences Western society provides.

For most people, joy and suffering are incompatible, Storms noted.

"Basically we were united for 1000 years. Then for another 1000 we were divided," he was quoted as saying. "Now the path to rapprochement is at its peak and the third millennium of the church could begin as a sign of unity. There are no formal obstacles but everything depends on a real desire for communion. On the part of the Catholic Church the desire is very much alive."

Which of the two models is Biblical? There is plenty of evidence for both in the Bible. The problem is the shift in emphasis - and in many cases the shift is so big that judicial language, which was formerly the main way of explaining the gospel is avoided as 'politically incorrect'. What is unbiblical is the neglect of the court room model. Why am I, a Christian social activist writing on this subject?