Category - jeffrey john

BBC briefing on penal substitution, September 2008

Press Office — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:59:30 +0100

The BBC's website gives a briefing on the doctrine of penal substitution, which includes material from Ekklesia (see bottom of page)

Evangelical student organisation splits with leading Christian festival

staff writers — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:42:48 +0100

A group which has been at the centre of legal battles with universities over the rights of Christians to discriminate, has announced it is to split with a leading Christian event.

The religion of nastiness

Simon Barrow — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:31:42 +0100

The Archbishop of Canterbury suggests a patient Christian dialogue with scripture and each other. But Jeffrey John's critics lambasted his views on the Cross before they had even read them.

How these Christians hate one another

Simon Barrow — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:09:06 +0100

Simon Barrow asks how we can regain and sense of proportion, love and justice in arguments about the Bible and many other things in church and public life.

Hate letters to the Dean of St Albans

Simon Barrow — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:04:24 +0100

Responding to the news of hate letters sent to the Dean of St Alban's over his Holy Week talk on the cross, Ekklesia co-director Simon Barrow commented:

Dean's atonement talk resulted in abuse and obscenity

staff writers — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:12:17 +0100

Jeffrey John's Holy Week talk on the cross produced a torrent of abuse from many who had not heard it. ut his argument against a vindictive atonement theory is mainstream Anglican teaching.

More on the 'penal substitution' row

Simon Barrow — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:08:30 +0100

Here's the story that didn't quite make it into The Guardian last Thursday.

Forgiveness is divine, recrimination less so

Simon Barrow — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:13:28 +0100

The Guardian's religious affairs correspondent has weighed into the heated debate about Jeffrey John's comments on the atonement.

Is God a psychopath? (Jeffrey John's Lent Talk discussed) BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, 4th April 2007

Press Office — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:28:01 +0100

Ekklesia's director Jonathan Bartley discusses views of the cross and ideas of justice,

Evangelical Bishops attack Jeffrey John talk (without reading it)

staff writers — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:03:40 +0100

Two junior evangelical bishops have attacked a Lent talk to be given tonight on BBC’s Radio 4 by Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans cathedral, without reading it.