• Candidates for the Sin Against the Holy Ghost

  03/12/2016

  People sometimes ask me (and no doubt other clergy) what the sin against the Holy Ghost actually is – the one which cannot be forgiven.

  Mark 3:28-29
  Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
  But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.

  Now, there is a great deal of confusion about this, but I think I have narrowed down the possibilities.

  I’m pretty sure that it is one of the following:

  • Brown Shoes in the Sanctuary
  • The Sunday Before Lent/Sundays Before Advent/The Kingdom Season
  • The Invention of the Christingle Service
  • The Wrong Colour of Candles on the Advent Wreath
  • Seafood

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  15/09/2012

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• Balanced Stones

  11/09/2012

• Guest Post: Beth Routledge on the Grosvenor Essay on Marriage and Human Intimacy

  10/09/2012

  During this blessed time of sabbatical, I’m going to let other people do some of the talking on this blog. I’ve not done any guest posts before but it seems right now. The first of these is this piece from Beth Routledge who is a doctor working in the NHS and an altar server at…

• Postcard to Rowan

  09/09/2012

  Dear Rowan, wondered whether it had occurred to you that if you give an interview in one country, these days, it will probably be picked up in another country. Take this interview that you’ve given to the Telegraph this weekend. Did you have any regrets? Oh yes, not going to the USA to deal with…