Comments for The Saint Barnabas' Blog http://sbarnabas.com/blog the vague ramblings of the Revd. Fr. Edward Tomlinson SSC...... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Playing away from home… by Fr jeff Woolnough SSC http://sbarnabas.com/blog/2010/03/09/playing-away-from-home/comment-page-1/#comment-10204 Fr jeff Woolnough SSC Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:34 +0000 http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=2430#comment-10204 Thanks, Fr Ed for speaking at our chapter... more power to your elbow! In anticipation of the joy to come. in Christ Jeff Thanks, Fr Ed for speaking at our chapter…
more power to your elbow!

In anticipation of the joy to come.

in Christ
Jeff

]]> Comment on A very local charity by Administrator http://sbarnabas.com/blog/2010/03/10/a-very-local-charity/comment-page-1/#comment-10203 Administrator Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:06:24 +0000 http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=2433#comment-10203 hold that moment Mr Marshall....tis a little fragment of unity! ; ) hold that moment Mr Marshall….tis a little fragment of unity! ; )

]]> Comment on A very local charity by John Marshall http://sbarnabas.com/blog/2010/03/10/a-very-local-charity/comment-page-1/#comment-10202 John Marshall Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:28:21 +0000 http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=2433#comment-10202 I can't recommend this concert too highly - it will be truly awe-inspiring, in spite of the fact that I will be taking part. You can also apply for tickets by emailing boxoffice@tonbridge-school.org I can’t recommend this concert too highly – it will be truly awe-inspiring, in spite of the fact that I will be taking part. You can also apply for tickets by emailing boxoffice@tonbridge-school.org

]]> Comment on Day of prayer by Jasmine http://sbarnabas.com/blog/2010/02/21/day-of-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-10201 Jasmine Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:09:30 +0000 http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=2352#comment-10201 Perfect. sbarnabas.com kicks ass. Perfect. sbarnabas.com kicks ass.

]]> Comment on Big Boy Benedict by ELB http://sbarnabas.com/blog/2010/03/07/big-boy-benedict/comment-page-1/#comment-10200 ELB Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:38:32 +0000 http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=2421#comment-10200 Has master Tomlinson found daddy's hidden stash? Has master Tomlinson found daddy’s hidden stash?

]]> Comment on Manna in the desert by Fr. Michael http://sbarnabas.com/blog/2010/03/06/manna-in-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-10199 Fr. Michael Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:40:21 +0000 http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=2414#comment-10199 I was born and brought up in the C of E - a Prayer Book (village Sarum?) believer. When the first priestess appeared, I left. I tried the Continuers - and found them splitting almost as soon as started, they were not The Church. I became Orthodox - blessed to the Western Rite - authorised by the Russian Synod in 1870 specifically for us here in England. Now I head the Western Rite Orthodox missions beginning here in England - directly under the Primate. I have a Bishop who is the best bishop that I have ever had - we are at one in theology, morality and ecclesiology - I am at peace in a Church with which I am wholly at one. I pray that St. Barnabas can find such peace. Fr. Michael frmichaelnw5 - at - gmail.com I was born and brought up in the C of E – a Prayer Book (village Sarum?) believer. When the first priestess appeared, I left. I tried the Continuers – and found them splitting almost as soon as started, they were not The Church. I became Orthodox – blessed to the Western Rite – authorised by the Russian Synod in 1870 specifically for us here in England. Now I head the Western Rite Orthodox missions beginning here in England – directly under the Primate. I have a Bishop who is the best bishop that I have ever had – we are at one in theology, morality and ecclesiology – I am at peace in a Church with which I am wholly at one. I pray that St. Barnabas can find such peace.

Fr. Michael
frmichaelnw5 – at – gmail.com

]]> Comment on Confronting evil by IanG http://sbarnabas.com/blog/2010/03/08/confronting-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-10198 IanG Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:11:16 +0000 http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=2424#comment-10198 "It really is a bizarre world you religious types live in"............ ....yes Woggler, but that's secular society for you. Still we try to keep our spirits up. “It really is a bizarre world you religious types live in”…………

….yes Woggler, but that’s secular society for you. Still we try to keep our spirits up.

]]> Comment on Confronting evil by Stefan http://sbarnabas.com/blog/2010/03/08/confronting-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-10197 Stefan Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:22:39 +0000 http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=2424#comment-10197 Once again Father, you tell it like it is, and in a way that few other priests would have the guts to do so! God bless you. The Woggler: true repentance of sins merits forgiveness, for God is a loving God. You'll probably be more annoyed to hear that Myra Hindley is feasting at the table of the Saints: IF her conversion in prison was genuine, and her repentance true. All Christian denominations (however they might put it) acknowledge that God's unconditional love washes away all sins and turns everyone to him, however vile their crimes, if they truly and earnestly repent of them. It would be crass to make a self-congratulatory comparison with other faiths here - but I know of none other that offers such assurance of salvation howsoever short we may all fall. Once again Father, you tell it like it is, and in a way that few other priests would have the guts to do so! God bless you.

The Woggler: true repentance of sins merits forgiveness, for God is a loving God. You’ll probably be more annoyed to hear that Myra Hindley is feasting at the table of the Saints: IF her conversion in prison was genuine, and her repentance true. All Christian denominations (however they might put it) acknowledge that God’s unconditional love washes away all sins and turns everyone to him, however vile their crimes, if they truly and earnestly repent of them.

It would be crass to make a self-congratulatory comparison with other faiths here – but I know of none other that offers such assurance of salvation howsoever short we may all fall.

]]> Comment on Confronting evil by Parepidemos http://sbarnabas.com/blog/2010/03/08/confronting-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-10196 Parepidemos Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:08:15 +0000 http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=2424#comment-10196 Father Edward, While I certainly agree that what Jon Venables did was very evil, the man is not evil in himself; there is always a distinction between person and act even though one may be an extension of the other. Woogler: Your comment is badly skewed regarding Christian teaching. God's forgiveness is immediate and unconditional because it flows from the source of Love i.e God. Nor is God's forgiveness dependent on a person being sorry as this would mean it is conditional. God loves us in the very midst of our sin, no matter how base it may be. Any true act of reconciliation (whether it be with God or a human being) requires the admission of truth, and in the case of the sinner, this means the acceptance that what has been done has been harmful, even destructive. As for the issue of eternal love, again you have Christian teaching skewed. The act of reconciliation involves accepting God's eternal love, which (like any encounter with love) prompts a response - hopefully of love in return. As the 1st Letter of John states: "Perfect love consists in this: not that we have loved God but that God has loved us..." (I John 4:10ff). We 'religious' types do indeed live in a bizarre world according to the values of society; but God's ways have never been our ways. Father Edward, While I certainly agree that what Jon Venables did was very evil, the man is not evil in himself; there is always a distinction between person and act even though one may be an extension of the other.

Woogler: Your comment is badly skewed regarding Christian teaching. God’s forgiveness is immediate and unconditional because it flows from the source of Love i.e God. Nor is God’s forgiveness dependent on a person being sorry as this would mean it is conditional. God loves us in the very midst of our sin, no matter how base it may be. Any true act of reconciliation (whether it be with God or a human being) requires the admission of truth, and in the case of the sinner, this means the acceptance that what has been done has been harmful, even destructive.

As for the issue of eternal love, again you have Christian teaching skewed. The act of reconciliation involves accepting God’s eternal love, which (like any encounter with love) prompts a response – hopefully of love in return. As the 1st Letter of John states: “Perfect love consists in this: not that we have loved God but that God has loved us…” (I John 4:10ff).

We ‘religious’ types do indeed live in a bizarre world according to the values of society; but God’s ways have never been our ways.

]]> Comment on Confronting evil by The Woggler http://sbarnabas.com/blog/2010/03/08/confronting-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-10195 The Woggler Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:23:17 +0000 http://sbarnabas.com/blog/?p=2424#comment-10195 So it would be a case of "You did an evil, despicable thing, but if you declare eternal love to me, I'll forgive you." It really is a bizarre world you religious types live in. So it would be a case of “You did an evil, despicable thing, but if you declare eternal love to me, I’ll forgive you.”

It really is a bizarre world you religious types live in.

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