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About David Baker
David Baker is an Anglican minister and former daily newspaper journalist. He is a regular contributor to Christian Today.
David Baker
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The 'cult of relentless negativity' really hacks me off
It's putting the worst possible spin, the bleakest interpretation, on the motives and actions of others – while presenting ourselves as the enlightened ones, the saints and heroes, who alone can see things clearly.
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The simple meme that nails liberal-conservative church divisions
There's an internet meme doing the rounds online at the moment that unintentionally tells you a lot about the divide in many major denominations.
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Bishops always say they're listening: are they listening to us about transgender?
Those of us who have signed this new open letter humbly hope that the details of what we set out within it may now be truly heard.
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Five things which are more important than Brexit
The body was being wheeled on a trolley to the morgue, my wife said.
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Exclusive: Leading evangelical bishop apologises for role in gender transition liturgy guidance – and now opposes it
The Bishop of Blackburn chaired the body which oversaw the publication of guidance on how to enable transgender adults to mark their transition.
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Oxford diocese in meltdown as clergy reject bishops' view on sexuality
'If not addressed, we would all struggle to support the leadership of our bishops in this matter and a number of our churches may want to seek alternative means of receiving episcopal ministry.'
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A two-word argument against 'transgender liturgy'
After all, shouldn't churches welcome transgender people? Didn't Jesus come for everyone – especially those often marginalised or discriminated against?
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Transgender tragi-comedy: the House of Bishops' Christmas cracker
When I was training to be a vicar at theological college, a group of friends and I decided to have a bit of a laugh one year by writing a spoof liturgy.
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Brexit: Can we think outside the box?
Like the surreal and almost psychedelic Christmas pantomime I see locally with my family each year, Brexit seems to have entered fresh flights of absurdity.
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Four apps to turbo-charge your spiritual life
But phone time doesn't have to be unhealthy time. In fact, there are some brilliant apps out there which can be a real help to anyone serious about their Christian faith.
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Brexit Britain: What is God saying to the UK?
Is God speaking clearly to Britain as it grapples with ongoing divisions and warnings of potential catastrophe in the run-up to leaving the European Union?
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From sea to stinking sea? America's verbal cesspool
'O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain...' So begins one of the best loved patriotic songs in the United States, 'America the beautiful'.
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EXCLUSIVE: Evangelical bishops offer olive branch to GAFCON
Evangelical bishops in the Church of England have offered a hand of friendship to GAFCON – the international Anglican grouping emerging as a potential future alternative to the Anglican Communion.
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EXCLUSIVE: Evangelical bishops issue blunt warning to Church of England on sexuality
Anglican evangelical bishops have warned of 'major problems' and the danger of division if the Church of England changes its stance on sexuality.
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Kavanaugh and Ford: An American tragedy
The problem with nuclear war is that there are no winners. And that, in a nutshell, is what American legislators are now discovering.
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