Category - New Testament

Whose mission is it anyway?

Simon Barrow — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:21:32 +0100

Some section of the Anglican Communion are convinced that only their narrow vision of what is permissible in faithfulness to the Christian message is adequate, says Simon Barrow. But they are confounded by the biblical texts they claim loyalty to.

Why the church needs a new foreign policy

Simon Barrow — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:11:46 +0000

The United States and the United Kingdom are being forced this month (March 2008) to reflect on the recent heritage of their military interventions. Who or what are we trusting in when we choose the way of the sword over the way of the Cross, asks Simon Barrow. Where does salvation lie?

Women - equal but different?

Savi Hensman — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:01:32 +0100

The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney has set out his view of women as 'equal but different'. Savi Hensman traces the patriarchal assumptions behind this position, and questions its claims to biblical authority.

Specifying the "ekk^lesia"

Simon Barrow — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:14:03 +0100

Our friend Deirdre Good, Professor of New Testament at General Theological Seminary, New York, USA, has a post which is of natural interest to us on her fine blog ...

An unsettling Gospel – Rowan Williams on Jesus' trial

Alison Goodlad — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:37:14 +0100

Alison Goodlad revisits a book which is fast becoming a Christian classic and discovers that the most famous trial in history is as much about the incapacity of a world like the one we have constructed to comprehend the love of God, as it is about why Jesus stands before Pilate.

Reflecting on Archer and Iscariot

Simon Barrow — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:28:51 +0100

A 'historical fiction' about Jesus' betrayer continues to climb the sales charts and to provoke diverse reactions.

A larger vision of 'family'

Simon Barrow — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:22:12 +0000

Many commentators, both religious and secular, assume that a narrow definition of family is readily mandated by the biblical texts. They're wrong.

Wrestling biblically with the changing shape of family

Deirdre J. Good — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:55:50 +0000

New Testament scholar Deirdre Good explains why simplistic appeals to scripture distort its meaning, and why for the Gospel family is built on magnanimity not exclusion