Jesus’ ethic of compassion

By Chris Tyack | 31/01/2019 | Comments Off on Jesus’ ethic of compassion

Jesus, in his solidarity with the outcasts, is moved to compassion. The characteristic Greek word for compassion, splagchnoisomai, means to let one’s innards embrace the feeling or situation of another. …

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What is the reign of God?

By Chris Tyack | 31/01/2019 | Comments Off on What is the reign of God?

Forgiveness The reign of God means forgiveness – the unbinding from sin and accusation.  Jesus offered the amnesty of God to many whom a moralistic culture regarded as unworthy. Some…

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The Politics of Prayer

By Chris Tyack | 23/08/2018 | Comments Off on The Politics of Prayer

Evensong 27 August 2017 1. More and more we are conscious of a strange loss of nerve in the West today—a spiritual torpor, a restlessness. No one knows whether things…

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