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Seven years — St Andrews to Oxford — distilled into 110,000 words. Queering the queer in Contemporary Theology…. Not just the first systematic theology from a gay celibate (Side B) perspective but the first ever treatment from patristics through to modern theology of gay desire.
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Can Christians affirm gay marriage? ✝️ 🏳️🌈 @VinesMatthew & @DavidACBennett debate Side A, Side B & The Bible in our next edition of Uncommon Ground.
⭐️ Get Early Access NOW (ahead of its June 17 release date) when you support 👉 justinbrierley.com/support-m…
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Died 10 years ago today. 😢
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‘… good theologians are—among other things—those formed by graces which are the troubling, eschatological gifts of the Holy Spirit.‘ — John Webster, The Culture of Theology
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‘Only when a man has been cleansed from the shame of his evil, and has returned to his natural beauty, and the original form of the Royal Image has been restored in him, is it possible for him to approach the Paraclete.' —On The Holy Spirit, St Basil the Great
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A joy to be part of an episode of #uncommonground curated carefully by @JusBrierley to bring out the best of a better conversation and better disagreement in the LGBTQI /SSA Christian world and for the church. Coming in 5 weeks with @VinesMatthew #lgbtqinchrist #faithfullylgbtq
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1/3 As a celibate gay Christian myself, I want to call us, as we process and lament the news about Sam Allberry, to hold it alongside this good news of the potentiality of the Orthodox world’s first same-sex attracted saint, St Seraphim Rose.
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2/3 As we watch the scribes and Pharisees (reformed, conservative etc), Sadducees (progressive, revisionists), and teachers (preachers and commentators) of our day throw down their judgments, let us watch Jesus enter, saying ‘he without sin cast the first stone.’ What they all…
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3/3 miss is the mercy their lives all hang by, stuck in the lovelessness that cannot cope with or see the complexity of another’s story or the depth of God’s nature and Gospel. The most tragic toxin and forfeit of grace is not sexual failure, but pride and self-righteousness.
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Apr 25
Keble Chapel turns 150 years old today!
📷 | @KebleOxford
#OnThisDay
ALT A hand holds a black-and-white historic photo of Keble Chapel aligned with the present-day college quad, showing red-brick buildings, green lawn, and blue sky.
ALT Inside Keble Chapel, a hand holds a historic black-and-white photo aligned with the modern interior, showing rows of wooden pews, patterned floor tiles, and ornate arches leading to the altar.
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Wonderful to begin tutoring @kebleoxford this term for Christian Ethics, and to land back for my 13th year of living in Oxford. #spring #sanctus #keble
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So glad a bad bill did not pass in the @UKHouseofLords ... a society must make decisions not off political swings, but off sound reflection, not populist sentiment that is rushed and does not explore the full reality of death and dying from a thicker ethical foundation.
4 Dec 2024
BOOK OF THE WEEK 🚨
This week it is… ‘The Reality of Assisted Dying: Understanding the Issues’
This important & timely collection of essays was selected because of the colloquium happening this Wednesday on assisted dying. Watch it live or catch up afterwards on YT @PuseyHouse
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Looks great... might try to make this.
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Registration is open for the second Scottish Dogmatics Conference, June 10–12, 2026 at St Andrews. The theme is 'The God Who Speaks'. Great plenary speakers and a rich array of parallel sessions too.
Info and registration details can be found here:
zondervanacademic.com/scotti…
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“The Trinity is the most exciting drama that ever staggered the imagination of man—and the dogma is the drama.” - The Whimsical Christian, Dorothy Sayers
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Seven years — St Andrews to Oxford — distilled into 110,000 words. Queering the queer in Contemporary Theology…. Not just the first systematic theology from a gay celibate (Side B) perspective but the first ever treatment from patristics through to modern theology of gay desire.
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NEW: Oxford University has been named Europe’s top university by QS Europe University Rankings.
We came top in academic reputation, employer reputation, international research network and employment outcomes.
Find out more ⬇️
ALT Sunrise aerial view of Oxford’s historic city centre with a headline announcing Oxford’s top ranking in Europe.
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O Lord – set my Affections on things above and
fill me with thy Grace, that I may adorn the
Doctrine of God my Saviour in all things.
(William Wilberforce, 8 May 1796, Clapham)
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I am convinced that the root cause of the CofE's many challenges is spiritual.
We risk believing that money (or strategy, or safeguarding) will solve the various presenting problems, without asking the deeper questions - ultimately about our understanding of the Holy Spirit.
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18 Nov 2025
My first Substack article on the dominance of ‘homonormativity’ and being a gay celibate Christian/Side B:
drdavidbennett.substack.com/…
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Tune in to this lovely and open podcast interview that released yesterday with @sacred_podcast with Elizabeth Oldfield on my journey into living between tribes within the Christian faith and LGBTQI community youtu.be/B1bYbUhPCow #podcast #sacred #LGBTQInchrist #faithfullylgbt
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