David Baker

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  Jonathan Edwards' disturbing support for slavery: some reflections

  David Baker | Wed 24 Jun 2020 13:43 BST

  The American theologian Jonathan Edwards has had a huge influence on Christians on both sides of the Atlantic. Yet there is a darker side to Edwards which is not so well known: the fact that he owned slaves.

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  Let us bow afresh to Mammon: the government's mistaken Sunday trading plan

  David Baker | Mon 8 Jun 2020 8:25 BST

  Relaxing Sunday trading hours is disastrously wrong.

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  Dominic Cummings, Church of England bishops and righteous anger

  David Baker | Wed 27 May 2020 9:22 BST

  When we feel angry and want to blame, and are just tempted to lash out, let's first pause.

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  Covid confusion: Church of England clergy and their buildings

  David Baker | Tue 12 May 2020 9:24 BST

  Buildings are generally useful and may well be beautiful. But theologically, there was, and is, no Scriptural (or even technological) necessity for clergy to live-stream or record services in church buildings

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  Is coronavirus helping you repent?

  David Baker | Sun 3 May 2020 8:01 BST

  We don't like unexpected intrusions into the routine of our everyday lives, do we? Such disruptions can be unsettling, painful and discomforting. The key thing is: how do we then react? And is it the right response?

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  Seriously, are you ready to die?

  David Baker | Sun 19 Apr 2020 8:19 BST

  The best time to prepare for our death is now – and indeed every day.

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  Does God cause pandemics?

  David Baker | Tue 31 Mar 2020 9:13 BST

  Is God in some way behind the current coronavirus pandemic? Is He sending us all a warning? Or is it just an example of life being out of control in a world full of problems?

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  Exclusive: Anglican bishop to visit International Space Station

  David Baker | Wed 1 Apr 2020 8:32 BST

  The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, will become the world's first 'Episconaut' when she is launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral by NASA later this year as part of a new church initiative called 'To Eternity And Beyond'.

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  Coronavirus: what two things does Jesus want you to do today?

  David Baker | Tue 17 Mar 2020 12:24 GMT

  How do we know what Jesus might want us to do as Christians during this Coronavirus pandemic? Fortunately, we don't have to guess – because Jesus was once asked what the most important commandment in Scripture is.

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  A trial that should shame all Anglicans

  David Baker | Fri 6 Mar 2020 8:40 GMT

  Remember that lovely, smiley American bishop who spoke at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle a couple of years ago? Turns out that Bishop Curry seems to have forgotten his own sermon.

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  Dear Bishops, please stop traumatising your clergy

  David Baker | Mon 3 Feb 2020 9:39 GMT

  I am a church minister trying to exercise some form of pastoring and teaching among three congregations in the Church of England at a time when some of its leaders – some of our Bishops – seem to spend much of the time undermining each other and long-established church teaching.

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  Archbishops apologise for 'hurt' caused by sex and marriage statement

  David Baker | Fri 31 Jan 2020 10:07 GMT

  The Church of England's two most senior archbishops have issued an apology for the "hurt and division" caused by a statement maintaining a traditional position on sex and marriage.

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  C of E's clergy discipline process 'leading to suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder'

  David Baker | Mon 27 Jan 2020 10:04 GMT

  Suicide, post-traumatic stress disorder and debt are just some of the results of the 'fundamentally flawed' Church of England Clergy Discipline Measure, a new report claims.

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  Bishops in disarray over 'sex for married straight couples only' rule

  David Baker | Mon 27 Jan 2020 7:06 GMT

  The Church of England's bishops appear to be at war with themselves after some distanced themselves from a statement reiterating longstanding Christian teaching that sex is for male-female marriage only.

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  Gafcon Archbishop reveals inside track on Anglican Primates' meeting

  David Baker | Fri 24 Jan 2020 6:04 GMT

  An Anglican Archbishop who is also a leading member of Gafcon has given an exclusive insight as to what went on at the Primates' Meeting in Jordan which has just concluded.